Burma Update: January 3, 2008

Photo: Aung San Suu Kyi poster on Leaning Tower of Pisa

News from Burmese Media

Democratice Voice of Burma: Burmese Foreign Minister Visits India
Democratice Voice of Burma: Steep Rise in Satellite TV Fees
Democratice Voice of Burma: Journalists’ Phones Cut Off in Rangoon
Democratice Voice of Burma: Htin Kyaw Ends His Hunger Strike
Mizzima News: Situation Worsening for Detained Activists
Mizzima News: India Maintains Hypocritical Foreign Policy Stance on Burma
Narinjara News: Army Dependents Forced to Work
Narinjara News: Three Unidentified Bodies Found Near Gas Drilling of Arakan Coast
Independent Mon News Agency: Forty Villagers Tortured for Their Possessions
Kachin News Group: KNG's Kachin Heroes for 2007
Kachin News Group: Foreign Movies Screened and Rented Illegally in Myitkyina
Irrawaddy News Magazine: ‘What Independence?’ Say Burma’s Youth
Irrawaddy News Magazine: India Urges Burma to Adopt Political Reform
Irrawaddy News Magazine: Four Rangoon Lawyers Reportedly Blacklisted for Forging Documents


News from Global Media

Reporters Without Borders: Burma: 167-Fold Increase in Price of Satellite Dish Licences
Telegraph: Inside Burma: Junta Celebrates Independence from Britain
ABC News: Myanmar Cracks Down on Ethnic Minorities
Viet Nam News Agency: India and Myanmar Boost Cooperative Ties
Xinhua Online: Indonesian President to Hold Meeting with Myanmar PM
International Herald Tribune: India Calls for Urgent National Reconciliation in Myanmar
Gulf Times: Myanmar Urged to Hasten Reform
Xinhua Online: Myanmar Reopens Ancient Palace to Attract Tourists
Scoop: Burma: Monks Continue Anti-junta Struggle


Opinion/Other

Mizzima News: Three Months After [Editorial]
Irrawaddy News Magazine: Burma’s 60th Independence Anniversary: Where’s the Independence? - Kyaw Zwa Moe
The Seoul Times: What Hope for Myanmar? - Chandra Muzaffar
Jakarta Post: Alphabet Soup and the ASEAN Neighborhoods - David Jay Green


Solidarity Action

The 60th Anniversary of Burma's Independence Day organized in New York City by International Burmese Monks Organization (USA East Coast), NLD (LA) USA East Coast Branch, 88-Generation Students (Exile), Women on the Move for Burma and International Campaign for Burma (New York).
Date: Saturday, January 5, 2008
Time: 12:30 PM to 3:30 PM
Place: 777 UN PLAZA (corner of 44 th St. & 1 st Ave.) New York, NY 10017 2nd Floor