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Don't Push NLD into a Corner
By MIN ZIN
Pushing the NLD to pick a fight with the junta over the referendum is premature and strategically unwise.
A Good Man Will Never Die
By SHAH PAUNG / THAI-BURMESE BORDER
I want the assassins who killed Mahn Sha to know they took his life, but they can never kill the history of what he has done for Burma as well as the Karen people. |
UN Chief Must Now Do His Best for Burma
By MIN ZIN
If leverage is the ticket to mediation, the United Nations’ effort to bring about political reconciliation in Burma has proved increasingly powerless in the past few months. |
'How Many Monks Must Die Before The UN Moves?'
By Marwaan Macan-Markar/IPS Writer/Mae Sot
For one Buddhist monk from Burma, the brutal crackdown of peaceful street protests in the country last September was anything but a victory for the military regime. |
Suharto’s Death Shows ‘Reformasi’ Merely Shift in Power
By Kafil Yamin/IPS Writer/Jakarta
The death of former Indonesian president Suharto shows the country’s ‘reformasi’ (reformation) as nothing more than a shift in power instead of a gradual process to democracy, say analysts here. |
Water, Water, Everywhere, and Not a Drop to Drink
By Aye Chan Myae
A change in consumer tastes in Rangoon has led to an increased demand for bottled drinking water over the last ten years. However, not everyone can afford this luxury item; and for those who can’t, contaminated water is often the only alternative. |
Poets Braced for Censorship
By Min Lwin
Burmese writers and journalists have long found themselves under surveillance from Burma’s Press Scrutiny Board. Now another branch of the arts has reason to be fearful—Burma’s poets. |
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Body of Suharto Arrives Hometown for State Funeral |
| By Irwan Firdaus/AP Writer/Solo |
| The body of former Indonesian President Suharto, who led a military dictatorship for three decades and whose US-backed regime killed hundreds of thousands of left-wing opponents, arrived in his hometown Monday for a state funeral. |
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Burma Under Siege |
| By Min Zin |
| A growing sense of vulnerability will push the Burmese junta to entrench its goals in non-negotiable term. |
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East Asia Emerges at Davos |
| By Surin Pitsuwan/ Davos |
| Government leaders, corporate giants, financial gurus, social entrepreneurs, influential academics and opinion leaders of all sectors and shades converge here |
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Thailand's War on Drugs Massacre—Officials Scot-Free |
| By Marwaan Macan-Markar/IPS Writer/Bangkok |
| Shortly after Thailand’s military leaders grabbed power in the September 2006 coup, they pledged to rectify the ‘wrongs’ committed during the five-and-a-half years of the Thaksin Shinawatra administration. Securing justice for the victims of a bloody ‘war on drugs’ was one of them. |
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Young People Throw an Online Lifeline |
| By Min Lwin |
| After witnessing the plight of survivors of a devastating fire in Hlaing Township, Rangoon, in November 2005, Aung Myo Thu decided to dedicate his life to helping people in need. |
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Asia Religious Leaders Tackle HIV/AIDS |
| By Jaime Lim/IPS Writer/Bangkok |
| The Korean superstar RAIN was roped in by the Christian relief group World Vision last year to help promote awareness of HIV and AIDS, especially among the youth. Over in Fiji, people living with HIV can get internship opportunities at the World Council of Churches (WCC) in the Pacific. |
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The China Factor |
| By Min Zin |
| Diplomacy alone is not enough to compel China to play an effective role to resolve Burma's crisis. Public action is needed. |
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Eyeing Burma |
| By John Feffer/IPS Writer/Washington |
| When the world’s two most populous countries held a summit this month in Beijing, their agenda was brimful with collaboration. |
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