Asia
Insights : Burma (Myanmar)
Facts
and background
Population
: 81.3 m
Surface area: 331.7 thousand
Population growth: 1.1 %
Life expectancy (2004): 61
Population below national poverty line (2004): N.A.
GNI per capita: 480.0
GDP: 39.2 billion $
Source: World
Development Indicators Database
Head
of State:
Prime
Minister SOE WIN, Lt. Gen.
Chmn.,
State Peace and Development Council THAN SHWE, Sr. Gen.
Source
: Chief
of State
Politics and society
National
Coalition Government of the Union of Burma
The National Coalition Government of the Union of Burma is a
political
organisation composed of elected Burmese MPs who are in exile
Burma
This site provides access to the full text of House of Commons Research
paper 04/16 which was published in February 2004. It provides an
assessment of the political and human rights situation in Burma
( Myanmar ). This includes coverage of human rights abuses,
the arrest and detention of Aung San Suu Kyi and the reaction of
the British government and international community towards the situation.
The paper is in pdf format and therefore requires access to an Adobe
Acrobat Reader for use.
Daw
Aung San Suu Kyi's pages
A
Web site honoring the leader of the democracy movement in Burma
& Nobel Laureate: biography, speeches, interviews, awards, books,
& discussion forum
International
Crisis Group: Burma/Myanmar
Government sites
State
Peace and Development Council
Myanmar
Information Committee
This is the official web page of the Information Committee of the
government of Burma . It provides
free access to a collection of public news releases, statements
and information sheets issued from 1996 to the present day.
Political parties
Taingyintha Silonenyinyutye
(National Unity Party)
National
League for Democracy : anti-dictatorial party
Bama
Pyi Comyuni Pati [Alan-Pyu] (Communist Party of Burma , White
Flag)
Elections
Elections
in Burma
News
Burmanet
News
Irrawaddy
, a monthly newspaper covering Burma and Southeast Asia
The
truth
Official
Burmese government rebuttals of reports, announcements, speeches,
and statements issued by various pro-democracy and human rights
advocacy groups such as the National League for Democracy, Amnesty
International, Ayeyawady Press, and Reporters Sans Borders. Translated
by New Light of Myanmar and Daw Kyi Kyi Hla ( Myanmar Perspectives).
Nine chapters, in PDF format.
News from foreign sources
BBC
news
CNN
news
Yahoo
News (Reuters/AP/etc)
Reliefweb
situation reports
Democratic
Voice of Burma
The Democratic Voice of Burma
is a broadcasting service which seeks to expose human rights abuses
and promote democracy in Burma
Burma
news update
Part
of the Burma Project. Provides biweekly updates collected from regional
newspapers and international news agencies covering current developments
in Burma . Back issues available from January 2001.
Research Institutions and
Networks
Burma
Research Electronic Discussion Group
The Burma
Research Electronic Discussion Group is intended for scholarly exchange
regarding the culture, history, and society of Burma
. Membership is currently limited to those who can demonstrate
verifiable university or research institute affiliation and a clear
research interest in Burmese history, culture, and society.
Den
Danske Burma Komité har 4 hovedformål:
at støtte den burmesiske
opposition
at oplyse om forholdene
i Burma
at udføre politisk lobbyarbejde
at gennemføre projekter
til fremme af demokrati og menneskerettigheder i Burma
Development organisations
/ agencies
World
Bank
Development
Gateway
ADB
ASEM
ASEAN
Other resources
WWW
Virtual Library: Burma / Myanmar Library
Burma
Project
Online
Burma Library (OBL)
Burmese
materials
Description
of Burmese Collection at the National Library of Australia which
includes newspaper listing (some available online), catalogs of
Burmese literature by author and title (.pdf; in Burmese), and overview
of the Luce Collection (with link to finding aid). Includes links
to other websites on Burmese literature.
Burma
(Myanmar) : an annotated directory of Internet resources
Annotated directory
of websites about Burma . The resources are grouped by various political,
social, cultural and economic categories and sub-categories. There
are also lists of resources on current topics
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