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These days everybody is talking about Aung San Suu Kyi and the US-Burma relationship with high and low hopes. Most of them are favourably optimistic hoping that America will bring about a miracle in Burma. But one should remember the days when Aung San...
Tags: US-Burma, Burma Scribes, Japan, Aung San Suu Kyi, Yukio Hatoyama, Suu Kyi&rsquo, Myanmar, Asean Scot Marciel, scribes welcome, prime minister
U.S. diplomats Kurt Campbell and Scot Marciel are visiting Burma this week to test the Obama administration’s new policy of engagement with authoritarian regimes. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has asserted this policy will “help achieve democratic...
Tags: Myanmar PM, U.S, Scot Marciel, Tokyo, Mekong-Japan, Burma, Aung San Suu Kyi, Washington, assistant secretary, United States
Burmese pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi met with a delegation led by US Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs Kurt Campbell at Inya Lake Hotel in Rangoon for two hours today, according to US officials. US Embassy officials...
Tags: Burma, Kurt Campbell, Aung San Suu Kyi, Myanmar, Mr Obama, leader aung, Rangoon, obama administration, U.S, Burmese
China's state-owned National Petroleum Corporation said Tuesday it has begun construction of a pipeline in Burma for transfer of Middle East oil. Officials say construction work started Monday on Burma's Maday Island in the Indian Ocean. The oil and gas...
Tags: Burma, Aung San Suu Kyi, Burmese, assistant secretary, Pacific Affairs Kurt Campbell, China
Kurt Campbell, the US assistant secretary of state for east Asian and Pacific affairs, arrived in the Burmese capital, Naypyidaw, on Tuesday morning for a two-day visit during which he will meet government officials, opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi...
Tags: Mr. Kurt Campbell, Burma, East Asian, assistant secretary, Rangoon, Burmese, Aung San Suu Kyi, US State Department, Barack Obama, Southeast Asian
This week a high level US delegation led by two senior officials will hold talks with the Burmese military regime and detained Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi. Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs Kurt Campbell and...
Tags: US-Burma Ready, Aung San Suu Kyi, Myanmar, United States, used delegation
He found her engaging and fully focused on the subject at hand�clearly intent on learning all the facts before coming to any conclusions. In this exclusive interview with The Irrawaddy , Ambassador Heyn describes his encounter with Burma�s leading pro-democracy...
Tags: Myanmar, Aung San Suu Kyi, U.S. State Department, assistant secretary, Pacific Affairs Kurt Campbell, Burma Heralds Obama, Scot Marciel, United States, East Asian, senior government
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 picture of...
Tags: Burma, Aung San Suu Kyi
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 dominate...
Tags: Burma, human rights, Aung San Suu Kyi, peaceful laureates, nobel peaceful
Wife of Col Ner Dah Mya, the son of late KNU leader Gen Bo Mya, has been detained after police found powder for making explosives at his house, KNU sources said. The purpose of the raids is not clear and The Irrawaddy has been unable to get independent...
Tags: Aung San Suu Kyi, Burma, Thailand, prime minister, KNU, security forces, Gen Thein Sein, knu leaders, raid knu, forces raid