A recent series of visits by US officials to Myanmar signaled the renewal of relations[GALLO/GETTY] Obama unveils ‘new chapter’ in Myanmar ties Rewards for reforms include first US ambassador to South Asian nation in 22 years and easing of investment sanctions. The ‘new chapter’ is finding another country to influence. Closed government means ‘not open [...]
Australia removed Thein Sein from the sanctions list, but military officers remained [Reuters] Australia’s government has announced an easing of sanctions and moves to normalise trade ties with Myanmar following recent reforms by the country’s civilian government. But Bob Carr, Australia’s foreign minister, said on Monday that sanctions would remain in place against about 130 military [...]
Supporters of the National League for Democracy cheer holding a portrait of Aung San Suu Kyias they watch a screen in Rangoon. Photograph: Reuters Esmer Golluoglu in Rangoon guardian.co.uk, Sunday 1 April 2012 13.20 BST Article history Aung San Suu Kyi supporters claim victory in Burma byelection Burmese Nobel laureate and pro-democracy linchpin said to have won 65% [...]
KIA officer visits his displaced family at their temporary shelter outside Laiza, Kachin State, January 29, 2012. © 2012 James Robert Fuller DOWNLOADABLE RESOURCES: Burma: Reforms Yet to Reach Kachin State (Burmese Translation – PDF) “Untold Miseries” – Summary (Burmese Translation – PDF) RELATED MATERIALS: “Untold Miseries” Burma: Ensure Aid Access in Kachin State MORE [...]
Aung San Suu Kyi has complained that her party has been censored while promoting its policies. Photograph: Khin Maung Win/AP Burma‘s opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi has said that government censors are not allowing her party to criticise the previous military-run governments when it promotes its policies on state-run radio and television before next month’s elections. [...]
As Myanmar opens up, it must be careful to impose proper policy and oversight on foreign companies [GALLO/GETTY] Some of the many causes ascribed to the financial crisis in the United States are improper regulation, deregulation and inadequate enforcement by regulatory agencies. More recently, this regulatory tale has been supplemented with a structural economic narrative. [...]
There has been a flurry of recent visits to Myanmar by Western governments offering more development assistance. The US says it now wants to restore full diplomatic relations with the nation following its recent reforms. “They haven’t changed anything yet, but they saw the Arab Spring happening in the Middle East [...]
Aung San Suu Kyi‘s National League for Democracy (NLD) boycotted last year’s election [Reuters] Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi has confirmed she will run for a parliamentary seat in April by-elections. Nyan Win, a spokesman for Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy Party (NLD), said on Tuesday that the Nobel Peace Prize winner [...]
Aung San Suu Kyi told supporters to continue their march to freedom as William Hague prepared to visit the country. Photograph: Nyein Chan Naing/EPA Aung San Suu Kyi, the Burmese pro-democracy leader and Nobel prizewinner, made an impassioned appeal to her followers on Wednesday “to continue the march on the road to freedom”, on [...]
Myanmar‘s parliament is dominated by the military, through reserved seats and pro-military parties [GALLO/GETTY] Myanmar has set April 1 as the date for parliamentary by-elections, which will see pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi‘s party return to mainstream politics for the first time in two decades. Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy (NLD) has said [...]
All roads lead to Myanmar By Sudha Ramachandran BANGALORE – In 2011, few countries took the world by surprise as much as Myanmar did. Not only did its new government take a series of steps to usher in democratic reform in the country but it also suspended a giant dam project with [...]
Aung San Suu Kyi arrives to register her political party in Naypyidaw Photo: AFP/GETTY By Dean Nelson, South Asia Editor 3:04PM GMT 23 Dec 2011 Aung San Suu Kyi registers political party Aung San Suu Kyi, the leader of Burma’s democracy movement met the speakers of the country’s parliament and registered her political party to contest [...]
. Clinton warned Myanmar to be wary of donors whose main interest is resource extraction [GALLO/GETTY] When a team of health professionals reached the makeshift camps along the China-Myanmar border in September to meet with refugees displaced by fighting in Kachin State, they encountered a young boy whose tale symptomises how debased the wars in [...]
Opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi (L), seen with President Thein Sein, was released last year [File photo: EPA] Myanmar likely to free political prisoners Officials say jailed activists, including hundreds from Aung San Suu Kyi’s party, may be pardoned within days. Myanmar is set to free hundreds of political prisoners [...]
No ‘meaningful change’ in Myanmar: Suu Kyi Email Print AFP/File – No “meaningful change” has taken place since Myanmar’s first elections in 20 years in November, … – Wed May 11, 6:32 pm ET BERLIN (AFP) – No “meaningful change” has taken place since Myanmar’s first elections in 20 years in November, recently released opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi said in comments [...]
