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- Myanmar junta denies Suu Kyi on hunger strike
- YANGON AFP — Myanmar's ruling junta denied Tuesday that detained democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi had gone on hunger strike, but rumours persisted after she apparently refused to receive food deliveries. Exiled Myanmar dissidents in India and Thailand reported that the Nobel Peace Prize winner last accepted fresh...
- Research articles 2008-08-26
- Suu Kyi meets lawyer as UN envoy arrives in Myanmar: spokesman
- YANGON AFP — Detained democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi was allowed a rare meeting with her lawyer as a UN envoy arrived on a mission to push Myanmar's junta to re-open talks with her party, a spokesman said Monday. The Nobel peace prize winner spoke with her lawyer...
- Research articles 2008-08-18
- AtHoc IWSAlerts Achieves "Positive Military Utility" Rating by U.S. Army Pacific and U.S. Pacific Command After Use in Cobra Gold Exercise in Thailand
- AtHoc, Inc., the pioneer and leader in network-centric emergency notification systems, today announced U.S. Pacific forces successfully fielded AtHoc IWSAlertsTM during the Cobra Gold 2008 exercise in Thailand and rated the solution as a "Positive Military Utility." In addition to successfully completing the exercise, joint military forces also used AtHoc...
- Research articles 2008-08-18
- Bush arrives in Thailand
- BANGKOK AFP — US President George W. Bush arrived Wednesday in Bangkok for talks with Thailand's prime minister and a separate meeting with Myanmar dissidents, before heading to Beijing for the Olympics. Bush, who arrived after a visit to South Korea, was set to meet with Thai Prime Minister...
- Research articles 2008-08-06
- In shadow of Olympics, Myanmar mourns failed '88 uprising
- BANGKOK AFP — As China celebrates the start of the Olympics on Friday with much fanfare, activists in neighbouring Myanmar will silently mourn the bloody end of an uprising that crushed their dreams of democracy 20 years ago. In August 1988, cities and villages across the country then known...
- Research articles 2008-08-05
- Bush signs sanctions against Myanmar into law
- WASHINGTON AFP — President George W. Bush on Tuesday renewed a ban on imports from military-ruled Myanmar and also signed a new law that aims to keep Myanmar's gems from entering US markets via third-party countries. "Our message is: the United States believes in democracy and freedom," Bush said...
- Research articles 2008-07-29
- Myanmar's storm survivors get eco-friendly new homes
- AUK PYON WA, Myanmar AFP — Nearly three months after a cyclone devastated Myanmar's southern Irrawaddy delta, local firms are helping survivors replace their makeshift shelters with eco-friendly modern homes. Cyclone Nargis swept away every home in its path, leaving thousands of Myanmar people with only driftwood and donated...
- Research articles 2008-07-28
- US Congress renews Myanmar import ban legislation
- WASHINGTON AFP — The US Congress has voted to renew a legislation banning all imports from military-ruled Myanmar and sent it for President George W. Bush's signature, lawmakers said Thursday. The Burmese Freedom and Democracy Act was passed by the House of Representatives on Wednesday and by the Senate...
- Research articles 2008-07-24
- Cooperate with UN or face more pressure: US tells Myanmar
- UNITED NATIONS AFP — The United States warned Myanmar's military rulers Thursday that they must cooperate with UN mediator Ibrahim Gambari or face increased pressure from the Security Council. US ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad told reporters after closed-door consultations with Gambari that the 15-member council expected "concrete results" from the...
- Research articles 2008-07-24
- US calls for peaceful resolution of Thai-Cambodia flare-up
- SINGAPORE AFP — US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Thursday called for a peaceful resolution to a dangerous border dispute between Thailand and Cambodia as Asia's main security talks were held here. Foreign ministers from the region and key world powers gathered in Singapore for the ASEAN Regional...
- Research articles 2008-07-24
- NKorea, Thai-Cambodia flare-up dominate Asian security talks
- SINGAPORE AFP — Foreign ministers from Asia and key world powers opened security talks here Thursday amid a simmering border dispute between Thailand and Cambodia and progress on North Korean denuclearisation. The meeting of the 27-nation ASEAN Security Forum -- featuring Southeast Asian countries as well as the United...
- Research articles 2008-07-23
- Bush urges Myanmar to free Suu Kyi
- TOYAKO, Japan AFP — US President George W. Bush on Sunday renewed his call for Myanmar's military regime to free opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi from house arrest. Bush said he intended to raise concerns about Myanmar as he opened talks in Japan ahead of a summit of...
- Research articles 2008-07-06
- Myanmar confirms detention of 14 Suu Kyi supporters
- NAYPYIDAW AFP — Myanmar's police chief Thursday confirmed that 14 supporters of democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi had been detained for nearly one month after protesting against the extension of her house arrest. Brigadier General Khin Yee, the police chief, also told AFP that six journalists had been...
- Research articles 2008-06-26
- Myanmar cyclone toll tops 138,000 dead and missing: official
- YANGON AFP — More than 84,000 people died in last month's deadly cyclone, while nearly 54,000 were still missing, a Myanmar official said Tuesday, raising the government's estimate of the casualties. Deputy foreign minister Kyaw Thu told a meeting of officials from the government, the United Nations and Southeast...
- Research articles 2008-06-24
- SKorea-led consortium strikes Myanmar gas deal with China
- SEOUL AFP — A South Korean-led international consortium said Monday it has reached a deal to sell natural gas from Myanmar to China. The consortium led by Daewoo International, operator of two natural gasfields in waters off Myanmar, said it signed a memorandum of understanding with China National Petroleum...
- Research articles 2008-06-22
- In cyclone-hit Myanmar, rain drenches children in roofless school
- KAWHMU, Myanmar AFP — Teacher Hlang Thein gently admonishes a group of primary school children to carefully repeat the alphabet after her so they can wrap up the lesson before the heavy rains drench them again. Hlang Thein, in her immaculate white teacher's blouse, is trying to bring some...
- Research articles 2008-06-15
- ASEAN head says team to have full access in Myanmar
- SINGAPORE AFP — A team of aid experts from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations ASEAN and the UN will have full access to parts of cyclone-devastated Myanmar, ASEAN's secretary general said on Thursday. "Now we have 250 plus of our, what we call our post-Nargis assessment teams, in...
- Research articles 2008-06-11
- Myanmar tightens security but denies evicting cyclone victims
- BOGALAY, Myanmar AFP — Myanmar has tightened security across the cyclone-ravaged Irrawaddy Delta but on Sunday denied evicting storm victims from emergency shelters and forcing them to return to ruined villages. Soldiers armed with assault rifles staged frequent roadblocks along the main highways in the delta, and set up...
- Research articles 2008-06-07
- Fears for mental health of Myanmar cyclone survivors: aid group
- BANGKOK AFP — Survivors of Myanmar's cyclone are plagued by visions of their lost loved ones and fears of further disaster as they try to summon the energy to rebuild their lives, a medical aid group said Wednesday. Of the 2.4 million people affected by the cyclone which hit...
- Research articles 2008-06-04
- US ships to leave cyclone-hit Myanmar after junta snub
- YANGON AFP — US warships laden with supplies for Myanmar's cyclone victims will sail away after the junta refused their help, even as aid workers Wednesday pleaded for more help to reach about a million survivors. The US Navy said they would withdraw the four ships -- carrying helicopters,...
- Research articles 2008-06-04
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