Foreign investors are among the observers anxiously watching events unfold in Burma, monitoring the new government's program of reforms, trying to lipread government officials and foreign diplomats for indications that economic sanctions might soon be lifted.
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Aug 6, 2011
Killing The Irrawaddy
By Aung Din
Being neighbors with China is not something the people of Burma chose for themselves, but they have to heavily bear the repercussions. For many decades, China’s influence has intruded on their daily lives politically, economically, socially and culturally. However, the relationship has now reached a tipping point, as this dominant neighbor is not only supporting the country’s ruling dictators, and stealing the country’s vast natural resources, but also directly destroying the lives of the people of Burma.
Being neighbors with China is not something the people of Burma chose for themselves, but they have to heavily bear the repercussions. For many decades, China’s influence has intruded on their daily lives politically, economically, socially and culturally. However, the relationship has now reached a tipping point, as this dominant neighbor is not only supporting the country’s ruling dictators, and stealing the country’s vast natural resources, but also directly destroying the lives of the people of Burma.
Dec 17, 2010
US double talk on Burma nukes
By BERTIL LINTNER
Is Burma truly trying to acquire a nuclear weapons capability and produce ballistic missiles with North Korean assistance, as alleged in a controversial June documentary made by DVB and aired by al-Jazeera, or is it all poppycock, as claimed in a 12 November report by United States-based ProPublica, an award-winning US investigative journalism outfit?
Is Burma truly trying to acquire a nuclear weapons capability and produce ballistic missiles with North Korean assistance, as alleged in a controversial June documentary made by DVB and aired by al-Jazeera, or is it all poppycock, as claimed in a 12 November report by United States-based ProPublica, an award-winning US investigative journalism outfit?
Dec 8, 2010
Dec 3, 2010
Lifting US Sanctions Won't be Easy
US economic sanctions against Burma's military junta have again become a much-discussed issue since the release of the country's democratic leader, Aung San Suu Kyi. Within days of being freed, Suu Kyi faced a barrage of questions about her stance on this issue, as if she held the master key to unlocking Washington's ban on doing business with Burma.
Nov 12, 2010
What the papers say
By FRANCIS WADE
Published: 8 November 2010By all accounts it was a mute affair: polling stations across the country hosted desultory audiences of voters who braved the soporific atmosphere to cast ballots, while the streets of Rangoon, which the media fanfare had depicted as a carnival in the run-up to yesterday, were quiet.
Footage filmed undercover (despite a less-than-convincing crackdown on journalists) showed patchy queues outside ballot stations, and voter turnout was thought to be no more than 60 percent. A bored looking Than Shwe joined his equally jaded second-in-command on the front page of the New Light of Myanmar, as they added their support to the ‘transition’ – perhaps years of rehearsals had finally taken their toll, as both appeared ready to collapse into the ballot box and make way for a new era of military rule.
Published: 8 November 2010By all accounts it was a mute affair: polling stations across the country hosted desultory audiences of voters who braved the soporific atmosphere to cast ballots, while the streets of Rangoon, which the media fanfare had depicted as a carnival in the run-up to yesterday, were quiet.
Footage filmed undercover (despite a less-than-convincing crackdown on journalists) showed patchy queues outside ballot stations, and voter turnout was thought to be no more than 60 percent. A bored looking Than Shwe joined his equally jaded second-in-command on the front page of the New Light of Myanmar, as they added their support to the ‘transition’ – perhaps years of rehearsals had finally taken their toll, as both appeared ready to collapse into the ballot box and make way for a new era of military rule.
Sep 17, 2010
Myen a Amyu Shamyit Democracy: Anhte gaw Asak Jahkrung Ai Democracy De
By Maling Kataw
Dai ni gaw J.W. sha ni a Shawng na ban prat a (tinang a kashu kasha) matu atsawm sha sung sung myit yu nhtawm, daw dan let asak hkrung na aten rai sai. Myen hkringmang daju, snr hpyen asuya a shingnan pati USDP a ningbaw, Ting Tsing (Thein Sein) a “KIO” hpe “ASEAN mungdan e kasi hku shamyit kau na” ngu ai gaw, anhte J.W. sha ni yawng hpe yup su sun nga ai kaw na shabran, sharawt dat ai “bau n-sen” rai nga ai. N chye madat la yang gaw anhte hpe “si du” hpang de woi sa ai n-sen rai nga ai.
Ting Tsing (Thein Sein) tsun ai gaw dai NDA-K hte Dukaba Lasang Awng Wa ni a hpung hpe sha tsun ai n re. J.W. ni yawng hpe hkyen da ai, gran da sai masing hte maren shamyit kau na matu tsun ai rai nga ai. KIO a statement hpe saw lasawn di kau ai hta n ga, dai ndau laika na Federal Union masa hpe mung hpa zawn n nawn ai sha, Myen mung e “Amyu Shamyit Masing” galaw nga ai lam hpe shawa man shabrawng dat ai lam re.
KIO/A laknak n jahkrat ai hku sha mu nga ai gaw hpyen asuya a shut kaba nan re. Byin ra ai gaw hparai KIO/A ni laknak n jahkrat ai sha shakut shaja nga ai lam hpe myit yu ra ai re. KIO a August 30 ndau laika gaw KIO a matu sha kun? Jinghpaw a matu sha kun? snr Myen mung a matu kun? Snr jet ai Munghpawm Myen mungdan a matu kun? ngu ai hpe madaw hpa-awn daw rai nga sai hte maren, myit shachyaw, htai la ra ai re.
Dai ni gaw J.W. sha ni a Shawng na ban prat a (tinang a kashu kasha) matu atsawm sha sung sung myit yu nhtawm, daw dan let asak hkrung na aten rai sai. Myen hkringmang daju, snr hpyen asuya a shingnan pati USDP a ningbaw, Ting Tsing (Thein Sein) a “KIO” hpe “ASEAN mungdan e kasi hku shamyit kau na” ngu ai gaw, anhte J.W. sha ni yawng hpe yup su sun nga ai kaw na shabran, sharawt dat ai “bau n-sen” rai nga ai. N chye madat la yang gaw anhte hpe “si du” hpang de woi sa ai n-sen rai nga ai.
Ting Tsing (Thein Sein) tsun ai gaw dai NDA-K hte Dukaba Lasang Awng Wa ni a hpung hpe sha tsun ai n re. J.W. ni yawng hpe hkyen da ai, gran da sai masing hte maren shamyit kau na matu tsun ai rai nga ai. KIO a statement hpe saw lasawn di kau ai hta n ga, dai ndau laika na Federal Union masa hpe mung hpa zawn n nawn ai sha, Myen mung e “Amyu Shamyit Masing” galaw nga ai lam hpe shawa man shabrawng dat ai lam re.
KIO/A laknak n jahkrat ai hku sha mu nga ai gaw hpyen asuya a shut kaba nan re. Byin ra ai gaw hparai KIO/A ni laknak n jahkrat ai sha shakut shaja nga ai lam hpe myit yu ra ai re. KIO a August 30 ndau laika gaw KIO a matu sha kun? Jinghpaw a matu sha kun? snr Myen mung a matu kun? Snr jet ai Munghpawm Myen mungdan a matu kun? ngu ai hpe madaw hpa-awn daw rai nga sai hte maren, myit shachyaw, htai la ra ai re.
Aug 28, 2010
Six Reasons to Welcome US Support for War Crimes Probe
By DR ZARNI
On 24 Aug, the United States officially confirmed that it is "exploring how best to proceed" on the initiative to push for "a properly structured international commission of inquiry that would examine allegations of serious violations of international law in Burma".
My old college mate from Mandalay University would not welcome this move. In the 1980s, he confessed to me that he had raped a young Shan village woman at gun point as she was preparing to bathe in the Salween river. He was at that time a young private on patrol in Eastern Shan State.
On 24 Aug, the United States officially confirmed that it is "exploring how best to proceed" on the initiative to push for "a properly structured international commission of inquiry that would examine allegations of serious violations of international law in Burma".
My old college mate from Mandalay University would not welcome this move. In the 1980s, he confessed to me that he had raped a young Shan village woman at gun point as she was preparing to bathe in the Salween river. He was at that time a young private on patrol in Eastern Shan State.
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