More than 1000 MPs today made their way to Naypyidaw’s new parliament building to join Burma’s first session in more than 20 years. Security was tight and media was banned…
Month: January 2011
Shwe Mann elected as speaker
Burmese junta’s former third-in-command to chair lower house as first day of historic parliamentary session comes to an end
This parliament makes a mockery of democracy
There is little to suggest that Than Shwe’s parliament is anything more than a brain room for his thinly disguised military dictatorship
Journalists barred from parliament
Authorities keeping a close eye on reporters in Naypyidaw as road leading up to the parliament building is barricaded with barbed wire
Burma’s health woes traversing borders
Preventable diseases spilling over into neighbouring countries as medical experts warn of impending headache for regional health system
Burma to create SEZ, spur growth
China’s success story in Shenzhen seen by many as a possible benchmark for new business growth in Burma’s southern Tavoy area