KyaemonIn Myanmar, house arrest looks good http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-myanmar-prison-20101202,0,6344467,full.story The release of Aung San Suu Kyi is a breakthrough, but about 2,200 people — activists, writers, musicians and comedians — remain in prison on political charges, facing torture, inadequate medical care and years in solitary confinement. In the decaying lakeside mansion where Aung San Suu Kyi spent […]
US envoy discusses sanctions with Myanmar’s Suu Kyi http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_world/view/1098490/1/.html YANGON: A senior US diplomat discussed economic sanctions with Myanmar democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi Friday during the first high-level visit by a Washington envoy since her release last month. Joseph Yun, the deputy assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific affairs, described […]
Greed is Good…for Burma http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2010/11/05/greed_is_good_for_burma In snatching up the country’s wealth for themselves, the ruling junta’s rapacious generals may actually be opening the door for democracy. And, ironically, China may be the reformers’ greatest ally. To accuse Burma’s junta of rigging the election this coming Sunday, November 7, will be a futile endeavor. When the […]
Wikileaks: North Korea ‘helps Burma with nuclear sites’ http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-11966136 Burma may be building missile and nuclear sites in remote locations with support from North Korea, according to secret US cables released by Wikileaks. The documents cite witnesses who say North Korean workers are helping Burma construct an underground bunker in a remote jungle. The move […]
On Myanmar, U.S. and China Worked Closely, Cables Show http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/11/world/asia/11myanmar.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1&partner=rss&emc=rss BANGKOK — As the United States searches for new ways to nudge Myanmar toward democratic change, it may find an unexpected ally in China, according to secret diplomatic cables. Internal State Department correspondence shows a much less adversarial relationship between the United States and China […]
Khin Nyunt Video Resurfaces with Sound Restored http://irrawaddy.org/highlight.php?art_id=20254 Extracts: However, the new version makes it clear that the video was filmed sometime shortly after the former spy chief and prime minister was ousted from power and placed under house arrest in October 2004…. General Khin Nyunt : Leak Video with Original Sound/ Audio YouTube – […]
YouTube – The Top 100 Global Thinkers of 2010 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H0L6biZpZno&feature=channel FOREIGN POLICY MAG YouTube – An FP Exclusive: Video Message from Aung San Suu Kyi http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=trRonNwmFm8&feature=related a true global thinker… a native of this globe itself with humanitarian intellect and dreams for the future! ***HATS OF TO MS. AUNG SAN SUU KYI*** I JOIN YOU! […]
MONKS GATHER DONATIONS FOR RELIGION OR SASANA? OR FOR YOU TO GET MERITS? HERE, IT LOOKS MORE LIKE FOR THEMSELVES AND THEIR FAMILIES OR CRONIES. (SEE BELOW). JUST THINK FOR A REASON WHY SOME TEMPLES WON’T PUBLISH INCOME AND EXPENDITURE REPORTS. GIVE MORE TO THE DESERVING RELATIVES AND POOR PEOPLE AND MONKS IN MYANMAR TO […]
THERE IS NO “NGA YAY GYI” OR “GOING TO HELL” IN EXPOSING BAD MONKS. IT’S SAVING THE “SASANA”/RELIGION AND THE GOOD MONKS’ REPUTATION. EXPOSING BAD MONKS EARN GREAT MERITS IN PROLONGING THE SASANA. IF YOU ARE AFRAID, SEE WHAT HAPPENS TO THE CATHOLIC CHURCH (BELOW), San Diego Documents, October 24, 2010 http://www.bishop-accountability.org/docs/san_diego/ On October 22, […]
HERE IS A MYSTERIOUS VIDEO WITHOUT SOUND “LEAKED” RECENTLY. BURMATODAY HAS A RUNNING COMMENTARY WITH FMR MILITARY INTELLIGENCE OFFICER MAJOR AUNG LIN HTUT. THEY TRY TO UNDERSTAND AND COMMENT ON THE VIDEO. YouTube – Leaked General Khin Nyunt Video Clip http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1AVuxxCJ1S4&feature=related With Burma Today’s running commentary. On November 26, 2010, Top Secret Video Clip from […]
TIME.COM ONLINE BELOW TAKES A COMPREHENSIVE AND IN-DEPTH LOOK AT WIKILEAKS. VERY ENLIGHTENING. WikiLeaks’ War on Secrecy: Truth’s Consequences – TIME http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,2034276,00.html?xid=newsletter-daily The Army says it was a crime. When Private First Class Bradley Manning downloaded tens of thousands of diplomatic cables to a CD-RW disc at an Army outpost in Iraq from November 2009 […]
Xinhua: Myanmar wraps two golds in Asiad Sepaktakraw The Official Website of the 16th Asian Games http://www.gz2010.cn/10/1127/14/6MGK18900078007F.html In Women’s Double final, Kyu Kyu Thin and Phyu Phyu Than outplayed the the Chinese team Sun Xiaodan and Wang Xiaohua 2-1 to win the gold medal. Losing the opener 15-21, the Chinese were so close to their […]
CLICK VIDEO LINKS BELOW: BBC News – Aung San Suu Kyi aims for peaceful revolution http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-11755169 Two days after being freed from house arrest, pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi has said that her aim is for a peaceful revolution in Burma. Speaking to the BBC at the headquarters of her National League for Democracy, […]