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Thursday, March 1, 2007 |
| Burmese white-collar professionals flock to booming Singapore, where they find their skills are in high demand and draw large salaries, but most long to work in their own country and make life better for all Burmese, writes Kyaw Zwa Moe. |
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Tuesday, January 23, 2007 |
| January 23, 2007— “Saya Tin Moe passed away,” read a text message on my phone this morning. The news made me tremble, and I knew that the day would bring grief to Burmese communities across the world and throughout Burma. The death of such a man moves beyond grief. |
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Friday, December 8, 2006 |
| December 08, 2006—Burma’s main opposition party, the National League for Democracy, called on a diplomat from an Asean country to take a leading role in resolving the deadlock... |
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Monday, November 6, 2006 |
| Reports have circulated that Lt-Gen Thein Sein may become Burma’s newest president. Kyaw Zwa Moe evaluates the truth of the claims and the hierarchy of power in military-run Burma. |
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Monday, October 9, 2006 |
| Burma’s political prisoners have suffered years of oppression behind the walls of the country’s sordid prisons. Kyaw Zwa Moe speaks with former prisoners and discovers that the problems don’t always end with their release. |
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Tuesday, October 10, 2006 |
| October 10, 2006—Burma’s military government resumed on Tuesday its 13-year-long National Convention, tasked with drafting a constitution, without the participation of the country’s main opposition groups, as hundreds of people in cities across the country... |
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Friday, August 11, 2006 |
| August 11, 2006—Burma’s main opposition movement and dissidents expressed disappointment and skeptism on Friday over the visit by Philippine Foreign Secretary Alberto Romulo and the prospects... |
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Tuesday, July 4, 2006 |
| Aung San Suu Kyi was a small child when her father, Aung San, was assassinated. Her mother was therefore the guiding force behind her development into a brave and principled political figure, writes Kyaw Zwa Moe. |
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Friday, June 24, 2005 |
| June 24, 2005—Former student leaders have recently requested improved conditions for political prisoners jailed by Burma’s military regime, said one prominent member of the group on Friday. |
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Wednesday, June 8, 2005 |
| June 08, 2005—Burmese migrants working in Thailand are usually paid low wages, work long hours and face arbitrary arrest and deportation, Amnesty International said in a report published on Wednesday. |
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Tuesday, May 24, 2005 |
| May 24, 2005—More ceasefire groups in Burma are expected to follow the lead of the Shan State National Army in breaking ceasefire accords with the ruling military regime, according to ethnic leaders. |
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Saturday, May 21, 2005 |
| Kyaw Zwa Moe offers a personal account of the thrilling day in 1990 when the Burmese people were called on to go to the polls for the first time in thirty years, and examines the fiasco that followed. |
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Friday, April 29, 2005 |
| April 29, 2005—Burma’s wealthy tycoon and arms broker Te Za has expanded his involvement in the telecommunications sector by taking over a profitable GSM mobile phone contract reached between the Rangoon regime and China’s ZTE company, according to business and diplomatic sources in Rangoon. |
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Wednesday, April 20, 2005 |
| April 20, 2005—Burma’s military government has strongly rejected Sunday’s Shan independence declaration by a group of exiles, saying the move jeopardized the country’s peace and stability. |
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Monday, April 11, 2005 |
| April 11, 2005—Burma’s military government is still preparing to take over the Asean chairmanship in 2006, despite the regional and international debate about its suitability. |
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Monday, March 21, 2005 |
| March 21, 2005—While Burma’s military government is busy blaming “greedy businessmen” for corrupting the country’s education system and ruining the moral character of today’s generation, scholars have been saying that it’s the authorities who are responsible. |
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Friday, March 18, 2005 |
| March 18, 2005—One of Burma’s most prominent student leaders was released on Thursday after being detained for 13 and half years in jail and said that he would take part in the reconciliation process to solve the country’s political stalemate. |
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Thursday, March 10, 2005 |
| March 10, 2005—Important matters concerning a constitution—from legislative and judicial questions to presidential powers and functions— have been discussed in recent days at the National Convention organized by Burma’s junta to draft a new constitution. |
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Friday, March 4, 2005 |
| March 04, 2005—Burma’s military authorities have confiscated six cars owned by detained ethnic Shan leader Hkun Htun Oo, his colleagues in Rangoon reported Friday. |
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Friday, February 25, 2005 |
| Opposition groups in the so-called “Liberated Area” are losing their lifeblood as thousands of their members queue up to leave for new lives in the West, reports Kyaw Zwa Moe. |
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