Sri Lanka: Responsibility and Burma
ICT4Peace on the idea of international responsibility and citizen-centered disaster response in the context of the humanitarian crisis in Burma. Originally from Global Voices Online » Myanmar (Burma)...
View ArticleMyanmar: Government information website
In case you are looking for the Junta's official mouthpiece, visit myanmar.com. Originally from Global Voices Online » Myanmar (Burma) by Mong Palatino reBlogged on May 16, 2008, 1:56AM
View ArticleMyanmar: Media coverage of cyclone
New Mandala is shocked to discover that a state-run newspaper in Myanmar reports the impact of the Cyclone Nargis only on page four of the paper Originally from Global Voices Online » Myanmar (Burma)...
View ArticleMyanmar: Citizen videos in Cyclone Nargis' aftermath
On May 2nd, 2008, Cyclone Nargis struck Myanmar (Burma), generating massive damage and tens of thousands dead or missing. The situation would be considered critical for any country. However, the...
View ArticleMyanmar: Invasion is counterproductive
Commenting on the proposal to invade Myanmar, Accumulating Peripherals believes that “An actual invasion or an attempt to seize and secure the entire hurricane-affected area for relief efforts would...
View ArticleMyanmar: “A wonderful place in the wrong hands”
A Filipino journalist writing for pcij.org was in Myanmar when a powerful cyclone hit the country early this month. The writer comments: “Burma struck me as a rich country with so many poor people. It...
View ArticleMyanmar: A survivor's story
Myat Thura wanted to cry after translating a Burmese blog. Nyi Lynn Seck quoted a survivor of the Cyclone Nargis: “Most of the dead were women. Many suggested they died not because of drowning, but...
View ArticleMyanmar: Report from Yangon
New Mandala received a report from a correspondent based in Yangon, Myanmar. An excerpt of the account: “The stories from the night of the cyclone that the villagers shared with me were gruesome. I...
View ArticleMyanmar: Situation in Laputta
ko-htike received an email from a friend who had seen the situation in Laputta, Myanmar: “More than ten thousands victims are staying, sleeping on the wet ground under the miserable roofs in the camps...
View ArticleMyanmar: Through the eyes of a mission worker
The Obnoxious 5xmom uploads an email of a mission worker in Myanmar: “It is a sad sight. Nature unleashed an orgy of death and mayhem, wounding an already suffering population. Yesterday, with tears...
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Videos: Creativity in facing the water crisis
Classic Water Drop Shot by Randy Son Of Robert. With two very recent natural disasters in mind: the cyclone in Myanmar and the Earthquake in Sichuan, China, the topic of getting pure and drinkable...
View ArticleSoutheast Asia: Coping with the rice and food crisis
Food prices continue to rise in the world market. People are concerned about the soaring cost of rice, which is the staple food in the Southeast Asian region and in many parts of the world....
View ArticleThe Burma Daily Online
Copies of the The Burma Daily were confiscated in Cambodia. But articles of the paper can be accessed online. Originally from Global Voices Online » Myanmar (Burma) by Mong Palatino reBlogged on May...
View ArticleMyanmar: U.N. leader speech
Ashin Mettacara posts the speech delivered by U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon who visited Yangon, Myanmar this week. Excerpt of the speech: “I saw the saddest things: homes and villages destroyed,...
View ArticleMyanmar: Open and close borders
The Siam Sentinel sums up the inconsistency of Myanmar's attitude in accepting aid: “Burma opens its borders. Burma closes its borders. Burma agrees to allow foreign aid workers to enter its borders....
View ArticleMyanmar: Beyond Rangoon Project on Flickr
Latest pictures of relief operations in cyclone ravaged Myanmar can be accessed at Beyond Rangoon Project. Originally from Global Voices Online » Myanmar (Burma) by Mong Palatino reBlogged on May 26,...
View ArticleFire at Myanmar embassy in Thailand
A fire broke out at Myanmar’s embassy in Thailand. Because of the fire, aid workers were not able to secure visas. Absolutely Bangkok comments: “What a coincidence that the fire ravaged that part of...
View ArticleMyanmar: Inadequate aid
Penguin Blog uploads an article by American journalist Emma Larkin who has a first-hand account of the cyclone disaster in Myanmar. Larkin notes the small aid reaching the Burmese: ” It is like...
View ArticleSoutheast Asia: Series of unfortunate disasters
A destructive cyclone in Myanmar. The China earthquake which was felt in Hanoi and Bangkok. Two earthquakes in the Sumatra island which rocked Indonesia and Malaysia. A strong typhoon which destroyed...
View ArticleMadagascar's bloggers ambivalent about Sichuan earthquake aid
The Malagasy government volunteered to help the international aid effort for the earthquake victims in the province of Sichuan, China. The immense proportions of the humanitarian disaster prompted the...
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