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.
Dec 7, 2011
‘They Are Fighting Us Like a Foreign Invasion'
General Gun Maw, 46, is the Kachin Independence Army’s (KIA) vice chief of staff and heads the Foreign Affairs Department of the KIA’s political wing, the Kachin Independence Organization (KIO). He was interviewed by Edith Mirante, of Project Maje, in the besieged town of Laiza on November 21, a week before the KIO met with Burmese government representatives in China.
Question: Because it has been 6 months of fighting, what are the challenges?
Answer: The conflict started June 9th and now it’s been almost 6 months. Actually we wanted to solve the problem by political means, but this political way of resolution is not open to us, that’s why we are still holding the defensive warfare. The time of fighting is increasing from month to month. Within October, one month, there were about 180 of these clashes. Likewise in November, over 100 of these fightings. During these battles, the government are using infantry divisions. Usually these infantry divisions are used to defend against foreign invasion. So that means they are fighting us like a foreign invasion.
Question: Because it has been 6 months of fighting, what are the challenges?
Answer: The conflict started June 9th and now it’s been almost 6 months. Actually we wanted to solve the problem by political means, but this political way of resolution is not open to us, that’s why we are still holding the defensive warfare. The time of fighting is increasing from month to month. Within October, one month, there were about 180 of these clashes. Likewise in November, over 100 of these fightings. During these battles, the government are using infantry divisions. Usually these infantry divisions are used to defend against foreign invasion. So that means they are fighting us like a foreign invasion.
Sep 10, 2011
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.
Jan 14, 2011
Ginru Ginsa yu hkrat wa ai lam
Rev. Dr. Lahtaw Gum Se
Ginru Ginsa yu hkrat wa ai lam
Ya hkyak hkyak le ya ni ai hku nna, anhte a shawng hpang ga de anhte gaw Miwa mung, Mongolia n dai ga hku na anhte ginru ginsa hkrat wa ai gaw n dai maga hku na dingdung de na dingda de ginru ginsa hkrat wa ai rai nga ai.
Dec 21, 2010
Chyurum Wunpawng Jinghpaw sha ni Mayam yam hpang wa ai lam
Chyurum Wunpawng Jinghpaw Mungchying sha ni hta lai wa sai ten hta mayam yam shajang ai hpe mu lu ai.Dai mayam yam hpang wa ai lam hpe sagawn yu yang,lawu de na hte maren sha sagawn chye lu ai.Dai pyi gaw dumsa jaiwa ni labau maumwi hpe zawn tsun hkai ai hpe sha na lu ai.
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?
Suu Kyi’s ‘time has come and gone’: India
By JOSEPH ALLCHIN
In a frank cable, leaked by whistle blower web site wikileaks an Indian diplomat responsible for South East Asia, Mitra Vashista elucidates India’s views on democratisation in Burma with outspoken criticism of opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi;
In a frank cable, leaked by whistle blower web site wikileaks an Indian diplomat responsible for South East Asia, Mitra Vashista elucidates India’s views on democratisation in Burma with outspoken criticism of opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi;
Dec 8, 2010
MUNGKAN AIDS MASAT N’HTOI (World AIDS Day)
Knet; 2010 ning December 1 ya.
Mungkan AIDS masat ninghtoi (World AIDS Day) hpe Ginjaw Hkamja Dap woi awn ai hte, 2010 ning December 1 ya shani Laiza Muklum kata hta AIDS ninghkap shamu shamawt ai lam galaw sa wa sai re hpe chye lu ai.
Thai and Burmese FM hold secret talks
By RFA
Burma’s foreign minister Nyan Win yesterday travelled to the border town of Tachilek to meet with his Thai counterpart in what observers claim may be an attempt to negotiate the re-opening of a key border crossing further south.
Dec 3, 2010
South Korea to Retaliate If Bombed Again
By Steve Herman | Seoul
A top South Korean presidential security advisor - who could be the country's next defense minister - says Seoul is prepared to bomb North Korea if Pyongyang again hits the South with artillery.
Kim Kwan-jin, the presidential security advisor hoping to be the next defense minister, is talking tough.
Speaking at his confirmation hearing in the national assembly Friday, he firmly stated that if attacked again, South Korea will not hesitate to protect itself.
A top South Korean presidential security advisor - who could be the country's next defense minister - says Seoul is prepared to bomb North Korea if Pyongyang again hits the South with artillery.
Kim Kwan-jin, the presidential security advisor hoping to be the next defense minister, is talking tough.
Speaking at his confirmation hearing in the national assembly Friday, he firmly stated that if attacked again, South Korea will not hesitate to protect itself.
US Continues Military Flexing in Asia
By Steve Herman
As one U.S. joint military exercise ends in Asia, another is about to begin. As was the case with the just-concluded Yellow Sea naval maneuvers, officials are saying the latest war game is not a reaction to North Korea's recent artillery attack. But they say it should further demonstrate the capability of American-led military alliances to deter any potential aggressor.
As one U.S. joint military exercise ends in Asia, another is about to begin. As was the case with the just-concluded Yellow Sea naval maneuvers, officials are saying the latest war game is not a reaction to North Korea's recent artillery attack. But they say it should further demonstrate the capability of American-led military alliances to deter any potential aggressor.
“Kachin State is being raped by China and by the regime”: Benedict Rogers (Interview)
Benedict Rogers is a writer and human rights activist specializing in Asia and he is London-based East Asia Team Leader of the international human rights organization Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW). He has been a Burma specialist for more than ten years and the author of this year released the book “Than Shwe-Unmasking Burma’s Tyrant”, which focusing on Burma’s military regime, Senior General Than Shwe. Rogers is also Deputy Chairman of the Conservative Party Human Rights Commission (United Kingdom) from UK. He has been visited several times to Burma including the remote areas of ethnic people.
KNG: What do you know about the ethnic people after your experiences to visit around the areas?
KNG: What do you know about the ethnic people after your experiences to visit around the areas?
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.
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