Mizzima:Two killed nine injured in explosion in Burma’s Pegu division

Than Htike Oo Friday, 12 September 2008 20:31 Chiang Mai – Two people were killed and nine seriously injured when two explosions occurred in Kyaukgyi town in Pegu division, Burma on Thursday evening. The explosions, which were believed to be caused by landmines, occurred almost simultaneously near a video parlour and in front of a [...]

Min Ko Naing Defiant at Hearing: Lawyer

By MINN LWIN Friday,September 12,2008 A lawyer for Min Ko Naing, a leading figure from Burma’s nationwide pro-democracy uprising in 1988, said that the detained activist was defiant when he appeared in court at Rangoon’s Insein Prison on Tuesday. “You can sentence us to a thousand years in prison for our political activities, but we [...]

Singapore and Myanmar ‘parliaments’ are ‘rubber-stamp centres’

Singapore and Myanmar ‘parliaments’ are ‘rubber-stamp centres’ Note:There is even no parliaments in Burma. Another similarity between those two dictator authoritian states is the fact that almost all the opposition leaders are annihilated effectively from the political scenes of respective countries.

Myanmar-Singapore Drug Trade

Myanmar-Singapore Drug Trade Singapore’s economic linkage with Burma is one of the most vital factors for the survival of Burma’s military regime,” says Professor Mya Maung, a Burmese economist based in Boston. This link, he continues, is also central to “the expansion of the heroin trade.”) Singapore has achieved the distinction of being the Burmese [...]

Singapore and Myanmar, symbiosis story of twin Dictators

Singapore and Myanmar, symbiosis story of twin Dictators The Jakarta Post, Saturday, March 01, 2008, Opinion News “S’pore and Myanmar junta” by Djoko Susilo President George W. Bush recently issued an executive order, banning Americans from doing business with companies controlled by persons or institutions related to the Myanmar junta. Many of the companies blacklisted [...]