Burma Update: Feburary 1, 2008

Highlight

International Crisis Group: Burma/Myanmar: After the Crackdown [Report]


News from Burmese Media

Democratic Voice of Burma: KNU Celebrates Karen Revolution Day
Democratic Voice of Burma: Taunggok NLD Member Dies at 51
Mizzima News: Burmese Blogger Nay Phone Latt, Mysteriously Missing
Mizzima News: Burmese Authorities Take in Another Two NLD Youth
Mizzima News: Without Tough Decisions, State Failure Possible: ICG
Mizzima News: India to Step Up Support for Change in Burma: Gambari
Mizzima News: India Supplies 20 Diesel Locomotives to Burma
Narinjara News: Burmese Monks Without Shelter
Narinjara News: Burmese Army Loots Rice From Traders
Shan Herald Agency for News: Activists Wish "Unhappy Bad day" to Than Shwe
Kaladan Press Network: Second Resettlement in 2008 in Northern Arakan
Irrawaddy News Magazine: Junta Pressures Ethnic Ceasefire Groups on China Border
Irrawaddy News Magazine: NLD Spokesman Hospitalized in Singapore


News from Global Media

UNIC Yangon: U.N. Envoy for Myanmar Encouraged by India's Support
UNIC Yangon: Annual Report to the Security Council on Children and Armed Conflict
Associated Press: US Envoy Wants Int'l Pressure on Myanmar
Reuters: Myanmar Junta Takes Aim at Latest Rambo Movie
Borneo Bulletin: Myanmar's Crackdown Deadlier than Junta Admits: HRW
The Peninsula: Arroyo Urged to Ratify ASEAN Charter
Xinhua Online: Vietnam Plays Active Role in UNSC Meetings
Boing Boing: "Giraffe Women" of Burma are Trapped in Thailand


Opinion/Other

Democratic Voice of Burma: The Junta’s Crackdown Continues [Commentary] - Bo Kyi
Irrawaddy News Magazine: Rambo: Another Victory for the West and a Defeat for Burma [Opinion] - Sai Soe Win Latt
Independent Mon News Agency: Is This the New Style of Burmanisation? [Opinion] - Taramon


Report/Briefer

Alternative ASEAN Network on Burma: January 2008 Burma Bulletin
* Daw Suu slams SPDC
* Persecution of NLD intensifies
* Child mortality rate worse than Sudan
* Bombs in Burma
* SPDC in international spotlight
* Food shortages
* Other Burma news
* List of Reports
* Much more...

Shan Herald Agency for News: Weekly Diary, No. 286 (25–31 January 2008)
- Rambo on Rampage in Burma!
- The Lady for Tripartite Dialogue!
- Wa Leader Returns!
- 100 Killed in September!