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Rangoon Uni Letter 'Not from President's Office' - The Irrawaddy News Magazine
... University empty but make it crowded with students as before, make it one of the most prestigious seats of learning in Asia as before and allow forming student unions,” said an editor of a domestic news journal who asked to remain anonymous.
US Officials Argue Sanctions Policy on Burma - The Irrawaddy News Magazine
... placed on those who have been released, ongoing conflict with ethnic minority groups and associated human rights violations, and indications of a military relationship with North Korea,” said the official, speaking on condition of anonymity.
Burma's Frontier Appeal Lures Shadowy Oil Firms - The Irrawaddy News Magazine
“These are by no means mainstream oil businesses and the ownership of some of them is rather lost in the web of addresses and registrations,” said an industry analyst in Hong Kong who did not wish to be identified. “Take Geopetrol International as an ...
Khin Nyunt Interrogated Over 'Saving Suu Kyi' Claim - The Irrawaddy News Magazine
“It is as if he [Khin Nyunt] had woken up a sleeping tiger [Than Shwe],” said one official who asked to remain anonymous. Khin Nyunt, the former prime minister who was purged by Snr-Gen Than Shwe in October 2004 and placed under house arrest, ...
Govt Ministry Files Lawsuit Over Graft Claims - The Irrawaddy News Magazine
The director of the Ministry of Mining lodged a defamation lawsuit against the Rangoon-based publication at Dagon Township Court in the city late last week, claims a court official would asked to remain anonymous. “The director and his adviser told the ...
US Bids to Restore Relations with Burma - The Irrawaddy News Magazine
Meanwhile, a State Department official who asked not to be named told The Irrawaddy that the Obama administration has asked Burma to sever its military ties with North Korea. He said the US would soon dispatch a senior State Department official to hold ...
Asean Chair Calls for an End to Burma Sanctions - The Irrawaddy News Magazine
An anonymous source at the Cambodian Ministry of Foreign Affairs contacted by The Irrawaddy confirmed the foreign minister's statement, and that the sanctions will be put on the agenda of the Asean summit in April. However, Ouk Chandara, the director ...
Campbell to Meet Burma FM in New York - The Irrawaddy News Magazine
A US State Department official (who requested anonymity) said that Assistant Secretary of State for Southeast Asia and Pacific Affairs Kurt Campbell will be meeting the visiting Burmese premier in New York next week. “So there are definitely things ...
Military Factions Join Opposition to Demand Amnesty - The Irrawaddy News Magazine
In the recent trip of UN Special Envoy Tomas Ojea Quintana, they refused again to admit that there are any political prisoners,” said an MP from the Lower House who asked to remain anonymous. During his trip to Burma, Quintana met with several top ...
NLD Urges Peaceful Solution to Conflict - The Irrawaddy News Magazine
... in the new parliament, members of the existing parliamentary committees who are currently discussing and reviewing existing laws are silent on the crucial issue of the armed conflicts, according to a committee member who asked to remain anonymous. ...
Conflict and Price Fixing Ruin Palaung Tea Harvest - The Irrawaddy News Magazine
“Most trader buy tea leaves at a price that was fixed by the authorities to ensure tea leaf farmers lose money,” said one the trader from Namhsan who asked to remain anonymous. Almost all villagers from around Namhsan and Man Ton townships, ...
Two Killed, 4 Wounded in Three Pagodas Attack - The Irrawaddy News Magazine
However, several residents in Three Pagodas Pass who asked to remain anonymous said they suspected that the attackers were members of DKBA Brigade 5, which is led by Col. Saw Lah Pwe. According to one eyewitness, the attackers seemed very familiar with ...
Military Cronies Expand into Media - The Irrawaddy News Magazine
“I heard they will put more investment in the media industry,” said an editor of a Rangoon-based publication on the condition of anonymity. “They have offered journalists twice their current salary.” IGE offered the editor-in-chief position of the ...
Burma Conference Banned From Chiang Mai - The Irrawaddy News Magazine
According to a Thai official who asked to remain anonymous, the Burmese government then sent an objection to their Thai counterparts. “The order came down from the NSC,” said the official. “The Burmese government got wind that the United Nationalities ...
Mae Sot Police to Raid Burmese Opposition? - The Irrawaddy News Magazine
By THE IRRAWADDY Thursday, April 28, 2011 MAE SOT — Thai police is likely to begin raiding buildings and apartments in the border town of Mae Sot that Burmese opposition groups rent for offices and residences, according to sources close to Burmese ...
US Officials Criticize Burmese Neighbors - The Irrawaddy News Magazine
Other neighbors China and India are competing for their “strategic” space in Burma, top Obama administration officials said at a panel discussion on Monday. “Clearly India and Burma are two big powerful neighbors right next door. So for them Burma, . ...
Shan State Armies to Reconcile? - The Irrawaddy News Magazine
... troops and the Shan State Army-North (SSA-North) Brigade 1 could potentially lead to a reconciliation or a platform of cooperation between the political wings of Brigade 1 and the SSA- South, according to sources close to the ethnic factions. ...
Burma Arrests Two Foreigners for Spying: Sources - The Irrawaddy News Magazine
The MAS sources said that the pair worked as volunteer teachers at a school run by Dr Sai San Tun, the owner of the Alpine Drinking Water Company and the Yadanarbon Soccer Club. When contacted by The Irrawaddy on Monday, Alpine Drinking Water's head ...
Suu Kyi to Meet Burmese Youths - The Irrawaddy News Magazine
... chance to say what we want, because she [Suu Kyi] will listen,” said an ethnic Pa-O teenager from Taunggyi in Shan State who asked to remain anonymous. ...
Deputy Junta Chief Rumored to be Planning Resignation - The Irrawaddy News Magazine
I haven't heard anything about Than Shwe's resignation,” said the source, who asked to remain anonymous. In August 2010, soon after the speculation about ...
Local Journalists Barred from UN Envoy's Press Conference - The Irrawaddy News Magazine
... worse when the new government lead by the Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP) takes office,” said a reporter, who asked to remain anonymous. ...
KIO to Close Liaison Offices - The Irrawaddy News Magazine
... offices in Burma except for three main offices excluded from a Burmese government order to close them down, according to sources close to the KIO. ...
Rural Folks Disinterested in Election - The Irrawaddy News Magazine
“We don't know anything about the election,” said a farmer who declined to give his name. “We don't know what the parties' policies are and don't even know ...