‘They are not working for the people’

Monday, 13 June 2011 13:57 Mizzima News (Interview) – The Karen National Union (KNU) has been in armed conflict against the Burmese government for the right to self-determination for 64 years. The KNU is one of the most powerful opposition organizations on the Thai-Burma border. Mizzima reporter Kyaw Kha interviewed KNU Vice Chairman Pado David Tharkapaw, on possible peace negotiations, the new government and ethnic Karen politics. Tharkapaw is also chairman of the National Democratic Front (NDF) and the chairman of National Council of the...

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Tay Za talks sanctions, business and politics

Monday, 06 June 2011 13:12 Raimondo Bultrini (Interview) – No foreign journalist had ever been allowed to cross the threshold of Tay Za’s luxurious villa located a few hundred yards from the home of Aung San Suu Kyi, the icon of the country’s pro-democracy opposition, in Rangoon. I did so recently with strong reservations, well aware of its owner’s pro-regime reputation and his allegedly unscrupulous business practices. Ever since he began his rise, becoming a billionaire through his connections with Burma’s dictatorial military junta,...

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Nai Htar Wa Ra, Mon leader, dies at ५५-Tuesday, 22 February 2011 21:02 Kun Chan

Chiang Mai (Mizzima) – Nai Htar Wa Ra, 55, a leader of the New Mon State Party (NMSP) who suffered from diabetes and hypertension, died suddenly on Tuesday morning. A central executive committee member, party officials said he died at party headquarters in southern Mon State. ‘His heart was also weak. In the early morning, he could not breathe well, and he died about 2 a.m.’, said Nai Tala Nyi, a NMSP central executive committee member. On Sunday, Nai Htar Wa Ra presided at a ceremony to mark the 64th Mon National Day held in Panangpain...

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