On Friday the International Labour Organization (ILO) announced that Burma's military junta has sentenced Thet Way, a labour activist, to two years' hard labour. Thet Way helped people file complaints about forced labour. His imprisionment makes a
IMPHAL, Sept 21: Even as the North East looks forward to the gains that the "Look East Policy" being pursued by government of India can bring to the region, private players in the health sector in Manipur are gearing up to market its services to the
Cricket, Lovely Cricket? Lawrence Booth presents his memoir of an English cricket fan as an addict's guide to the game, with chapters on the teams, the umpires, the media and so on. It is a wry, self-deprecating and amusing look as much at the 'world's
BANGKOK: Even in the confines of Myanmar?s notorious Insein prison, stripped of his robes and the rituals of his Buddhist monastery, Gambira?s voice still resonates through the dark corridors. The 28-year-old monk became famous one year ago for his
With the United Nations powerless to extract reforms from the military regime, the 63-year-old Nobel Peace Prize winner has used sometimes desperate measures to make her own silent protests heard. Aung San Suu Kyi, confined to house arrest for most of
Text of report in English by Thailand-based Burmese publication Irrawaddy website on 19 September [Report by Saw Yan Naing: 'The Irrawaddy Hopes to Defeat the Hackers Soon'; The Irrawaddy is now posting content at its temporary website at
Burma 
