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GOOD MORNING MYANMAR…
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Reality is all in the qualifiers, in this case an adverb. When President Barak Hussein Obama sits down with the heads of the ten member countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations this weekend, he will reiterate the U.S. call for the release of all political prisoners in Myanmar. All, of course, includes ...5 hours ago -
GOOD MORNING MYANMAR…
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While President Barak Hussein Obama has no plan for a bilateral meeting with Myanmar’s Prime Minister Thein Sein during the South East Asian Nationssummitt in Singapore, observers are expressing great interest in what might transpire when Obama meets with the 10 ASEAN members.From AFP:“The US has decided that its ...1 day ago -
GOOD MORNING MYANMAR…
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Talk is cheap, and talk between diplomats is typically bargain basement. Having asserted that caveat, however, I continue to be optimistic about the visit of U.S. diplomat Kurt Campbell to Myanmar and his talks with both the State Peace and Development Council (aka, military dictators) and the opposition National ...6 days ago -
Free Burma: Update on Rape Victim
Save Burma —
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Free Burma: Update on Rape Victim Karen State, Burma 5 October 2009 The report below, of two women raped by a Burma Army commander, Khin Maung Hsit, was initially sent out on September 6, 2009. The FBR teams on the ground have now sent a photograph of one of the rape victims, Naw Eh Hla ...6 days ago -
GOOD MORNING MYANMAR…
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When First Lady Laura Bush took a specific interest in imprisoned Nobel Laureate Aung San Suu Kyi I had high hopes. I really did. In the end, Bush was unable to leverage her interesting into any kind of meaningful action. It has been 14 years since a high-level American diplomat has spoken with Suu Kyi. [...]1 week ago -
The BBC and the Gulf of Tonkin
Andrew Drummond —
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This is a blog only Is Burma softening its stance? The BBC is currently posing this question on its website in a fairly lengthy piece by my Bangkok colleague Alistair Leathead. The article quotes Derek Tonkin, former British Ambassador to Bangkok turned Burma watcher as saying: “Given the impasse of the last ...1 week ago -
The BBC and the Gulf of Tonkin
Thailand Voice —
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This is a blog only Is Burma softening its stance? The BBC is currently posing this question on its website in a fairly lengthy piece by my Bangkok colleague Alistair Leathead. The article quotes Derek Tonkin, former British Ambassador to Bangkok turned Burma watcher as saying: “Given the impasse of the last 20 ...1 week ago -
GOOD MORNING MYANMAR…
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Earlier this month I wrote about the numbers of people trafficked between Myanmar and Thailand. Both governments claimed they were getting a handle on the problem. Non-Governmental Organizations in the region, however call bullshit. Why am I not surprised? Can any truth come from Myanmar’s State Peace and ...2 weeks ago -
GOOD MORNING MYANMAR…
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Back on 16 October I posted about the push-of-war perpetrated on tens of thousands of Rothingya families along the Bagladesh/Myanmar border. The oppression has enterd a new phase with the Rothingya being forced into slave labor to build a fence preventing movement across the border. From Aljazeera.2 weeks ago -
“My husband died for his people, I will take his place on the FBR team.”
democracy for burma —
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“My husband died for his people, I will take his place on the FBR team.” – P’Saw Paw (Dew Flower), age 26, widow and mother of a 4 year old daughter. Dear friends, While on a relief mission in Toungoo District, Northern Karen State, Mya Win, FBR team video man and reporter, died of malaria as he helped his ...2 weeks ago -
GOOD MORNING MYANMAR…
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It now appears that my innate cynicism was concerning Myanmar’s State Peace and Development Council, i.e. military dictators, ability to ease the detention of Nobel Laureate Aung San Suu Kyi was well founded. No less a figure than Tint Swe, member of the National Coalition Government of the Union of Burma also calls ...2 weeks ago -
GOOD MORNING MYANMAR…
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The lofty goal of recognizing and defending human rights and Myanmar’s State Peace and Development Council, i.e. military dictators, are difficult to place in the same country, let alone the same region. Yet that appears to be exactly what the Association of Southeast Asian Nations has at least attempted to do.From ...2 weeks ago -
Host An Ignite For Burma Event At Your School (Video)
TakePart Social Action Network —
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On October 28th college campuses across the United States will host Ignite For Burma events, which aim to educate and inspire classmates to help end the oppressive tactics of the Burmese military junta. Whether or not your in school now, you can still host an event and join thousands in asking President Obama to ...2 weeks ago -
GOOD MORNING MYANMAR…
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News from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations summit in Thailand that Myanmar might ease the detention of Nobel Laureate Aung San Suu Kyi sounds like good news, but given the track record of the State Peace and Development Council, i.e, military dictators of Myanmar, my cynical self is on high alert.From ...2 weeks ago -
GOOD MORNING MYANMAR…
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More good news out of Washington D.C. concerning President Barack Hussein Obama’s administration’s interest in Myanmar. At a hearing Wednesday morning, State Department Assistant Secretary Kurt Campbell told Congressional members that he would lead a team to Myanmar in the next few weeks.From Reuters:“We intend ...2 weeks ago -
GOOD MORNING MYANMAR…
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The awarding of this year’s Nobel Peace Prize to President Barack Hussein Obama has been the subject of confusion and derision, but events in Myanmar may offer some insight to the committee’s thinking. President Obama is changing the international game and €35 million in relief seed money may be one sign of the ...3 weeks ago -
GOOD MORNING MYANMAR…
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The last time that Myanmar’s prime minister attended a summit meeting of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations he wielded a heavy hand and forced host-country Singapore to withdraw an invitation to United Nation’s envoy Ibrahim Gambari. Now, only four days before a summit in Thailand, Thein Sein is packing ...3 weeks ago -
GOOD MORNING MYANMAR…
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On this Wednesday, 21 October, the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the United States House of Representatives will hear testimony on Myanmar. Scheduled for the first panel is State Department Assistant Secretary for East Asian and Pacific Affairs Kurt M. Campbell. The second panel includes Executive Director Aung Din ...3 weeks ago -
GOOD MORNING MYANMAR…
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Yesterday I posted a link to the nearly 200-page-long, 2008 Constitution of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar and pondered what it would be like to deal with such a large document. Well, one challenge might very well be that you could get lost in the language and miss very important facets; like those [...]3 weeks ago -
GOOD MORNING MYANMAR…
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There is a beauty in the brevity of the Constitution of the United States of America. So concise is this comprehensive document, it easily fits in a shirt or inside jacket pocket, ready to be whipped out and read when any dispute or misunderstanding arises as to what is and is not proper as regards [...]3 weeks ago
