News Source: Myanmar News
| about 1 month ago
Two Nobel Peace Laureates, Jody Williams and Mairead Maguire, on Thursday reiterated their call for the immediate release of fellow Burmese Nobel Peace Laureate Aung San Suu Kyi, saying without her release there cannot be genuine change in Burma and...
News Source: The Age
| about 1 month ago
T HIS week's report to Federal Parliament on managing the effects of climate change on Australia's coast will have provided a lightbulb moment for many Australians, as the realisation dawned that along with rising seas and storm surges will come...
News Source: Myanmar News
| about 1 month ago
Thailand, where they successfully accomplished their main mission – to deflect international criticism and pressure, reveal nothing about the forthcoming elections and keep a very low-profile. For the first time in years, the issue of Burma did not...
News Source: Japan Times
| about 1 month ago
A wire service story this week criticized the hypocrisy and cowardice of the leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations when it comes to substantive and procedural human rights issues involving member states, especially Burma (aka Myanmar).
News Source: BurmaNet
| about 1 month ago
Australia has an often overlooked key role to play in drawing military ruled Burma out of its isolation, and is well placed to play a prominent supporting position in international efforts to engage the ruling State Peace and Development Council.
News Source: BurmaNet
| about 1 month ago
Monks U Agga, U Gawsita and U Pyinya Zawta spoke in particular about their involvement in the Saffron Revolution, a series of anti-government protests spurred by the ruling military’s sudden removal of fuel subsidies. These peaceful protests...