Putting a New Face on Myanmar’s Military

By AUNG ZAW / THE IRRAWADDY| Friday, July 12, 2013  

Burma’s army chief Snr-Gen Min Aung Hlaing inspects troops during a parade to mark the 67th anniversary of Armed Forces Day in Naypyidaw on March 27, 2012. (Photo: Reuters / Soe Zeya Tun)

This year’s Armed Forces Day was, by all accounts, spectacular.

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The Military's Still in Charge

Why reform in Burma is only skin-deep.   
BY BERTIL LINTNER | JULY 9, 2013    



Since ex-general Thein Sein assumed the presidency in March 2011, foreign observers have generally appeared optimistic that Burma is on its way toward some kind of liberal democracy.

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Rohingya army is coming,pls, be alert

က်ေနာ္တို ့ အစိုးရက ပုဂၢိဳလ္မ်ား၊ တပ္ပိုင္းဆိုင္ရာက အရာရွိ အရာခံ စစ္သည္မ်ား၊ တိုင္းရင္းသားမ်ား၊ လူ၊ ရဟန္း ပုဂၢိဳလ္တို ့ေရ... ရိုဟင္ဂ်ာ စစ္သားေတြေတာ့ သင္တန္း တက္ေနၾကပါျပီ။ အေသခံျပီး တိုက္ပါလိမ့္မယ္။

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Sustaining Myanmar's Transition: Ten Critical Challenges

June 24th, 2013 by Suzanne DiMaggio  
 

Rush hour traffic moves near by the Sule Pagoda at dusk December 14, 2011 in Yangon, Myanmar. (Paula Bronstein/Getty Images)

This post was co-authored by Asia Society Senior Advisor Priscilla Clapp, a retired minister-counselor in the U.S. Foreign Service and former Chief of Mission at the U.S. Embassy in Burma.

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PEACE PROCESS in Myanmar

If u wanna know about peace process in myanmar, don't miss this website.
it's very interesting website. Cheers, MPM...
http://mmpeacemonitor.org/

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BNI Daily News on June 27, 2013

Burma News International's daily news on the web (June 27, 2013)
http://us2.campaign-archive1.com/?u=39cca557b408cc70bf0158b4f&id=d49c692269

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NewsBase Myanmar Special Report

Published: April 2013  

Since the election of a nominally civilian government in March 2011, Myanmar has emerged from political isolation and started attracting the attention of investors hungry for new markets and opportunities.

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Rain for Myanmar's peace parade

Jun 25, '13 
By Bertil Lintner    

MYITKYINA - A grand ceremony is expected to be held next month in the Myanmar capital of Naypyidaw, where a nationwide ceasefire with various ethnic resistance armies will be announced to an audience of United Nations representatives and other foreign dignitaries. Ten of Myanmar's 11 major ethnic rebel groups who have signed individual ceasefire agreements with the government will be highlighted at the high-profile event.

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Myanmar set to benefit from direct Australian aid

By Asia editor Catherine McGrath  




After around two-and-a-half decades of isolation, Myanmar may soon be in a position to receive direct developmental aid funds from Australia.

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Myanmar mystics give supernatural help to Asia leaders, military chiefs

AFP-JIJI, Jun 25, 2013  

YANGON – Frail and barely able to speak, Myanmar’s most famous fortuneteller — known as ET — has for years whispered predictions to Asia’s rich and powerful, from generals to foreign politicians.
ET

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China presses Myanmar on Kachin peace

Published: June 24, 2013 at 11:21 AM  

NAYPYITAW, Myanmar, June 24 (UPI) -- China is keen to see authorities with the central Myanmar government work toward a cease-fire with Kachin rebels, a visiting diplomat said Monday.

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Myanmar Navy starts submarine training in Pakistan

Anthony Davis, Bangkok - IHS Jane's Defence Weekly  
20 June 2013  

A small contingent of Myanmar Navy (MN) personnel has begun submarine warfare training in Pakistan, a move that suggests Myanmar is finally taking concrete steps towards developing a subsurface capability.

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Myanmar speaker sees coalition with Suu Kyi

June 15, 2013  

The Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP)--The chief of Myanmar’s pro-military party said he would not rule out a coalition government with the opposition party of Aung San Suu Kyi after crucial elections in 2015 if it is in the national interest.

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Ex-general from Myanmar's junta considers Aung San Suu Kyi alliance

Third-ranked member of junta that ruled with iron fist for 50 years considers impressive volte-face as he spies opportunity to retain power

Saturday, 15 June, 2013 [Updated: 1:50AM]
Associated Press in Washington


Shwe Mann. Photo: Xinhua

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Conspicuous trend in Myanmar transition

The Korea Times, 2013-06-17  
By Nehginpao Kipgen   
Nehginpao Kipgen

During his visit to the White House on May 20, Myanmar President Thein Sein talked about the release of political prisoners who remain incarcerated in the country’s jails despite the reforms sweeping over it.

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