Burmese government stops issuing passports to monks looking to travel abroad in what observers say may be an attempt to silence them ahead of elections this year
Day: July 1, 2010
Suu Kyi’s party berates new opposition
Use of traditional bamboo hat as a seal for the new National Democratic Force party riles the old guard of Burma’s pro-democracy movement
India trade dampens Burma sanctions
Bilateral trade soars 25 percent in the past year as regional countries step up economic interest in Burma and dampen the impact of sanctions