Is Your Seafood Harvested by Slaves?Source: t r u t h o u t
Life is hell for Thailand's fishermen slaves, a largely Burmese workforce lured into the Thai fishing industry by brokers. As promised, jobs await these migrants, who pay $350 to be smuggled into Thailand and introduced to a fishing crew.

Presently, Burma is at an intersection of political makeover. The military regime wants to maintain the status quo while the people desire to open a new chapter of change.
US envoy meets Burma's Suu KyiSource: The Age
A SENIOR US official has held high-profile talks with detained Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi as the Obama Administration opens a new era of engaging the country's military rulers.
BBC NEWS | Asia-Pacific | Burmese refugees flee to China townSource: BBC News
Tells of the civilian refugees (mostly Kokang, ethnic Han) who're getting away from Burma due to erupted clashes last week happening in the Northern part of Burma. Some of the refugees include rebel fighters who've given themselves up to the Chinese authorities.

Key opposition leader of Burma, Aung San Suu Kyi has been sent back from the notorious Insein Prison and now held under house-arrest. But, the uninvited American, the main defender of the dramatic trial in Burma has been already released from imprisonment and sent back to America.
The long waitSource: New Statesman Contents
Persecuted and oppressed in Burma, Rohingya Muslims are fleeing across the border into Bangladesh. Starving and stateless, they live in squalid makeshift camps. And yet, as Cyrus Shahrad discovers, they have not lost hope. By Giles Duley
US senator 'meets Burmese leader' Source: BBC News
US Senator Jim Webb has begun a meeting with Burmese military ruler Than Shwe, Burmese officials say.
He is the most senior US official to meet Than Shwe, the Democratic senator's office said in a statement.
China urges world to respect Myanmar's sovereignty - ReutersSource: Yahoo! News
YANGON (Reuters) – China urged the world on Wednesday to respect Myanmar's judicial sovereignty, suggesting Beijing would not back any U.N. action against the junta for returning opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi into detention.
Pro-Democracy Leader in Myanmar Is ConvictedSource: The New York Times
A court in Myanmar sentenced the pro-democracy leader Daw Aung San Suu Kyi to 18 months of additional house arrest on Tuesday, ensuring that she would remain in detention, with limited communications, through a parliamentary election that is scheduled for next year.
Aung San Suu Kyi imprisonedSource: Shambhala Sun
Via the US Campaign for Burma: "Burma's military regime outrageously found Nobel Peace Prize recipient Aung San Suu Kyi guilty of sham charges and sentenced her to 18 months of incarceration — which the regime can easily extend to many years, as it has in the past.
Burma's Aung San Suu Kyi 'guilty'Source: BBC News
Burmese pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been sentenced to an additional 18 months house arrest by a court in Rangoon.
Sino-Indian water divideSource: Daily Times
China's hydro-engineering projects and plans are a reminder that Tibet is at the heart of the India-China divide. Tibet ceased to be a political buffer when China annexed it nearly six decades ago. But Tibet can still become a political bridge between China and India...