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Slim hope for change in first Myanmar vote since 1990

November 11, 2010 By Northwest Asian Weekly

YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — Voters in the secretive military-ruled nation of Myanmar cast their first ballots in two decades on Sunday, Nov. 7

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2010, Aung San Suu Kyi, Australian National University, British Ambassador Andrew Heyn, Burma, Detained Nobel Peace Prize, India, Khin Maung Swe, Mumbai, Myanmar, National Democratic Force, National Unity Party, North Korea, President Barack Obama, Southeast Asian, USDP, Vol 29 No 46 | November 13 - November 19, YANGON, Yi Yi

Myanmar’s Aung San Suu Kyi supports U.S. policy of engagement

November 5, 2009 By Northwest Asian Weekly

YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — Detained opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi is aware of an upcoming visit by two American officials and supports the new U.S. policy of engaging with Myanmar’s military rulers, her lawyer said last Saturday, Oct. 31.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2009, Assistant Secretary, Burma, China, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, Foreign Affairs, Myanmar, National League, New York, Nobel Peace Prize, North Korea, Nyan Win, Paing Soe Oo, Thant Zin Soe, Vol 28 No 46 | November 7 - November 13, YANGON, attention

American leaves Myanmar after release from jail

August 20, 2009 By Northwest Asian Weekly

YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — An American man imprisoned for sneaking into the home of detained Myanmar democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi flew out of the country Sunday, Aug. 16 after a visiting U.S. senator won his release.

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2009, Asia, Aung Din, Burma, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, Jim Webb, John Yettaw, Myanmar, National League, Senior Gen, State Hillary Rodham Clinton, Thailand, YANGON, vol 28 no 35 | August 22 - August 28

No politics or sex: Art feels Myanmar junta’s grip

August 12, 2009 By Northwest Asian Weekly

YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — Hours before the art show was to open to the public, the censors arrived and the grilling began. Under their watchful gaze, the nine artists performed parts of their works, aware that every movement could arouse suspicion.

Filed Under: News, World News Tagged With: 2009, Asia, Aung San Suu Kyi, Aye Ko, Burma, Maung Thura, Moe Satt, Myanmar, New Zero Art Space, Pamela Blotner, San Francisco, Saw Wei, Thailand, YANGON, Zeyar Thaw, censorship, vol 28 no 34 | August 15 - August 21

Myanmar junta threatened by satellite TV

May 2, 2009 By Northwest Asian Weekly

YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — Satellite dishes that allow people to get international news and entertainment programs should be banned in Myanmar because foreign powers are using them to sow unrest and spread immorality, a state-run newspaper said Friday, April 24.

Filed Under: News, World News Tagged With: Burma, Ko Gyi, Myanma Ahlin, Myanmar, TV, YANGON, vol 28 no 19 | May 2 - May 8

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