Trial of Aung San Suu Kyi to continue Monday with prosecutor’s closing argumentYANGON, Myanmar — Myanmar’s military regime, adjourning pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi’s trial until Monday, gave no indication it will heed calls this week by the United States and Asian countries to free the Nobel Peace Prize laureate. Trial of Aung San Suu Kyi will continue Monday with prosecutor’s closing argumentYANGON, Myanmar — Myanmar’s pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi was “absolutely dissatisfied” that her trial was adjourned Friday because it will give the prosecution more time to prepare its case, her lawyer said. Trial of Myanmar’s pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi resumes for closing argumentsYANGON, Myanmar — The trial of Myanmar’s jailed pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi resumed Friday with her lawyers set to present a final argument in their efforts to save the Nobel laureate from a possible five-year prison term. Trial of Myanmar pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi resumes for closing argumentsYANGON, Myanmar — A Myanmar official says the trial of democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi has resumed. Clinton, North Korea exchange barbs after North refuses to give up nukesPHUKET, Thailand — Hillary Rodham Clinton and North Korea exchanged pointed barbs Thursday, with Clinton declaring North Korea “has no friends left” and the communist regime calling the U.S. secretary of state a “schoolgirl.” Clinton acknowledges N. Korea refusal to give up nukes, insists UN sanctions will go forwardPHUKET, Thailand — Faced with a fresh refusal by North Korea to give up its nuclear weapons program, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Thursday the communist regime has “no friends left” to shield it from punishing U.N. penalties. North Korea says it will not re-enter six-party talks to end its nuclear weapons programPHUKET, Thailand — North Korea says it will not re-enter six-party talks to end its nuclear weapons program, citing the “deep-rooted anti-North Korean policy” of the United States. Clinton to lead talks with Asian partners on possible incentives for North Korea to end nukesPHUKET, Thailand — U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton urged Asian nations Thursday to vigorously enforce the latest U.N. sanctions against North Korea. She said Washington would pursue “every avenue” to denuclearize the Korean peninsula. Clinton to lead talks with Asian partners on possible incentives for NKorea to end nukesPHUKET, Thailand — U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton urged Asian nations Thursday to vigorously enforce the latest U.N. sanctions against North Korea. She said Washington would pursue “every avenue” to denuclearize the Korean peninsula. Myanmar authorities block lawyers from meeting Aung San Suu Kyi before trial hearingYANGON, Myanmar — The legal team of Myanmar’s jailed pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi was denied access to the 64-year-old Nobel laureate on Wednesday, two days before her trial is to resume for final arguments, her lawyer said. Clinton says allies agree on need for North Korea’s ‘irreversible denuclearization’PHUKET, Thailand — North Korea must completely and irreversibly end its nuclear weapons program or face further isolation and “the unrelenting pressure” of international sanctions, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Wednesday. House approves resolution extending sanctions against MyanmarWASHINGTON — The House has voted to renew sanctions meant to penalize the junta that runs the Southeast Asian country of Myanmar, also called Burma. Clinton trumpets US comeback on the Asian scene after years of diverted attentionPHUKET, Thailand — U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton arrived at a key security conference Wednesday carrying a no-nonsense message that the United States is ready to re-engage with Asia after years of neglect. Concerns raised Myanmar may be moving toward nuclear status with North Korean helpBANGKOK — The recent aborted voyage of a North Korean ship, photographs of massive tunnels and a secret meeting have raised concern that one of the world’s poorest nations may be aspiring to join the nuclear club — with help from its friends in Pyongyang. Clinton cites concerns about possible military links between NKorea and military-run MyanmarBANGKOK — U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Tuesday that the Obama administration is concerned by the possibility that North Korea, with a history of illicit sales of missiles and nuclear technology, is developing military ties to Myanmar. With North Korean help, is Myanmar moving toward nuclear status?BANGKOK — The recent aborted voyage of a North Korean ship, photographs of massive tunnels and a top secret meeting have raised alarm bells that one of the world’s poorest nations may be aspiring to join the nuclear club — with help from its friends in Pyongyang. No one expects military-run Myanmar, also known as Burma, to obtain an atomic bomb anytime soon, but experts have the Southeast Asian nation on their radar screen. Judge rules that CIA committed fraud, considers sanctions against ex-chief Tenet and othersWASHINGTON — A federal judge has ruled that CIA officials committed fraud to protect a former covert agent against an eavesdropping lawsuit and is considering sanctioning as many as six who have worked at the agency, including former CIA Director George Tenet. Longest total eclipse of the century will plunge parts of Asia into darkness on WednesdayBANGKOK — Millions of people across Asia will witness the longest total solar eclipse that will happen this century, as vast swaths of India and China, the entire city of Shanghai and southern Japanese islands are plunged into darkness Wednesday for about five minutes. Myanmar authorities detain dozens of opposition party members on Martyr’s DayYANGON, Myanmar — Authorities in military-run Myanmar detained dozens of opposition party members Sunday as they returned from ceremonies marking the death of the father of jailed pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, witnesses said. Security tight in Myanmar as death of jailed Aung San Suu Kyi’s father commemoratedYANGON, Myanmar — Myanmar’s military rulers tightened security in downtown Yangon on Sunday as officials gathered to commemorate the death 62 years ago of the father of jailed opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi. Security conference to focus on ‘two devils,’ US to stress its Asian roleBANGKOK — The United States is expected to trumpet its comeback onto the Asian scene after years of neglect as a major security conference tackles the seemingly intractable issues of North Korea’s nuclear threat and political repression in Myanmar. Six-fold increase in Myanmar’s foreign investment reported, driven by ChinaYANGON, Myanmar — Foreign investment in Myanmar swelled sixfold to almost $1 billion in the last fiscal year, most of it coming from China, according to government statistics seen Thursday. US official says US committed to pushing for change in MyanmarWASHINGTON — A senior U.S. official on Wednesday defended the United States’ ability to push for democratic change in Myanmar, saying an unfinished Obama administration review of Myanmar policy has not hindered U.S. diplomacy with the military-run country. Defense witness testifies Nobel laureate Suu Kyi violated no law inMyanmarLast witness supports Suu Kyi in trial YAN Suu Kyi trial resumes in Myanmar after UN chief’s failed effort to free herYANGON, Myanmar — A Myanmar official says the trial of democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi has resumed. Gloom in Yangon as Myanmar junta’s trial of opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi resumesYANGON, Myanmar — Along the shores of artificial Inya Lake, the empty compound of Aung San Suu Kyi lies within plain sight as couples stroll the path. Her home also is a curious attraction to onlookers from a hotel a minute’s walk away. Myanmar’s rebuilding in delta reflects some politics a year after the cycloneKYON DA VILLAGE, Myanmar — As the U.N. helicopter skimmed above the placid Irrawaddy Delta, Myanmar’s military junta was putting the final touches on its showcase village. South Korea says suspect North Korean ship has likely returned homeSEOUL, South Korea — A North Korean ship tracked by the U.S. Navy because it was suspected of carrying illicit cargo has likely arrived back home after reversing course without delivering its load, a South Korean official said Tuesday. Myanmar junta stage-manages visit by UN chief, loosing opportunity to improve world standingYANGON, Myanmar — Myanmar’s ruling junta wanted Ban Ki-moon to go into a grandiose drug museum through the back door to prevent the U.N. secretary-general from making a rock-star entrance. US admiral says surveillance effort against North Korean cargo ship proved effectiveSEOUL, South Korea — The impending return home of a North Korean ship suspected of possibly carrying illicit cargo shows that efforts are working to enforce U.N. sanctions imposed against the country after its nuclear and missile tests, the chief of U.S. Naval operations said Monday. |
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GON, Myanmar — The last defense witness in the trial of Aung San Suu Kyi argued Friday that the democracy leader violated no existing laws because she is being charged under a constitution that was abolished 21 years ago.
