Burma Update: December 21, 2007

Highlight

US Government: S.2257: Burma Democracy Promotion Act of 2007 (Introduced in Senate)


News from Burmese Media

Democratic Voice of Burma: Monk Detained in Mental Hospital
Democratic Voice of Burma: DKBA Soldiers Killed by Regime Troops
Democratic Voice of Burma: Riot Police Training in Pakokku
Democratic Voice of Burma: Three Jailed for Giving Water to Monks
Narinjara News: Firepower Haul Dispatched to Arakan
Narinjara News: Authorities Tax Sacrificial Cows in Arakan
Kachin News Group: UDE Students in Myitkyina Love Examinations Before Christmas
Khonumthung News Group: Ferry Hits Fishing Boat; 45 Chins Missing
Irrawaddy Magazine: US Ambassador: ‘We Are Watching’
Irrawaddy Magazine: VCD Political Comedy Draws Laughter in Rangoon
Irrawaddy Magazine: Burma’s Largest IT Center Opens—But For How Long?
Irrawaddy Magazine: Exiles Considering Formation of New Government in Exile
Irrawaddy Magazine: Australian Oil Company to Invest in Burma Gas Fields


News from Global Media

The Straits Times: Thailand to Grant Citizenship to 353,000 People
Xinhua Online: Largest Pharmaceutical Factory Established in North Myanmar
Jurist: US Senate Approves Tougher Sanctions against Myanmar


Opinion/Other

Shan Herald Agency for News: Chin Leader: We are the Indigenous, Not Ethnic Minorities
Shan Herald Agency for News: Only Democracy Can Save Burma
Irrawaddy Magazine: Facing the Endgame - Min Zin
The Seoul Times: What Hope Myanmar? - Chandra Muzaffar
Relief Web: Crisis on the Burma Border - Ashley South