Suu Kyi ‘must be expelled’ for party to run

Opposition leader cannot run in Burma elections according to laws announced today that suggest her party must expel her before participating

Migrant girls drown fleeing Thai police raid

Burmese girl, aged 12, and her older sister die in Thailand's southern beach resort of Phuket after Thai police raid living quarters

Rangoon strikes pre-empt union call

Labour group demands the easing of restrictions surrounding trade union formation in Burma as strikes continue in Rangoon

Analysis

So much for US dialogue with Burma

JARED GENSER

The sentencing of a US citizen to three years with hard labour shows that the Burmese junta has no interest in meeting the demands of the US and international community

Features

The house that Mahn Shah lived in

JOSEPH ALLCHIN

The late Karen National Union leader's house on the Thai-Burma border is now a sweatshop; like him, it has fallen victim to myopic greed on behalf of ruling powers