Video from Burma: SHOOT ON SIGHT
From www.witness.org | TAKE ACTION Video advocates BURMA ISSUES travel deep into the jungles of eastern Burma to document one of the world's most urgent and most forgotten emergencies. (The video was co-produced with WITNESS) The Burmese military has embarked on one of the worst offensives in its 30 year campaign to destabilize the lives of rural ethnic minorities. Half a million live driven from their homes. INTERNATIONAL ACTION IS NEEDED!
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VOA Burmese TV Magazine: Nov. 4th Week Program
President Barack Obama said at the ASEAN Summit that he's sending the Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to Burma (first Secretary of State to visit Burma in 50 years); President & Secretary have expressed US will closely monitor the political changes in Burma; Senator Jim Webb welcomes the Secretary of State is visiting Burma; ASEADN leaders agreed to allow Burma to chair bloc in 2014; NLD to submit the party registration and participate in next elections; England's International Development Secretary Andrew Mitchell has spoken of the real signs of progress in Burma and urge the Burmese government to do more; Five Buddhist monks peacefully protested in Mandalay; Government transferred leading political prisoners to different prisons; ASEAN-US Summit, President Obama and Burma; ASEAN Summit reported by the VOA Burmese reporter Khin Soe Win from Bali, and Indonesia; US Senior Diplomat Michael Posner's Burma trip and his view on change taking place in Burma.
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Obama to Send Hillary Clinton to Burma
President Barack Obama announces that the US will send Hillary Clinton to Burma next month. This will be the first time a US Secretary of State will be visiting the country. Her trip could signal a big change in US-Burma relations.
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Burma's Road to Reform
Burma's fast paced road to reform within the last year has stunned the world, and observers question the authenticity of its changes. The announcement of Hillary Clinton's visit to Burma is a welcoming gesture by the US, to Burma's latest actions of reform. Although the US has taken notice of Burma's growing changes, many other international leaders are pressing the Burmese government for real political reform- including the release of political prisoners in the country.
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Flooding in Burma
Hundreds of people are thought to be dead or missing after severe flooding in central Burma. As floodwaters disperse the scale of the destruction in Burma's Magwe division is becoming clear. In Pakokku more than 1700 are still in temporary shelters, many have lost their homes, their livelihoods and their loved ones. In the early hours of October 20th flood waters surged into the area, uprooting trees and houses while many were still sleeping. Domestic news are quoting the official number of dead and missing at 215. But as bodies continue to be recovered some estimate the actual death toll could be far higher. And 3 days after floods hit, towns such as Kyaukse, home of Burma's former dictator Than Shwe, are still submerged. Those who have lost their homes and families in the flood say they didn't receive any warnings that the floods were coming One woman told DVB reporters that she had seen her family swept away by the flood waters right in front of her, and said they had not been warned floods were coming by authorities. While some have been able to salvage part of their homes, swamped by the sands, some monastries and homes have been swept away completely. And although some local charities have begun a rescue effort, collapsed bridges, destroyed roads and disrupted power lines are causing difficulties. This normally dry and sandy land, thrown into turmoil in the wake of the floods, is likely to take time to rebuild. With some too distraught to return to work, and many <b>...</b>
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Al Jazeera Correspondent - The Burma Boy
Barnaby Phillips follows the life of one of the forgotten heroes of World War II.
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CIA Archives: Buddhism in Burma - History, Politics and Culture
thefilmarchive.org Buddhism in Burma (also known as Myanmar) is predominantly of the Theravada tradition, practised by 89% of the country's population It is the most religious Buddhist country in terms of the proportion of monks in the population and proportion of income spent on religion. Adherents are most likely found among the dominant ethnic Bamar (or Burmans), Shan, Rakhine (Arakanese), Mon, Karen, and Chinese who are well integrated into Burmese society. Monks, collectively known as the Sangha, are venerated members of Burmese society. Among many ethnic groups in Myanmar, including the Bamar and Shan, Theravada Buddhism is practiced in conjunction with nat worship, which involves the placation of spirits who can intercede in worldly affairs. With regard to "salvation" in the Buddhist sense, there are three primary paths in Burmese Buddhism: merit-making, vipassana (insight meditation), and the weizza path (an esoteric form of Buddhism that involves the occult). Merit-making is the most common path undertaken by Burmese Buddhists. This path involves the observance of the Five Precepts and accumulation of good merit through charity and good deeds (dana) in order to obtain a favorable rebirth. The vipassana path, which has gained ground since the early 1900s, is a form of insight meditation believed to lead to enlightenment. The third and least common route, the weizza path, is an esoteric system of occult practices (such as recitation of spells, samatha meditation <b>...</b>
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US Envoy visits Burma
New US envoy to Burma, Derek Mitchell has spoken positively of his visit to Burma, describing talks with government officials as beneficial. On Wednesday, in a press conference held at Rangoon airport at the end of his 5 day trip, he told journalists that: "I consider this a highly productive visit" This is Mitchell's first trip to Burma since he was newly appointed as the first US coordinator for policy on Burma last month. During his visit he met with several senior officials in Naypyidaw, including Foreign minister Wunna Maung Lwin and Labour minister Aung Kyi. Although an audience with the country's president, Thein Sein was not on the itinerary, Mitchell still had an opportunity to raise concerns about human rights violations, with almost 2000 political prisoners currently detained in the country, he also highlighted the lack of transparency surrounding the government's relationship with North Korea. "As I suggested, we had very candid dialogue on the subject. There was no absolute commitment on anything. But we had a very productive on the subject. So, I don't think there's anything further that I can say," Earlier in his trip Mitchell also visited opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi at her home in Rangoon. Details of their meeting were not disclosed, but Michell revealed they had discussed American policy approaches. When asked about the future of her party, whether the country's reforms equated real change and on the release of political prisoners Suu Kyi responded <b>...</b>
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Burma Democratic Concern (BDC) Save Irrawaddy Campaign Music Video
Burma Democratic Concern (BDC) Save Irrawaddy Campaign Music Video People of Burma including democracy leader Daw Aung San Suu Kyi are calling for to review the Ayeyarwaddy Dam project due to the averse affect it will cause on Burma's environment, on Burma's bio-diversity and on Burma's future. Lo Hsing Han and his son Steven Law (a) Tun Myint Naing run Asia World Ltd which currently has contracts to build MyitSone Dam on the Ayeyarwaddy River north of Myitgyinar. Ten more companies are owned under the group in Singapore by Law's wife, Cecilia Ng. The Myitsone Dam site is located just 2 miles below the confluence and about 24 miles away from Myitkyina, the capital of Kachin State. The length of the dam is about 499 ft (152 m) and the height is about 499 ft, equivalent to the height of a 50-story building. The surface area of the reservoir is about 295.8 sq mi (766 sq km), about the size of New York City (301 sq mi). A maximum water depth of the reservoir will be about 950 ft (290 m), approximately the height of a 66-story building. The estimated cost of the Myitsone Dam construction project is about US $3.6 billion. The total cost for construction of the seven dams and hydroelectric development projects is about US $20 billion. The major construction contractor from the Chinese side is the China Gezhouba Group Corporation (CCGC), and from the Burmese regime side is Asia World Company. It is strongly believed that Lo Hsing Han's business empire was originally built on <b>...</b>
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Flood in Thailand & Burmese Migrant Workers
Thailand is facing its worst flooding in 50 years and millions of people are being affected. Burmese migrant workers are also flooded and the factories closed. They are now heading back to Burma. These migrant workers have been exploited and harassed by Thai and Burmese authorities on the borders.
Is Burma Reforming? ( English Version)
Burma known for its heavy censorship and repressive rule, may be opening its doors to reform. With its latest action on releasing 6000 prisoners, many are hopeful of Burma's willingness to reform, however critics of the country convey caution and doubts on change in the country.
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This Is The Real Myanmar (Burma) Read Description!!!
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VOA Burmese TV Magazine - Oct. Third Week Program
US government urges Burmese government to release all remaining political prisoners unconditionally; Pro-democracy leader Daw Aung San Suu Kyi welcome all released political prisoners and wish to see all release soon; Popular comedian Zaganar is willing to give his life to President U Thein Sein for his political activists in prisons; US Assistant Secretary of State Kurt Campbell says it's too early to conclude development in Burma; President U Thein Sein visits India; China urges probe into massacre of sailors in Mekong River; severe flood in Thailand; Ongoing conflicts in Libya and human rights violations; Royal wedding - Bhutan's King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck has married Jetsun Pema; Burma's so-called amnesty is not motivated by a genuine political will,; Popular comedian Zargana and VOA Burmese interview; Burma's Deputy Labor Minister U Myint Thein in Thailand on Burmese immigrant workers' rights; Internet use and social networking in China; and a new record for the largest pumpkin In California.
Burma Stops Sino-Invested Myitsone Dam Project
Follow us on TWITTER: twitter.com Like us on FACEBOOK: www.facebook.com Burmese President Wu Dengsheng recently announced that construction of the Myitsone Hydroelectric Dam Project, jointly developed by Burma and China, would be suspended. China's Foreign Ministry responded on Oct. 1, claiming that the issue is being handled through ongoing negotiations. Burmese President Wu Dengsheng said in a statement that construction of the Myitsone hydropower project was against the will of the Myanmar people and will be suspended during his term of office. Wu said, "The government of Burma is democratically elected. We must care about the people's wishes, and are obligated to focus on solving people's fears and concerns." China's Foreign Ministry's initially responded by saying that they'll need to verify the news. However, 24 hours later, it claimed that the Myitsone hydropower station is a joint venture between the two countries, and as such, everything will be handled through negotiation. The US$3.6 billion Myitsone Dam is Burma's largest and most high-tech hydropower plant. The power station is located in Burma's northern mountains, along the Irrawaddy River, about 200 kms (124.27 miles) away from Tengchong County, in Yunnan Province, China. The dam is capable of generating of 600 million kilowatts of electricity. The Myitsone Dam, contracted in 2006, is the largest overseas Build-Operate-Transfer project initiated by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), equivalent to the Three <b>...</b>
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Burma Democratic Concern (BDCs) Demand China to Stop Building Irrawaddy Dams
Protest against China building mega-dams at the Burma's Ayeyarwaddy river confluence in front of the Chinese embassy China is pumping billion of dollars building the mega-dams on Ayeyarwaddy River. People of Burma oppose the building Chinese dams especially at the confluence of the rivers, Mayka and Malika. Burmese people argued that it will affect adverse affect on the lives of the people, Burma environment and future of Burma. The concerns over the Myitsone Dams started when people of Burma learnt that previous junta agreed building the dams at the heartlands of the Kachin's culture, heritage and religious beliefs. Ecological change to the Ayeyarwaddy would impact all those whose lives are linked to the great river, from the ethnic peoples in the northernmost state of our country to the rice-growing delta of Burma. If dams were finished, stored the water and produced the electricity, then the river's water flow will dramatically slowing down and water level will be low leading towards dying the river. At the upstream of the river especially in the dams water will be contaminated with chemical and water will be polluted which will threaten very seriously the very existence of the nation's biodiversity as well as environmental crisis. Ayeyarwaddy dolphins are the fresh water endangered species of its kind and they will be one of the very first species which could be extinct due to the negative impact of building dams at the confluence of the Ayeyarwaddy River. Kachin <b>...</b>
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VOA Burmese TV Magazine - Sept. Second Week Program
UN Chief told Burmese government to free political prisoners; Burmese government formed the National Human Rights Commission; US Special Envoy to Burma Mr. Derek Mitchell is visiting Burma; Heavy rain and flood in Mandalay area; Land confiscation and human rights abuses in Rakhine state for China gas pipeline projects; movie about Aung San Suu Kiy premiere; Bomb explosion outside the New Delhi High Court in India; Where's Libya dictator Moammar Gadhafi; Daw Aung San Suu Kyi's travel essay got publication permit in Burma; US Assistant Secretary of State Kurt Campbell on changes in Burma; Proposal for Prisons act reform in Burma; Change and Peace in Baghdad; and Amazing news (3D Light Show in Russia, Elephant polo in Thailand, Musical Frogs in China) around the world.
VOA Burmese TV Magazine - August Final Week Program
UN special rapporteur on human rights in Burma, Tomas Ojea Quintana visited Burma and met government and democracy leaders - he expressed Burma still has to improve human rights situation ; Daw Aung San Suu Kyi met UN special rapporteur; US special envoy to Burma, Derek Mitchell, is ready to visit Burma; Former Thai PM Thaksin Shinawatra's Japan trip and controversy in Thailand; Ongoing anti-corruption protest in India; Fierce fighting in Tripoli, Libya; Weak dollar causes tourism business in Burma; A Burmese restaurant in Washington, DC; Libyan rebellion and its future; Life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr and tribute to his freedom struggle.
VOA Burmese TV Magazine - August Fourth Week
Burmese government announced Burmese people in exile can return to Burma; Pro-democracy leader Daw Aung San Suu Kyi had an official meeting with President U Thein Sein in Naypyidaw; Daw Aung San Suu Kyi's Pegu trip; World economic crisis and impact on Burma; US Vice President Joe Biden's China trip for economic cooperation between two countries; President Barack Obama's mid-west trip for employment and economy; Peace talks between Burmese government and Kachin Independence Organization (KIO); Mass protests around the world in 2011; and Illegal animal trafficking.
VOA Burmese TV Magazine - Nov. First Week Program
University of Michigan, Freedom House, and Oxi Day organizations honor Burma's democracy leader Daw Aung San Suu Kyi with the 21st Raoul Wallenberg Medal, Freedom Award and Oxi Day Battle of Crete award; Indonesia Foreign Minister, current ASEAN Chair, Marty Natalegawa and party visit Burma; US Special Envoy to Burma Derek Mitchell visits Burma again; Burmese farmers staged a peaceful protest against alleged unfair confiscation of their lands; Heavy rain and severe flood in central Burma; Worsening flood conditions in Thailand; NATO formally ends its military role in Libya; Earthquake in Turkey and its relief efforts; VOA interviews Burma's Foreign Minister U Wanna Maung Lwin; Dam projects and environment impacts; and Women and breast cancer.
Burma Soldier Film Interview (English Version)
Interviewed with Burma Soldier (Myo Myint Cho) by APM's Dick Gordon (Audio swap version) ☠ Viewer Discretion Is Advised ☠ Warning: This movie contains graphic images that some viewers may find disturbing. Credit: vimeo.com Video:vimeo.com Burma Soldier feature documentary, directed by Nic Dunlop, Annie Sundberg and Ricki Stern. A LeBrocquy Fraser (Break Thru Films production) ABOUT THE FILM "Burma Soldier" is the powerful story of a former junta member and Burmese soldier who risks everything to become a pro-democracy activist. The film provides a rare glimpse of a brutal dictatorship seen through the eyes of a courageous former soldier who, quite literally, swapped sides. The documentary offers an exclusive and rare perspective, from inside the heart and mind of a man who lays bare an understanding of a brutal regime and the political and psychological power of the junta over his country. He reaches out to the military asking them to examine their responsibilities as soldiers and to reflect on their duty to protect the people that make up the nation they are sworn to serve. (Ref:vimeo.com Burma Soldier "Burma Soldier" tells the unforgettable story of a former junta member and Burmese soldier who risks everything to become a pro-democracy activist. "Burma Soldier" provides a rare glimpse of a brutal dictatorship seen through the eyes of a courageous former soldier who, quite literally, swapped sides. The documentary will offer an exclusive and rare perspective, from <b>...</b>
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Return To Burma - Official Trailer
★★★2011Busan International Film Festival - New Currents Competition★★★ ★★★2011Vancouver International Film Festival - Dragons and Tigers Section★★★ For decades, Burma holds its first presidential election. Many of the Burmese living in foreign lands believe that changes will happen soon and it will move towards prosperity. So Xing-hong and Rong decide to return home. However, just a few days before departure, during an overtime shift, Rong has an accident. With Rong's ashes, Xing-hong returns home alone. When Xing-hong arrives home, he finds out that his brother De is about to go to Malaysia to work. Many young people want to leave Burma, but Xing-hong has always wanted to stay in his hometown to do business. He begins asking around for possible business opportunities, but yet cannot decide which business to engage into. To Xing-hong, Burma seems unfamiliar and distant, because he has left Burma for too long. Consequently, at his own hometown or on a foreign soil, he always feels estranged as if abandoned by time and space. On a blackout night, the smuggling bazaar by the border between Burma and China, the motorcycles roaring into the faint daylight! Through the protagonist Xing-hong, we witness the changes Burma is going through and the true state of existence of its people.
VOA Burmese TV Magazine - Sept. Third Week Program
Special program - VOA Burmese program editor & reporter Daw Khin Soe Win's Burma trip and reported about the US special envoy to Burma, Derek Mitchell, who met Myanmar/Burmese government leaders, democracy leader Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, other pro-democracy leaders, social activists Ko Kyaw Thu, Phyu Phyu Thin, and former political prisoners. Daw Khin Soe Win also interviewed Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, President U Thein Sein's adviser Dr. Nay Zin Lat, and visited Nayphyidaw and talked to government officials and elected members of parliament.
Al Jazeera Correspondent - Burma Boy: Jack Osborne
The British Burma veteran remembers leading Nigerian troops in Burma.
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Made in Thailand Burmese Food Products
Western countries have imposed economic sanctions on Burma because of the government's human rights abuses. VOA Burmese service staffer Daw Khin Soe Win reports from Bangkok, how foodstuff which originated from Burma are re-packaged in Thailand and exported to western market especially the US.
Burma Democratic Concern (BDC) supports Daw Aung San Suu Kyi & National Reconciliation
Burma Democratic Concern (BDC) www.bdcburma.org calls for more positive practical reform in Burma
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Al Jazeera Correspondent - Burma Boy: David Killingray
Professor David Killingray, an expert of the so-called Burma Boys, talks about the role of African troops in Burma, why young Africans joined the British troops, and whether returning soldiers affected growing nationalism in the then British colonies
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100 Join Burma Massacre Anniversary Protest at German Embassy
100 people joined a protest at the Germany Embassy in London, protesting against Germany's opposition to a UN Commission of Inquiry into war crimes and crimes against humanity in Burma. The protest was held on the 23rd anniversary of the 1988 pro-democracy uprising in Burma, where more than 3000 people were massacred by the dictatorship.
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