Burma Update: January 21, 2008

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APPPB Update: Burma in Year 2008

Dear Friends,

Warm greeting from the APPPB Secretariat in a new year with lots of hope and inspiration to work even harder as this is 2008 and this year will see 20th anniversary of the 8.8.88 Uprising in which as many as 3,000 pro-democracy markers and protesters were killed within the cause of six month period in 1988.

We got a New Year’s wish from the Danish Burma Committee which said “Envisioning an unstoppable snow ball rolling down a hill getting bigger and bigger we have high hopes that the demonstrations in August and September will be the snow ball enhancing Burma’s democratic transition process... and we will do our best to support this development and keep the snow balls rolling.”

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News from Burmese Media

Irrawaddy News Magazine: India’s Pro-junta Stand Unlikely to Change, Say Analysts
Irrawaddy News Magazine: Burmese Authorities to Relocate Mandalay Gem Market to Rangoon
Irrawaddy News Magazine: Asean Won’t Let Burma Troubles Slow Regional Integration
Irrawaddy News Magazine: Burmese Regime Attacks Bloggers
Democratic Voice of Burma: Local Authorities Demand Extra Taxes
Democratic Voice of Burma: Chin Families Flee Food Shortages
Mizzima News: Financial Matters Dominate British PM's Visit to New Delhi
Narinjara News: Anti-Government Flyers Distributed in Arakan
Narinjara News: Residents to Pay for Western Command's Golf Tournament
Independent Mon News Agency: Bus Accident Kills 27 People in Southern Burma
Kaladan Press Network: Major Lottery Agents Arrested in Pauktaw
Kaladan Press Network: CARE to Build Bridge in Buthidaung
Kaladan Press Network: UNHCR Supports Road Construction in Buthidaung


News from Global Media

BBC Burmese: India has Important Role to Play on Burma Says Brown
The Straits Times: Myanmar Going 'Downhill on All Fronts', Says US
International Herald Tribune: US Says More World Pressure Needed on Myanmar, Claims Regime Refuses to Move Forward
Xinhua Online: Chinese State Councilor Meets Myanmar Special Envoy
AFP: Asean's Influence On Myanmar Limited: Singapore Minister
The Straits Times: Countries Slow to Ratify Shouldn't Hold Back Asean Charter
The Nation: Burma to Free Fuel Imports?


Opinion/Other

Independent Mon News Agency: Putting a Leash on Information Outflow [Commentary] - Shyamal Sarkar
The Jakarta Post: Initiatives for Myanmar Must Include China, India - Meidyatama Suryodiningrat


Report/Briefer

ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Myanmar Caucus: Myanmar/Burma News Update (Edition 75)