News Source: BurmaNet
| about 1 month ago
India — The saga of Aung San Suu Kyi’s non-violent struggle for democracy in Burma defies known descriptions of political courage, and with the country’s military rulers now deciding to use her ‘legal status’ to their advantage in an...
News Source: BurmaNet
| about 1 month ago
This month Burma’s pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi passed two milestones. The first was 14 years – that is the amount of time she has now spent in detention during the past two decades. The second was to meet Western diplomats and begin...
News Source: BurmaNet
| about 1 month ago
The United States is taking the next step in its efforts to promote democratic reform in Burma, sending a high-level diplomatic delegation there in the coming weeks for exploratory talks with the nation’s military rulers. For a more complete...
News Source: BurmaNet
| about 1 month ago
Deal with Pyongyang, win diplomatic goodies. The Obama Administration is starting to worry about Burma’s nuclear ambitions...The bad news is that the White House is taking the same failed tack it used with Tehran and Pyongyang and trying to cajole...