Archive for the 'Japan' Category

The World Must Not Give Up!

December 4, 2007

By: Min Khin Kyaw 

(The author is 88 Generation leader, poet and artist)  

I have been inspired by the international pressure on the junta so far. More recently, both England and France and the US keeps reminding the dialogue must go ahead and for that the pressure on the junta is not waning. Unfortunately, the junta is [...]

Revisiting Burma’s Popular Foreign Policy Notion’s & its Reality

November 28, 2007

Burma, which is officially known as Myanmar since 1989 has witnessed a significant change over the years in its foreign policy endeavours. It has been often said by Western Scholars as well as by some Asian Scholars, which popularized the notion’s that, after independence, Myanmar followed the course of ‘Neutralism’ during U Nu’s democratic era, [...]

IMF Article IV Consultation on Burma and ramifications of PRGF

November 26, 2007

According to the media information of IMF (International Monetary Fund) released today, the next article IV consultation♠ of IMF with Burma would take place tentatively on 28th of November 2007. Earlier IMF article IV consultation with Burma took place in October, 6, 2006, 25 March 2005, and 17 March 2004. Most importantly, as of October [...]