Tuesday, 17 June 2008

DVB News - 16 Jun'08

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Diesel fuel needed to restart farming Phyar Pon cyclone victims fear food shortage Authorities sell farmers donated tractors Writer Zaw Thet...

Blogger Nay Phone Latt being reinvestigated

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Phanida - Mizzima 16 June 2008, Chiang Mai – The Burmese military junta authorities are reinvestigating blogger Ko Nay Phone Latt who has be...

Twilight of the Idle Regime

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By SAW HTUN The Irrawaddy News I lived in a military compound during my youth, when my father was an army officer and Burma was still ruled ...

Rumors of New Catastrophe Sweep Rangoon

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By MIN LWIN The Irrawaddy News Now all hope of humanitarian intervention in Burma’s cyclone-devastated regions has vanished, rumors of anoth...

Student activists helping Nargis victims arrested

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New Delhi: The Burmese military junta authorities detained at least three members of 88 Generation Students last Thursday. Three senior memb...

Call for release of magazine chief editor and blogger held for distributing aid to cyclone victims - Zaw Thet Htwe

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Reporters Without Borders and the Burma Media Association condemn the arrest of Love Journal chief editor Zaw Thet Htwe on 13 June for assis...

Burma cyclone impacting world food supply; forced evictions make post-cyclone hell worse

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World Tribune The military officers who have run the Burmese (Myanmar) economy for the past half century has little to show for their effort...

Myanmar Cyclone Survivors Left Without Shelter, Aid Workers Say

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By Paul Tighe June 17 ( Bloomberg ) -- More than 75 percent of people needing shelter after Myanmar's cyclone are without tarpaulins for...

Myanmar: Cyclone Nargis OCHA Situation Report No. 32

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SITUATION OVERVIEW 1. Cyclone Nargis struck Myanmar on 2 and 3 May 2008, making landfall in the Ayeyarwady Division and hitting the former c...

Myanmar rice farmers get tillers to replace buffalo, but don't know how to use them

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KYUNG GWIN, Myanmar ( IHT ) : Farmer Zaw Naing was puzzled as he stared at the brand new, unassembled tilling machine — equipment not seen i...
Monday, 16 June 2008

Who in China Is Happy?

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In an increasingly diverse and divided China, experts cite a new key distinction: those who are burdened by the expectations of others, and ...

Editor aiding cyclone victims arrested by Junta

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By Wai Sann - Mizzima News 15 June 2008 The Burmese military junta continues to harass and detain people and despite odds have gone out o...

Red Cross welcomes special cyclone support

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Australian Red Cross CEO Robert Tickner today warmly welcomed a special contribution by the Government of South Australia to aid victims of ...

Damage from dams

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Editor - Sunday's San Francisco Chronicle aptly illustrated the problems inherent in large dam projects with its coverage of the planned...

NDPCC member inspects rehabilitation tasks in Ngapudaw Township

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Yangon, 13 June - Member of the National Disaster Preparedness Central Committee Minister for Mines Brig-Gen Ohn Myint met with commanding o...

Dodging the Junta

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by Suzy Khimm An ad hoc grassroots aid network in Burma has had some success working around the country's repressive leaders. ( TNR ) - ...
Sunday, 15 June 2008

Obstacles to EU-Asean FTA

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By Supalak Ganjanakhundee The Nation June 13, 2008 A free-trade agreement between the Association of Southeast Asian Nations and the Europea...

OPINION: There’s a Little Bit of the Burmese General in All of Us

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Lita Davidson; May 23, 2008 While the western world looks with disgust at Burma’s military, who pride themselves more on their self imposed ...

Deep South Referendum Bombing Suspects Resurface

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Asohn Vi / Kaowao ; June 9, 2008 Two men suspected of setting and exploding a bomb previously believed to have been tortured to death, have ...

Burmese force collects paddy seeds for cyclone victims

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( Kaladan Press ) 14 June 2008 - Maungdaw, Arakan State: Burma's border security force, Nasaka, collected paddy seeds for seedlings for ...