Burma

  • Mar 24, 2009
  • 7 min read

INDIA: Ethnicity complicates regional relations

A 60-year old man committed self-immolation yesterday in the Sivakasi area of Tamil Nadu. This...

India
  • Mar 13, 2009
  • 7 min read

SOUTH-EAST ASIA:Reverse migration challenges stability

Bangladesh has urged Malaysia to reconsider its March 3 decision to cancel visas for 55,000 of...

South-East Asia
  • Feb 27, 2009
  • 7 min read

ASEAN: Leaders address economic slump

Regional leaders gathered in Thailand today for the first day of the 14th Association of...

Asean
  • Feb 23, 2009
  • 2 min read

BURMA: Prisoner release may indicate junta hopes

Some 19 political prisoners were among those released by Burma's military authorities this...

Burma
  • Feb 4, 2009
  • 7 min read

THAILAND/BURMA: Migrant treatment touches nerves

Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva is seeking a regional dialogue on the fate of illegal Rohingya...

Thailand
  • Jan 20, 2009
  • 2 min read

THAILAND/BURMA: Atrocity claim pressures Thai military

Army chief General Anupong Paochinda today insisted that the Thai military adheres to...

Thailand
  • Nov 12, 2008
  • 2 min read

BURMA: Regime signals hard line before 2010 election

Continuing a recent clampdown on dissent, a military court yesterday jailed 23 pro-democracy...

Burma
  • Nov 6, 2008
  • 1 min read

BANGLADESH/BURMA: Dispute is likely to recur

Burma today withdrew two warships from the Bay of Bengal, according to news reports citing the...

Bangladesh