News Source: The Journal Gazette
| about 1 month ago
Evidence that Myanmar and North Korea are exchanging weapons and even nuclear material isnt conclusive, an Obama administration official said Wednesday, but it is a concern. Kurt Campbell, the assistant secretary for East Asia and Pacific...
News Source: Aliran
| about 1 month ago
Jane Birkin's music video—an ode to Nobel Prize Prisoner and prisoner of conscience, Aung San Suu Kyi—is a powerful, alarming and heartfelt look at the humanitarian crisis in Burma and the woman who continues to defy the oppression that lies...
News Source: Voice of America
| about 1 month ago
Assistant Secretary of State for East Asia and Pacific Affairs, Kurt Campbell, outlined the Obama administration's new approach of pragmatic engagement with Burma's military government. Campbell held preliminary talks this week with Burmese officials...
News Source: Myanmar News
| about 1 month ago
Kurt Campbell, Assistant Secretary of State, in his testimony at a Congressional hearing on Burma hosted by Senator James Webb, said engagement with the Burmese junta will supplement rather than replace sanctions. “Lifting or easing sanctions at...
News Source: The Economist
| about 1 month ago
America’s policy towards Myanmar over the past two decades, in which it has shunned the vicious junta’s leaders and imposed trade, investment and financial sanctions. Supporters might call this “consistent” and “principled”; critics...
News Source: I Africa
| about 1 month ago
Accepting letters of credence from Myanmar ambassador to South Africa, U Tin oo Lwin, Zuma said South Africa had political problems similar to those experienced in Myanmar. "Our relationship will help you to found a solution to your political...