Myanmar says it is close to peace with rebel ethnic groups

The Asahi Shimbun, By TAKESHI FUJITANI/ Correspondent,  ....

March 01, 2012, NAYPYIDAW, Myanmar--Myanmar's government believes it is within sight of truce deals with minority groups that would halt more than 60 years of ethnic unrest.
U Aung Min, who is heading Myanmar's government's peace effort, talks to the Asahi Shimbun on Feb. 29. (Takeshi Fujitani)

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Army is right behind me on reforms, insists Burma’s president

Published on Friday 2 March 2012 02:36   ...

BURMA’s president Thein Sein has said his government will build on the sweeping reforms it began last year and will work hard to convince sceptics it is truly committed to democratic change.

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For Burma’s Exiled Journalists, the Promise of Reform Brings Peril and Possibility

By Joe Jackson | @JoeJackson | March 2, 2012 |         

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'Democratic Voice of Burma' managing editor Khin Maung Soe at their offices in Chiang Mai, Thailand on Feb. 16, 2012. Cridit: Joe Jackson

When Burmese exile Aung Zaw, founder of the news magazine the Irrawaddy, went home for the first time in 24 years, he expected attention.

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