Source: http://ko-htike.blogspot.comNews from Burmese Media
Kaladan Press Network: Rice from Burma Continues to Reach Bangladesh
Kachin News Group: Burma Army Soldiers Rob and Kill Gold Dealer in Hukawng Valley
Khonumthung News: Burmese Police Recruit Under Age Youth in Western Burma
Shan Herald Agency for News: PaO Leader: Resolution of Shan Affairs is Burma Affairs 50% Resolved
Shan Herald Agency for News: Karen Rep Given Surprise Welcome by Madrid
Shan Herald Agency for News: New Ballpark on Border
News from Global Media
Earth Times: Ten Illegal Immigrants Nabbed Trying to Enter Singapore by Sea
AP of Pakistan: Qazi Khalilullah New Envoy to Myanmar
VOA: Thailand's New Prime Minister Says UN Should Increase Contacts With Burma
Opinion/Other
Shan Herald Agency for News: Murder by Proxy: The Story of Fake Artesunate - Sai Awn Murng
Irrawaddy News Magazine: UN Chief Must Now Do His Best for Burma - Min Zin
The Hindu: Democracy and a tale of two juntas [Opinion] - P.S. Suryanarayana
International Herald Tribune: Are Sanctions the Answer? - Stanley A. Weiss
Report/Briefer
Shan Herald Agency for News: Weekly Diary, No. 287 (1–8 February 2008)
- No More Jamboree for Gambari!
- Boycott of Beijing Olympics!
- Life is Worth 6 Bucks in Burma!
- Elected Govt. in Thailand After 16 Months Under Thai SPDC!
Irrawaddy News Magazine: Weekly Business Roundup (February 09, 2008) - William Boot
Special Feature
Irrawaddy News Magazine: The Long Road to Liberation [Beyond 1988—Reflections V] - Aung Naing Oo
"October 1988: We left at dawn as villagers moved about in semi-darkness preparing for a new day. Our guide was a burly Mon man, about 45 years old, who had agreed to take us to the Karen rebel-held territory.
I walked right behind him. Another 15 people, including a well-known boxer, a former Burmese army corporal from Kayah [Karenni] State and other students, trailed behind me, like a train. The villagers remained silent, familiar with the spectacle of youthful, would-be rebels heading for the distant jungle. The soldiers we had spotted the previous day were nowhere to be seen; perhaps still in bed. Luck was on our side ... "
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