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Burma Partnership is pleased to announce that we have launched our new website. We hope it will be a useful tool for governments, journalists, researchers, and especially activists from Burma and all over the world.

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Wednesday, June 25, 2008

Burma Update: June 25, 2008


News from Burmese Media

Democratic Voice of Burma: Min Ko Naing still denied medical treatment
Democratic Voice of Burma: Chin girl kidnapped in New Delhi
Democratic Voice of Burma: Suspected gang member dies under interrogation
Democratic Voice of Burma: Farmers left in debt after land seizures
Mizzima News: Reporter arrested for covering cyclone news
Mizzima News: DFID objects to Save the Children's aid distribution mode
Kaladan Press Network: Forced labor for construction of Rangoon-Sittwe Highway
Shan Heral Agency for News: Hard to be innocent in Burma
Kachin News Group: Farmers-turned-poppy cultivators on the rise in Northern Burma
Kachin News Group: Drug use in gold mines on the rise
Network Media Group: Thai authorities begin work on ID cards for Burmese migrants
The Irrawaddy: Burmese Journalists Banned from Asean Press Conference
The Irrawaddy: Junta Reshuffles Key Military Positions
The Irrawaddy: Gem Mining Destroying Environment, Activists Say
The Irrawaddy: Junta Signs Gas Deal with Thailand
The Irrawaddy: No More Aid through Junta: US House
The Irrawaddy: More than 30,000 Burmese Refugees Resettled
The Irrawaddy: China Offers Rare Praise for Burma's Drug Fight
The Irrawaddy: India Provides Burma US $84 Million in Loans, Credit
Independent Mon News Agency: Cost for a motorbike license quadruples
Independent Mon News Agency: Six brothel houses closed down


Opinion/Other

Democratic Voice of Burma: Behind the military shake-up [Commentary] - Htet Aung Kyaw
BBC: Washington diary: Tackling Zimbabwe - Matt Frei

Statement/Press Release

Association of Southeast Asian Nations
: ASEAN Humanitarian Task Force Convenes ASEAN Roundtable for Post-Nargis Joint Assessment in Yangon
ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Myanmar Caucus
: AIPMC on European Parliamentary Caucus on Burma


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