Grim warning sounded on climate change
Plankton down by 40% in past 50 years as scientists sound warning bell about rising sea temperatures, with implications for Burma likely severe Burma parties wary of US sanctions
Candidates complain that US sanctions will do little to affect repressive laws that govern how parties approach Burmese elections this year China seals biggest Burma mining deal
World's largest steel manufacturer one of two Chinese companies set to sink $800 million into lucrative nickel mine in northern Burma Shan party’s campaign blocked by EC
Election Commission secretary tells Shan Nationalities Democratic Party that they cannot enter Karenni border town to canvas for votes Thailand hungry for more Burmese gas
Exports of gas from block 300kms south of Rangoon will bring the proportion of Thailand's energy needs being met by Burma to above 30 percent Burma pulps Kim Jong-il biography
Alleged misinformation about North Korean leader's modest height and eating habits pushes embassy in Rangoon to demand biography is recalled and destroyed N Korean visit clouded in secrecy
Few details made public of foreign minister's dispatch to Burma, which marks the highest-level visit by North Korea to the country since 2007 Thailand ‘to return refugees after elections’
Thai official suggests Burma will return to normalcy after elections this year, when conditions will be suitable to repatriate the 140,000 refugees in border camps FM radio stations to pay for songs
Small fee for songs played on private FM radio stations to be split among singer, songwriter, audio technicians and producer, as well as Burmese music association US hypocrisy pulls the sheet on Burma
US courting of derided Indonesian military outfit to stem China's growing influence throws its so-called 'humanitarian' return to Burma into the spotlight

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