GOOD MORNING MYANMAR…
November 19th, 2009
While President Barack Hussein Obama’s visit to South East Asia and meeting with Myanmar’s Senior General Than Shwe did not result in any dramatic breaking of political logjams, it does appear that it may have given rise to the possibility of an unprecedented meeting between Shwe and oppossition leader Aung San Suu Kyi.
From the Voice Of America:
Detained Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi has requested a meeting with the chief of the country’s ruling military.
The Nobel peace laureate wrote a letter to the military government on November 11 asking to meet reclusive Senior General Than Shwe.
On Sunday, U.S. President Barack Obama offered Burma the prospect of better ties with Washington if it pursues democratic reform and frees political prisoners, including Aung San Suu Kyi.
Unfortunately T didn’t win the Rory Peck Award this evening, but I intend to keep my eye on his unfolding story as much as possible.
[...] the work of two cameramen from the media organisation Democratic Voice of Burma – known only as “Z” and “T” – who secretly followed eight orphans struggling to rebuild their lives after the devastation [...]