SLIDE SHOW Behind Camp Gates |
| By KYAW ZWA MOE |
| More than 148,000 refugees from the fighting in Burma huddle in the shelter of 10 camps along the Thai-Burmese border, most of them denied any hope of starting new lives in the outside world or of ever returning to a free homeland. Two writers for The Irrawaddy visited two border camps for a special series. Kyaw Zwa Moe reports first of all from Karenni Refugee Camp-1. |
TCG Chairman Kyaw Thu Transferred |
| By THE IRRAWADDY |
| Kyaw Thu, who was considered to be an effective administrator, has been transferred to a low-profile post, a move seen as a snub to UN agencies and INGOs who were encouraged to see more humanitarian missions being allowed to work in Burma. |
OPINION
A Failed Mission |
| By AUNG ZAW |
| The UN Special Envoy’s seventh mission was as hollow and inconsequential as we have grown to expect. |
Burmese PM’s Daughter Camera Shy on Her Wedding Day |
| By MIN LWIN |
| Burma’s military elite gathered for another extravagant wedding on Saturday—but this time, guests were asked to check their video cameras at the door. |
Kyaw Thu’s Transfer Questions Junta’s Intentions |
| By WAI MOE |
| The apparent transfer of Deputy Foreign Minister Kyaw Thu to an inactive post raises questions about the junta’s true intentions. |
Young Activist Given 15-Year Sentence |
| By SAW YAN NAING |
| Twenty-year-old Dee Nyein Lin receives a total of 15 years for taking part in a demonstration and organizing an “illegal” group. |
Burmese Migrants in Limbo |
| By LAWI WENG |
| The Thai Labor Ministry is delaying the issue of some 700,000 work permits to migrant workers—90 percent of whom are Burmese—in order to accommodate Thais affected by the global economic crisis. |
UN discusses with Thailand to find solution for Rohingya boatpeopleUnited Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in Thailand said it is discussing with the Thai government on a possible solution for 78 Rohingya boat people, who were arrested by the... |
Junta continues cabinet reshuffleIn the continuing reshuffle of its cabinet, the Burmese military rulers have appointed two of its Ministers to head an extra ministry each in place of ministers that have resigned,... |
Editorial, Opinion and Analysis
Burma's opium poppy growers return to their fields
(Analysis) Opium poppy cultivation in Burma has increased alarmingly in the past two years amid fears that region's worsening econ...
Leader of pro-junta group resignsThein Tin Aung, second-in-command of a Student and Youth Organization, which usually criticizes Daw Aung San Suu Kyi and her NLD party and which is also contesting the 2010 general... | ABFSU leader Dee Nyein Linn sentenced to 5 more years in prisonThe South Dagon Township Court sentenced 'All Burma Federation of Students Union' (ABFSU) leader Dee Nyein Linn to another five years in prison yesterday, for unlawful association... |
E! Online - USA As goodwill ambassador to the United Nations Refugee Agency, UNHCR, Angie was there to appeal to the country's government to provide Myanmar (Burma) ... See all stories on this topic | ||
| Human rights: conflict in Sri Lanka, persecution of Burmese ... Parlement Européen (Communiqué de presse) - Bruxelles,Belgium Civilians caught in deadly crossfire between the Sri Lankan Government and rebel group Tamil Tigers, the persecution of the Rohingya people of Burma, ... See all stories on this topic | ||
Voice of America - USA By VOA News Academy Award-winning actress and United Nations goodwill ambassador Angelina Jolie is urging Thailand to give tens of thousands of Burmese ... See all stories on this topic | ||
| Breaking Burma’s official secrets United Press International, Asia - Hong Kong,USA By Awzar Thi When some villagers in Natmauk, central Burma, made a complaint last year that the army had illegally occupied land they had been farming, ... See all stories on this topic | ||
| Jolie asks Thailand to help Burmese refugees International Herald Tribune - France AP GENEVA: Angelina Jolie has called on Thailand's government to give more freedom to tens of thousands of Burmese refugees it has kept locked inside camps ... See all stories on this topic | ||
| British Council pulls out of Tehran after 'intimidation' Times Online - UK That is why we continue to work in places as challenging and varied as Iraq, Burma, Zimbabwe and Afghanistan. "I am now looking for the opportunity to ... See all stories on this topic | ||
| Come Hell or High Water, the Burmese Junta Endures Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting - Washington,DC,USA By Jacob Baynham This marks Gambari's seventh trip to Burma, a country locked in a military dictatorship since 1962. His efforts have had little effect. ... See all stories on this topic | ||
| Burmese PM’s Daughter Camera Shy on Her Wedding Day The Irrawaddy News Magazine - Chiang Mai,Thailand By MIN LWIN Opulence was the order of the day last Saturday, as Burmese Prime Minister Gen Thein Sein’s daughter married Capt Han Win Aung at a government ... See all stories on this topic | ||
| Gambari’s visit sees no progress in Burma Democratic Voice of Burma - Oslo,Norway Feb 5, 2009 (DVB)–The National League for Democracy has expressed disappointment that the visit of United Nations special envoy Ibrahim Gambari to Burma did ... See all stories on this topic | ||
| Kyaw Thu’s Transfer Questions Junta’s Intentions The Irrawaddy News Magazine - Chiang Mai,Thailand The apparent reshuffle confused international observers and rang alarm bells within UN agencies and INGOs operating inside Burma. Why the consternation? ... See all stories on this topic |
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| The military government Ministry of Home Affairs is conducting a ... By sanooaung He said Rohingya were no less a problem for Bangladesh than Burma, and Bangladeshis had also mistreated them. And both countries are yet to identify how many and which Rohingya are from either. Some are Bengali economic refugees. The other two reasons the military government has made up are: Incomplete census and problems in the drug eradication programme. For those, the military government refuses .... Burma News. Aljazeera English · Burma News Google ... San Oo Aung's Weblog - http://sanooaung.wordpress. |
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