“Several senior Burmese military officials are reported to have been arrested over the leaking of these photographs – appearing to show tunnels built in Burma with the help of North Korean experts. All photos: Democratic Voice of Burma.” Image via the BBC.
Here’s the latest on what’s happening in Burma:
The BBC reprints photos from the Democratic Voice of Burma that appear to show the construction of an underground tunnel network. The news service says, “It is thought the tunnels under Nay Pyi Daw could have been built with the help of experts from North Korea.”
Time Magazine reports on the relationship between the two countries.
New Mandala also reports on the two friendly nations, and “Burma’s nuclear ambitions.”
On another subject, Reuters brings us the news that Burmese officials have reported their first case of “swine flu.”
The Associated Press reports that the U.N.’s special envoy to Burma, Ibrahim Gambiri, has returned to the country “to pave the way for a possible visit by U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon.”
The Agence France-Presse reports that the junta responded to the visit, which has much to do with the ongoing military trial of Nobel Peace laureate and Prime Minister-elect Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, by saying that John Yettaw, a US man also on trial for swimming to Suu Kyi’s home, “had links with exile groups in Thailand.” For the first time, police chief Khin Yee on Thursday “named top dissidents with whom Yettaw had allegedly met before making the first of two visits to the democracy icon’s lakeside residence.”
The United Press International reports that “Irish rockers U2 have asked fans attending their concerts to put on masks of Myanmar dissident Aung San Suu Kyi when they strike up the song ‘Walk On’.”
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“Several senior Burmese military officials are reported to have been arrested over the leaking of these photographs – appearing to show tunnels built in Burma with the help of North Korean experts. All photos: Democratic Voice of Burma.” Image via the BBC.
