YANGON: A top U.S. official visiting Myanmar issued a strong warning Monday against its military regime buying arms from North Korea in defiance of a U.N. embargo, and also said that Washington believes that its election plans lack legitimacy.Kurt Campbell, assistant secretary of state for East Asia, read a s

US Assistant Secretary of State Kurt Campbell had a one hour meeting on Monday with detained pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi and also held talks with colleagues of her former National League for Democracy (NLD) at a government guesthouse in Rangoon. Suu Kyi was driven from her home to the meeting pla

Saturday, 10 April 2010 New Delhi (Mizzima) – Burmese democracy icon and Nobel Laureate Aung San Suu Kyi, was medically examined by her family doctor on Thursday for the second time in eight days.The doctor’s visit was confirmed by NLD spokespersons and her lawyers, who said she may be suffering from low

Saturday, 10 April 2010 16:26 Hseng Khio Fah Latest reports say Naypyitaw has turned down the United Wa State Army (UWSA)’s latest 8 point counterproposal submitted to Naypyitaw on 3 April, yesterday.Yesterday morning,a 7 men junta delegation led by Col Than Htut Thein, Staff Officer Grade 1, of th

Burma’s opposition National League for Democracy (NLD) party has called for an end to the use of landmines in Burma following a rise in the number of mine-related deaths. The party’s spokesperson, Ohn Kyaing, said the call was made because innocent civilians are being killed by landmines used by the Burm

RANGOON––In an Irrawaddy survey involving more than 500 people in Rangoon, nearly half said they do not intend to vote in the upcoming election if the main opposition party, the National League for Democracy (NLD), does not contest it. The Irrawaddy recently asked 520 Rangoon residents, both men and wo