Burma Update: October 13, 2008

Highlight

• National Coalition Government of the Union of Burma: Burma's Mass Migration Reveals Junta's Ever-Diminishing Power-Base
  

Dr. Sein Win, Prime Minister of the NCGUB, says "most are unfortunately exchanging extreme hardship and an inability to make a living at home with poorly paid jobs and lonely, insecure lives elsewhere. Some go into unsustainable debt to pay agents and others still, most tragically, become commodities in people trafficking markets."

News from Burmese Media

• The Irrawaddy: Blast Kills Seven in Rangoon
• Mizzima News: Eight Opposition Youth Arrested
• The Irrawaddy: Cyclone Survivors Fear Food Aid is Set to End Soon
• Mizzima News: Thailand, Singapore Further Investments in Burma
• Kachin News Group: Commander Grants Logging Permits to Kachin Ceasefire Groups
• The Irrawaddy: Falling Price of Rubber Hits Burmese Migrants
• Kachin News Group: Brig-Gen Thein Zaw Moblises Support for Election in Waingmaw
• Democratic Voice of Burma: Sittwe authorities restrict rice donation event
• Kaladan Press Network: Ferryboat Robbed in Mayu River
• Democratic Voice of Burma: Authorities seize unregistered motorcycles
  

News from Regional/International Media

• Xinhua Online: Myanmar, Japan NGOs to Jointly Reconserve Mangrove in Cyclone-hit Areas
• Upstream Online: Singapore Outfit Sinks Burma Well
• Daily Times: Disabled Myanmarese Await Post-cyclone Aid
• The Hindu: India for Expanding Border Trade with Myanmar

Statement/Press Release

• Generation Wave: The Arrest of Eight Youths
  

Report/Briefer

• The Irrawaddy: Weekly Business Roundup (October 13, 2008) - William Boot
  
  • Vietnam Joins Hunt for Gas and Oil in Burma
  • Japan Bids to Curb Pollution by Burma’s Factories
  • Burma ‘Not Likely’ to Sell Fuel to Bangladesh despite Talks
• HIC Myanmar: FAO Livestock and Animal Health Activities in Cyclone NARGIS Affected Areas
  

Cartoon

Shan Herald Agency for News: The Stand-off

Petition

• US Campaign for Burma: Send a Message to UN Secretary General
• Burma Democratic Concern: Implement 1990 Elections Result in Burma