The party of Burmese democracy leader Aung Sung Suu Kyi, which boycotted last year's general election, said Friday it would re-register in order to contest a series of upcoming special elections for empty parliamentary seats.
This is the sad and disturbing story of a teenage girl from Shan State, Burma. Her parents were shot before her very eyes, and she was then raped by Burmese junta soldiers. Many other women have endured such an ordeal and have sought refuge across the border in Thailand. They claim the Burmese authorities are clearly giving the go-ahead to use rape as a military weapon in operations against ethnic rebellions.
Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi met with President Thein Sein Friday in the highest-level talks yet between the democracy icon and the leaders of a nominally civilian government made up of retired military men elected in March.
A billion euros a year. That's the profit allegedly being made by the Burmese government, to the cost of the Burmese people. The ruling junta's accused of secretly selling the country's oil and natural gas reserves to China via clandestine pipelines. A local NGO says locals are being exploited in the project, which is adding to the fuel shortage that's already taken hold in the capital, Rangoon.
Burma swore in former army general Thein Sein (pictured) as its new president Wednesday, in the final stages of the country’s supposed transition to civilian rule. As a loyal supporter of the regime, Sein is not expected to introduce reforms.
Burma's first elected legislature in almost half a century convened Monday, but opposition leaders and the public remained sceptical as both houses will be dominated by the political party that serves as a proxy for the ruling junta.
Burmese dissident Aung San Suu Kyi has seen her youngest son for the first time in a decade, some ten days after she was released from a lengthy house arrest by the military junta.
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Burmese villagers fleeing the latest clashes between rebel fighters and Burmese troops were sheltered in camps on the Thai side of the border Tuesday as a military-backed party claimed victory in Sunday's widely criticised poll.
The main military-backed political party in Burma (also known as Myanmar) claimed victory Tuesday in the country's first general election in 20 years, as clashes near the Thai-Burma border between troops and ethnic rebels forced thousands to flee.
