BURMA BULLETIN
ISSUE 65 - MAY 2012
KEY STORY
• Kachin conflict intensifies
• IDPs in need of food & shelter
INSIDE BURMA
• Electricity protests
• Daw Suu makes history
• VP resigns
• Negotiating team reorganized
• More agreements signed
HUMAN RIGHTS
• Freedom of information
• US human rights report
• Unfair trial, death sentence
DISPLACEMENT
• Rohingya get Indian visas
• Rohingya flee Burma
• Migrant workers in Thailand
INTERNATIONAL
• US suspends sanctions
• Regime-S. Korea cooperation
• Regime-N. Korea cooperation
• India & regime strengthen ties
• Ban Ki-moon meets Daw Suu
ECONOMY
• Labor unrest hits Rangoon
• IMF highlights economic issues
• Risky business in Burma
OTHER BURMA NEWS
REPORTS