Your Search Returned 7 tagged news reports
Opportunities are emerging for a breakthrough in the political stalemate in military-ruled Myanmar, including the possibility of talks with the government, and they must not be missed, an EU envoy said Friday. Italian politician Piero Fassino, the European...
Tags: Myanmar, Aung San Suu Kyi, Piero Fassino, Italy, Rome, Burma, Than Shwe, Politics, Politics of Burma, Aung Kyi, John Yettaw
This is a particularly interesting time for Burma watchers. A flurry of activity, both domestically and internationally, has aroused hopes that things might be starting to move in a positive direction. But the optimism is offset by fears that this might...
Tags: Myanmar, Aung San Suu Kyi, Thailand, Burma, foreign minister, Yangon, Politics of Burma, Than Shwe, Politics, Year of birth missing, Aung San, Aung Kyi, Burmese anti-government protests, National League for Democracy, John Yettaw, State Peace and Development Council, International reaction to the 2007 Burmese anti-government protests, Insein Prison, ASEAN, Jim Webb, Piero Fassino, Thein Sein, Military dictatorship, Maung Zarni
Geneva — The UN labor agency has criticized Burma for failing to abolish forced labor more than a decade after the global body first took up the issue with the Southeast Asian country, officials said Friday. The International Labor Organization adopted...
Tags: Burma UN, Australian, forced labor, Switzerland, Geneva, Year of birth missing, Politics of Burma, Aung Kyi, Human rights in Burma, Politics, Aung San Suu Kyi, Burma, Aung San, State Peace and Development Council, Foreign relations of Burma, Burma Campaign UK, Military dictatorship, Cyclone Nargis, Outline of Burma, ASEAN, Nargis, International Development and Relief Foundation, North Indian Ocean cyclone season, Disaster Accident
Myanmar — Detained opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi is ready to cooperate with Myanmar's ruling junta in lifting foreign sanctions but it remains uncertain if the reconciliation efforts will yield results...Than Shwe released Tuesday, Suu Kyi has requested...
Tags: Aung San Suu Kyi, Myanmar, Thein Sein, Barack Obama, U.S, leaders aung, Singapore, opposition leaders, ministers thein, prime ministers, Yangon, Burma, Than Shwe, National League for Democracy, Aung San, Aung Kyi, Year of birth missing, Politics of Burma, Politics, Economic growth, Sustainability, APEC Peru, Sydney Declaration, Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation, Diplomatic conferences, Sustainable development, Environment, Business Finance, ASEAN, Association of Southeast Asian Nations, ASEAN Summit, ASEAN Free Trade Area, Organizations associated with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, International organizations
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Friday she did not expect the Myanmar junta to soften its stance on detained democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi anytime soon, despite a diplomatic offensive. "I doubt it. This is a long term effort that requires...
Tags: Banyan Barack Obama, China, Aung San Suu Kyi, Asian, president obama, U.S, Mrs Clinton, M. George Bush, Hillary Rodham Clinton, Beijing, Rohingya people, Than Shwe, Aung San, ASEAN, International reaction to the 2007 Burmese anti-government protests, Politics of Burma, Burma, Politics, Thein Sein, Aung Kyi, Burmese anti-government protests, Year of birth missing, Sino-American relations, Human rights in the People's Republic of China, Barack Obama, Luo people, Punahou School alumni, Chinese currency, United States public debt, Political positions of Barack Obama, North China Plain
Although details about the meetings have not been made available, government sources confirmed it was about an offer Suu Kyi made last month to help junta leader Senior General Than Shwe persuade Western democracies to lift their economic sanctions on...
Tags: Aung San Suu Kyi, Myanmar, Aung Kyi, kyi meeting, lawyer nyan, Yangon, guest house, Nyan Win, central court, minister aung
by Mungpi Friday, 02 October 2009 13:21 New Delhi (Mizzima) – The divisional court in Rangoon on Friday rejected the appeal of detained opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, upholding a lower court’s decision that sentenced her to yet another period...
Tags: Aung San Suu Kyi, Aung Kyi, Myanmar, opposition leader, house arrest