News

July 3, 2009

Suu Kyi trial delayed again ( Aljazeera )
UN Chief Asks Burmese Junta for Meeting with Aung San Suu Kyi ( VOA )
Brown urges Myanmar to halt Suu Kyi trial ( Reuters South Africa )

July 2, 2009

US Ban Related to North Korea-Burma Arms Deal (The Irrawaddy) ( )
Ban Ki-moon Will Meet NLD Representatives (The Irrawaddy) ( )
China’s Rough Regimes Play Up (Asia Times Online) ( )
U.N. Boss to Push Myanmar Leadership on Suu Kyi (CNN) ( )
Burma: UN Chief Comes Calling with Politics on His MInd (IPS) ( )
U.N. Mission to Nowhere (Bertil Litner, the Wall Street Journal) ( )
UN’s Ban to Urge Reforms in High-Risk Myanmar Visit (Reuters) ( )
UN Chief Ban Warned over Risky Myanmar Visit (AFP) ( )
N. Korea-Burma Link Suspected (Financial Times) ( )
UN Chief Visits Burma: A Political Gamble (The Huffington Post) ( )

July 1, 2009

Burma: Make Ban’s Visit Meaningful ( Human Rights Watch )
No Hope for Suu Kyi from Ban’s Trip: NLD Leader ( The Irrawaddy )
Swine flu rumours sweep Burma ( DVB )
North Korean ship makes U-turn ( DVB )
Bangladesh Removes Rohingyas from Nearby Refugee Camp ( The Irrawaddy )
Pitting Karen against Karen in a Bloody War ( The Irrawaddy )

June 30, 2009

Japan thwarts suspect N Korea-Burma missile device deal ( DVB )
Burmese Internet Users Share Video, Documents about North Korea ( The Irrawaddy )
UN’s Ban says to urge Myanmar to release Suu Kyi ( Washington Post )
UN chief Ban Ki-moon to visit Burma ( DVB )
4,000 Burmese Migrants Arrested in June ( The Irrawaddy )
Late onset of monsoons hampers paddy cultivation in Central Burma ( Mizzima )
Suu Kyi trial held in ‘climate of censorship’ ( DVB )

June 29, 2009

Iron mine could destroy 7000 Shan homes ( DVB )
Monks boycott minister’s offering ( Mizzima )
Senior DKBA commander killed in ambush ( DVB )
Junta Criticized for Censoring Media ( The Irrawaddy )
Authoritarian Regimes Censor News From Iran ( Washington Post )
Thailand raises surveillance near Moei River ( Mizzima )
Burma Confirms First Case of Swine Flu ( The Irrawaddy )
Burma Court Rejects Aung San Suu Kyi Witness Appeal ( VOA )

June 28, 2009

‘Lawyers of the government’ steering Suu Kyi trial ( DVB )
A Visit to North Korea’s Arms Factories ( The Irawaddy )
Opium poppy cultivation in Burma rises ( DVB )
Ashin Gambira’s prison term reduced by five years ( Mizzima )
Do Not Forget Burma ( Washington Post )
U2 fans to highlight Suu Kyi’s life ( Mirror )

June 25, 2009

Myanmar says American main culprit in Suu Kyi case ( The Associated Press )
Burma denies link to N Korea ship ( BBC News )
KNU Headquarters Overrun: Now What? ( Irawaddy News )
Mizos call for the release of Aung San Suu Kyi ( Mizzima.com )
Burma restricts reportage on North Korean vessel ( Mizzima.com )
Officials say UN envoy set to visit Myanmar ( PR Inside.com )

June 23, 2009

Burma lingering on the cusp of “failed state” status ( Mizzima )
Banks skim money from Burmese farmers ( DVB )
Suu Kyi thanks supporters for birthday wishes ( Mizzima )
Burma sends mortars to Shan State ( The Irrawaddy )
Burma ranked ‘critical’ on Failed States Index ( DVB )

June 22, 2009

UN chief could make trip to Burma ( The Press Association )
Army enlists youths as porters in Mandalay ( Mizzima )
Suspicious N. Korean Ship to Dock in Burma Soon ( The Irrawaddy )
Political prisoners moved to Insein’s dog quarters ( DVB )
Thai authorities tell Karen refugees to go home ( DVB )
Parliamentarians seek expulsion of Burma from ASEAN ( Mizzima )
Burma Jails 2 Supporters of Aung San Suu Kyi for 18 Months ( VOA )

June 19, 2009

Celebrities Birthday Wishes for Suu Kyi (The Irrawaddy) ( )
Supporters of Burma’s Democracy Leader Call for Her Release (VOA) ( )