Yangon | Simon Roughneen - Part 7

‘Myanmar Pussycat Dolls’ get ready for LA – Christian Science Monitor

http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Global-News/2012/0629/After-Aung-San-Suu-Kyi-girl-band-symbolizes-a-changing-Myanmar YANGON – Since Myanmar (Burma) formally ended military rule in March 2011, getting an interview with long-detained opposition...

After Arakan violence, disquiet on the western front – The Irrawaddy

http://www.irrawaddy.org/archives/7665 SITTWE, Arakan State, Burma – A visitor would be forgiven for thinking not much happens in Sittwe, the...

Aung San Suu Kyi ends boycott to make Myanmar parliamentary debut – Christian Science Monitor

http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Asia-Pacific/2012/0501/Aung-San-Suu-Kyi-ends-boycott-to-make-Myanmar-parliamentary-debut BANGKOK, THAILAND – Aung San Suu Kyi will take her seat in Myanmar’s military-stuffed parliament on Wednesday, after...

Myanmar’s former political prisoners weigh next steps ahead of polls – Christian Science Monitor/RTÉ World Report

http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Asia-Pacific/2012/0211/Myanmar-s-former-political-prisoners-weigh-next-steps-ahead-of-polls http://www.rte.ie/news/player/world-report/2012/0212/ – radio report YANGON – “I felt nothing, really, when I was told I was to be...

Misplaced US optimism on Burma – Asia Sentinel

http://asiasentinel.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2883&Itemid=168 BANGKOK – Diplomatic cables by the U.S. Embassy in Rangoon show that American officials were optimistic about dialogue...

Hope for dissidents behind bars? – South China Morning Post

http://www.scmp.com/vgn-ext-templating/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=a59173cebca4c210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&s=News&ss=Asia+%26+World BANGKOK – On Saturday, artist and former political prisoner Htein Lin opened a new exhibition in Bangkok, with...

Standing Tall or Stepping Down? – ISN

What now for the opposition in Burma after Aung San Suu Kyi’s party refuses to take part in what...

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