Asean Must Do More on Burma: Rice

US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Wednesday said the Association of South East Asian Nations (Asean) should do more to help move Burma’s military dictatorship toward democracy.

Film Reveals Murder of Burmese Fishermen

A film capturing eyewitness accounts of the appalling maltreatment of Burmese fishermen in Thailand was released on Thursday at the Fishers’ Conference of the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) in Pusan, South Korea.

Appeal against Suu Kyi’s Detention Handed in at Naypyidaw

A legal representative of Burma’s detained opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi handed in to the military government in Naypyidaw on Wednesday a formal appeal against the latest extension of her house arrest.

Thai Crisis Turns Bloody

BANGKOK — Thailand suffered its worst political violence in more than 16 years as police battled protesters who besieged the Parliament in their struggle to change the country’s system of democracy. At least one person was killed and more than 400 people were injured.

ADB Gives US$35 Million to Help Cambodian Poor

PHNOM PENH — The Asian Development Bank announced Wednesday US$35 million in emergency food aid to ease the burden of soaring food prices among some of Cambodia’s poorest people.

Five Burmese Educational Journals Shut Down

Five educational journals have disappeared from Burmese schools following a publication ban imposed by the Ministry of Education, according to informed sources.