MYANMAR: UN reports improvement in cyclone cooperation

Myanmar's military government continues to face strong criticism from the international community for failing to allow more foreign aid into the Irrawaddy Delta region. Eight weeks after Cyclone Nargis hit the country, there are also conflicting ...

Cooperation between the international humanitarian community and Myanmar's government in addressing the needs of survivors of Cyclone Nargis is improving, the UN says. Yangon, the former capital, citing greater access to the cyclone-affected area. ...

Very little real news and information about our efforts were reported to the outside world...I personally appealed to the Minister for Social Welfare in Burma on the morning of June 14. I repeated my appeal at an informal consultation with the ...

According to local Burmese journalists who is a correspondent for an international news agency, when they asked to cover the roundtable meeting, officials told them a press conference was scheduled at 6 pm. When the Burmese journalists returned that ...

Roundtable on the Post Nargis Joint Assessment preliminary report and for the field trip to inspect the extent of the damage and destruction wrought by Cyclone Nargis on the Irrawaddy Delta."...This has to be balanced; the view cannot be left ...

The price of salt has tripled since Myanmar was hit by almost two months ago by Cyclone Narcs, which damaged salt-producing areas as well as rice fields, a magazine reported Sunday. The weekly magazine Voice said the price of a viss of salt � ...