Burma Update: January 17, 2008

News from Burmese Media

Irrawaddy News Magazine: Rambo to the Rescue
Irrawaddy News Magazine: Security Forces Break Up Attempted Demonstration in Western Burma
Irrawaddy News Magazine: Another Explosion in Burma Kills Bus Conductor
Irrawaddy News Magazine: South Korea Offers Work Permits to Burmese
Irrawaddy News Magazine: More Burmese Migrants Seeking Work in Thailand
Irrawaddy News Magazine: Security Council to Meet Again on Burma
Irrawaddy News Magazine: Bouncing for Burma
Democratic Voice of Burma: Myanmar Times Banned for One Week by Censors
Democratic Voice of Burma: Authorities Demand Cheap Rice from Farmers
Democratic Voice of Burma: Second Delivery of Military Trucks from China
Democratic Voice of Burma: Bomb Explodes on Bus in Bago Township
Democratic Voice of Burma: Police Disrupt Protest in Taunggok
Mizzima News: Chinese Military Trucks for Burma Army Arrive on Border
Mizzima News: Naga festival Tourist Bus Turns Turtle, 20 Injured
Mizzima News: Two Opposition Leaders Released after Traumatic Interrogation
Independent Mon News Agency: Burmese Migrant Workers Robbed by Thai Group
Shan Herald Agency for News: Junta Forces People to Buy VCDs
Shan Herald Agency for News: Junta Increases Communication Fees
Shan Herald Agency for News: Shan Community in Chiang Mai Mourns for the Late Princess Shan Herald Agency for News: Shan Fighters Encounter Junta Infantry
Kaladan Press Newtork: Several Tons of Rice from Burma Arrives in Teknaf
Kaladan Press Newtork: Maungdaw Villagers Forced to Buy Physic Nut Saplings Again
Kachin News Group: Burmese in Japan Demonstrate Against Granting Funds to SPDC
Kachin News Group: Construction of Kachin Baptist Church in Tarung Prohibited



News from Global Media

Inter Press Service News Agency: BURMA: Junta Achieves Food Shortages Amidst Plenty
International Herald Tribune: Japan Urges Myanmar to Speed Up Democratic Reforms, Hold Talks with Suu Kyi
The Guardian: More Protests Predicted in Burma
The Straits Times: Myanmar Minister Seeks Japanese Investment
Xinhua Online: Myanmar-China Cross-Border Road to be Completed in March
The Nation: Japanese Aid Snub to Burma



Opinion/Other

Irrawaddy News Magazine: UK to Double Burma Aid - IRIN