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Burmese Prime Minister Gen Thein Sein also attends the meeting, at which economic and technical cooperation is discussed.

June 23, 2008

According to military sources in Rangoon, Snr-Gen Than Shwe retires Lt-Gen Kyaw Win, Lt-Gen Khin Maung Than, Lt-Gen Ye Myint, Lt-Gen Maung Bo and Lt-Gen Aung Htwe and reshuffles about 150 senior officers and a number of senior military officials.

Than Shwe also appoints his son-in-law, Col Thein Naing, to command Rangoon’s Mingalardon Air Base.

June 20, 2008

Snr-Gen Than Shwe reassigns Burma’s navy commander, Lt-Gen Soe Thein, to the post of Minister of Industry (2). The reassignment was reportedly made because of Than Shwe’s disappointment at the failure of the Burmese navy to respond to the presence of US and French naval warships off the Burmese coast in the aftermath of Cyclone Nargis.

May 23, 2008

Snr-Gen Than Shwe meets UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in Naypyidaw and reportedly discusses with him a UN request for access by foreign aid workers to areas devastated by Cyclone Nargis. The junta’s No 2, Vice Snr-Gen Maung Aye and other senior military officials attend the meeting.

May 18, 2008

Snr-Gen Than Shwe is shown by state-run media for the first time visiting one of the areas hit by Cyclone Nargis. Accompanying him on his tour of Hlaing Tharyar Township, Rangoon, are Prime Minister Thein Sein, Gen Thura Shwe Mann and other senior military officers.

May 10, 2008

Snr-Gen Than Shwe and his wife, Kyaing Kyaing, cast votes their votes at a polling station in Naypyidaw in the referendum on a new constitution.

April 22, 2008

Burma’s junta leader, Snr-Gen Than Shwe, spent the Burmese New Year with his wife Kyaing Kyaing and members of their family in Upper Burma, visiting Mandalay and Maymyo. On New Year’s Day, April 17, they offered alms at the Maha Arnthtoo Pagoda, in Maymyo, where the general and his wife have a home.

Superstition surrounded a visit they made to Maymyo’s National Kandawgyi Gardens. Than Shwe and Kyaing Kyaing released doves, pigeons, owls, sparrows and fish in a traditional ceremony that carried astrological significance.

Owls are known as Zee Gwat in Burmese, a combination of words that carry the astrological meaning of Tuesday-Monday. Suu Kyi’s own name has the astrological meaning of Tuesday-Monday, and it’s said that Than Shwe releases owls as a symbolic gesture, freeing Suu Kyi.

On April 18, Than Shwe and his wife attended a ceremony inaugurating Jivitadana Sangha Hospital, on Kandawgyi Lake Ring Road in Mandalay’s Chanmyathazi Township.

Until last month, Kyaing Kyaing had been absent for some time from the public eye, giving rise to rumors that she was ill. But then she appeared at ceremonies marking Armed Forces Day on March 27, and was at her husband’s side during his New Year visits to Mandalay and Maymyo.

December 14, 2007

Than Shwe Opens 'Cyber City'

Burmese junta head, Snr-Gen Than Shwe, visited Yadanabon Myothit, Burma’s Silicon Valley in Pyin Oo Lwin (formerly known as May Myo) Township in Mandalay Division, to attend the opening of Burma's first "cyber city" on Thursday. Than Shwe also visited the elite military school, Defense Service Academy (DSA). Than Shwe was expected to watch the SEA Games Football final on Friday— the competition was between Burma and Thailand, its historical rival.

December 04, 2007
In a message on the 87th anniversary of National Day, Snr-Gen Than Shwe exhorts the people to join with the government in implementing the seven-step roadmap to building a democratic state with patriotic spirit, nationalism and union spirit.

November 30, 2007
Snr-Gen Than Shwe sees off Prime Minister Gen Thein Sein who leaves by air for Cambodia at the invitation of the prime minister of Cambodia Samdech Akka Moha Sena Padei Techo Hun Sen.

November 19, 2007
Snr-Gen Than Shwe sees off Prime Minister Gen Thein Sein who will attend the 13th Asean summit and related meetings to be held in Singapore.

November 16, 2007
Snr-Gen Than Shwe, the patron of the Union Solidarity and Development Association, addresses a speech at the annual USDA meeting held at the University of Veterinary Science on Yezin University Campus. In a speech, he stresses that the Seven-step Road Map is the only means to a smooth transition towards a new State, and they have started to implement the third step of the Seven-step Road Map towards democracy.

November 15, 2007
Snr-Gen Than Shwe meets the Chinese government’s special envoy, Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Wang Yi, in Naypyidaw with other senior members of the SPDC, including Vice Snr-Gen Maung Aye, Gen Thura Shwe Mann, Prime Minister Gen Thein Sein and Secretary-1 Lt-Gen Thiha Thura Tin Aung Myint Oo.