The Irrawaddy News Magazine [Covering Burma and Southeast Asia]

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NEWS ANALYSIS
UN Chief’s Visit Fails to Bend Junta’s Iron Will
By WAI MOE
Ban Ki-moon failed to achieve any of his stated goals during his two-day visit to Burma, underlining the ruling regime’s determination to maintain a firm grip on power.

N Korea Using Malaysian Bank for Burmese Weapons Deals: Yonhap
By ARKAR MOE
A South Korean news agency has quoted a high-level source as saying that Pyonyang sought payment for weapons sold to Burma through a bank in Malaysia.

Than Shwe Denies Ban's Request to See Suu Kyi
By JOHN HEILPRIN / AP WRITER
UN Secretary-General said he was "deeply disappointed" after Burma's military ruler rejected his second and final request to meet jailed opposition leader.

Burma's Frustrated Generation Looks Abroad
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Unlike the students in 1988, the generation today is focused on avoiding political activism, learning English and seeking opportunities abroad.

UN Chief Denied Suu Kyi Visit
By JOHN HEILPRIN / ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says that Than Shwe rejected his initial request to meet jailed opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi.

Junta Itself is Main ‘Sanction’ on Burma: Expert
By WAI MOE
International sanctions on Burma have done far less damage to the country’s economy than the ruling regime’s “willful mismanagement,” according to economist Sean Turnell.

NLD Delegation Travels to Naypyidaw to Meet Ban Ki-moon
By LAWI WENG
Four executive members of Burma’s main opposition party have been taken to the ruling regime’s capital to meet the visiting UN secretary-general.

INGOs Kept Waiting for Visas
By WAI SANN
International aid workers are being frustrated in getting Burmese visas again, a sure sign the junta is cooling toward them.

Suu Kyi Image Lights up Central Jakarta
By ARKAR MOE
The British embassy in Indonesia is displaying a large image of Burma’s opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi in downtown Jakarta to coincide with the visit to Burma by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.

Looking in a Broken Mirror
By SAW YAN NAING
The recent DKBA campaign to take KNLA Brigade 7 has forced Karens to look at one other face to face in the battlefield, in refugee camps and in hospitals.

Burmese Injured in Malaysian Camp Riots
By LAWI WENG
Burmese inmates at a Malaysian immigration camp were beaten and injured after rioting in protest at camp authorities’ treatment of fellow detainees.

	Ban Says He’ll Urge Junta to Free Suu Kyi

	NKorea Ship 'Turned Around'

	Burmese Internet Users Share Video, Documents about North Korea

	No Hope for Suu Kyi from Ban’s Trip: NLD Leader

	4,000 Burmese Migrants Arrested in June

	Japanese Police Block Suspected Missile Technology Exports for Burma

	Ban to Arrive in Burma on Friday

	North Korea Can Allay Fear at Regional Forum

	Junta Criticized for Censoring Media

	Junta Officials Snub Mon Party Ceasefire Anniversary

	Former First Lady Bush, U2 Rockers Support Suu Kyi

	Appeal to Reinstate Witnesses for Suu Kyi Rejected

	Burma Confirms First Case of Swine Flu

	Gambari Leaves Burma, Set to Report to Ban

	No Signs Gambari Will Meet Suu Kyi or Than Shwe

	Gambari in Naypyidaw

	Tunnel Construction Pictures Spark Questions

	More than Half of Myitkyina Uni Students Addicted: KNG

	A Visit to North Korea’s Arms Factories

	Gambari Arrives in Burma

Journalist Quarantined after Interviewing Swine Flu Patient
By AUNG THET WINE
Burmese Health Ministry officials have quarantined a journalist who interviewed a 13-year-old girl diagnosed with the H1N1 “swine flu” virus at Rangoon General Hospital.

US Ban Related to N Korea-Burma Arms Deal
By ARKAR MOE
The US has imposed sanctions on a North Korean company, Namchongang Trading Corp, which allegedly supplied Burma with arms technology.

Ban Ki-moon Will Meet NLD Representatives
By WAI MOE
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will meet representatives of Burma’s opposition National League for Democracy during his two-day visit to Burma, beginning on Friday.

Than Shwe Congratulates Iranian President Ahmadinejad
By LAWI WENG
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad receives a personal letter from junta leader Snr-Gen Than Shwe.

Early Man Evolved in Burma, Says Royal Society Study
By ARKAR MOE
Fossilized remains of primates that lived 38 million years ago in the area that is now Burma suggest that the common ancestor of humans, monkeys and apes evolved in Asia and not Africa, according to new research.

Mae La Refugees Fear DKBA Attack
By SAW YAN NAING
Thousands of Burmese refugees are on alert due to a threat of attack by the Democratic Karen Buddhist Army.

Bangladesh Removes Rohingyas from Nearby Refugee Camp
By LAWI WENG
The dwellings of about 400 Rohingyas are forcibly removed from nearby Kutapalong Refugee Camp in Cox’s Bazar District in Bangladesh.

Pitting Karen against Karen in a Bloody War
By ALEX ELLGEE
DKBA and KNLA soldiers lie side by side in Mae Sot Hospital, both victims of a complex war that forces Karens to fight against Karens.