Burma Update: January 15, 2008

News from Burmese Media

Irrawaddy News Magazine: Myanmar Times Falls Victim to Burma’s “Comical Ali”
Irrawaddy News Magazine: Recent NLD Publication Violated Law, Say Authorities
Irrawaddy News Magazine: Budget Cuts at Thai-Burmese Border
Irrawaddy News Magazine: Patients Die Out of Concern
Irrawaddy News Magazine: Naga Group Calls for Boycott of Junta-backed Naga Festival
Democratic Voice of Burma: Villagers Tricked into Unpaid Farm Labour
Democratic Voice of Burma: target="_blank"NLD Members Arrested in Magwe Division
Democratic Voice of Burma: Increased Security in Bago Raises Local Suspicions
Mizzima News: Heat on, on Customs Officials at 105-Mile
Narinjara News: Wild Elephants Kill Five on Border
Narinjara News: Six Charged for Tax Evasion
Shan Herald Agency for News: Shan Rebel Council Holds Annual Meet
Kachin News Group: Traffic Police Seize Unlicensed Motorcycles after Festival
Kaladan Press Network: Sittwe University Student Found Dead in Arakan State Capital


News from Global Media

Asia Times Online: Myanmar's Gem Trade Loses Its Shine
AFP Nasdaq: US Official Calls For Clear Message To Myanmar
The Spoof: Britney Spears and Paris Hilton to Visit Burma


Multimedia


Video: The Children of Loi Tailang (Part I)


Video: The Children of Loi Tailang (Part II)


Opinion/Other

Irrawaddy News Magazine: Burma Aid Donors Must Also Look at Causes of Poverty [Editorial]
Democratic Voice of Burma: Where Are Burma’s Scholars and Educated People? [Commentary] - Naing Ko Ko
Mizzima News: European Producers Interested in Bogyoke Aung San Biography Film [Interview]- Nay Thwin
Human Rights Watch: India and Burma: time to Choose - Meenakshi Ganguly


Statement/Press Release

Human Rights Watch: Letter to Japan Foreign Minister Koumura
Human Rights Watch: Japan: Mekong Meeting Should Not Ignore Rights Abuses


Report/Briefer

ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Myanmar Caucus: Myanmar News Update No. 74