Beijing's Unlikely Ally in Burma?
Kelly Currie, Wall Street Journal / November 25, 2010

The Nov. 13 release of Aung San Suu Kyi has set off a predictable deluge of commentary about the significance of her return to the fore of Burma's pro-democracy movement. But there has been little commentary on how China factors into Ms. Suu Kyi's future. Beijing's reaction to this event, and how Ms. Suu Kyi fits into China's strategic calculus in Burma, may be one of the most important yet poorly understood aspects of this unfolding morality play. Full Version

U.N. Drafts Censure of Myanmar
The Wall Street Journal / November 18, 2010

The U.N. General Assembly is set to vote Thursday on a resolution that condemns human-rights violations by the military regime that rules Myanmar. Full Version

Junta oppose KIO’s drug elimination plan
November 14, 2010 / The Kachin Post

Burmese military authority in Kachin State of northern Burma blatantly opposed the drug elimination program initiated by the Kachin Independence Organization, said a KIO officer. Full Version

Myanmar frozen in time by ethnic rift
Stanley A Weiss, Asia Times / November 4, 2010

The topic of assassination lends itself to one of the recurrent parlor games of world history. If John F Kennedy had never been assassinated, would the United States have gotten out of Vietnam? If Yitzhak Rabin hadn't met an assassin's bullet, would the Oslo Accords have led to peace between Israelis and Palestinians? If Archduke Franz Ferdinand had survived his attacker in Sarajevo, would the world have gone to war in 1914? Full Version

Dam Symbolizes Fears of Burma’s Ethnic Groups
AFP / November 1, 2010

Time is running out for the ethnic villagers of Tang Hpre, who have been told to leave their homes near the birthplace of Burma’s mighty Irrawaddy to make way for a new reservoir. Full Version

Cut out of Burma election, Kachin minority could turn guns on junta
Christian Science Monitor / October 29, 2010

The ethnic Kachin, legendary guerrillas who spent decades fighting Burma's military regime, have been cut out of the Burma election scheduled for Nov. 7. Full Version

Tensions Cloud Myanmar Vote
The Wall Street Journal / October 24, 2010

As Myanmar prepares for its first election in two decades, many of its residents are unlikely to participate, adding to growing doubts over the vote's legitimacy. Full Version

Top KIO leader visits United States
October 21, 2010 / The Kachin Post

The vice chairman of Kachin Independence Organization (KIO) Lt-Gen N’ban La has landed in United States for weeks-long visit, marking the first KIO’s high ranking official visit to the North American country in two decades. Full Version