“Night falls on Shwedagon Pagoda in Yangon.” Photo by the Agence France-Presse.
Here are today’s stories and pieces of note about Burma:
The Agence France-Presse reports that Sen. Jim Webb (D-VA), who heads the Senate Foreign Relations subcommittee on Asia, has suggested that the U.S. “take a new approach of engagement” with Burma’s junta and lift sanctions against the country.
The AFP also reports that seventeen members have Congress have written a letter to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, saying they are “greatly concerned” that the United States would even consider lifting sanctions imposed on Burma.
The Irrawaddy ponders the fact that the Obama Administration is clearly not averse to the idea of “entering into direct negotiations with the Burmese military junta.”
Aung Din, executive director of the U.S. Campaign for Burma, wonders if change will ever come to Burma over at the Far Eastern Economic Review.
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“Night falls on Shwedagon Pagoda in Yangon.” Photo by the Agence France-Presse.
