“BBC Burmese – as well as the rest of the BBC’s international news services – reports all sides of opinion in Burma," said Tin Htar Swe, editor of BBC Burmese and BBC World Service South Asia Hub. Yet campaign groups are still wary of government restrictions and humanitarian problems remain. These developments come two years after the Burmese government initiated reforms, releasing political prisoners and relaxing laws on trade and press freedoms among other measures to modernise the previously isolated country. " Burma currently has very low levels of mobile penetration, and this is likely to change with the prices of mobile handsets and SIM cards falling." “The number of mobile users is set to grow exponentially," continued Indu Shekhar Sinha. Mobile penetration in Burma, also known as Myanmar, is low, with reports from the Economist and the GSM (Groupe Speciale Mobile) Association putting the number of subscriptions at fewer than 10 per cent of the population, but the Burmese government aims to increase this to 80 per cent by 2016 by promoting cheaper SIM cards and giving licenses to foreign providers.īBC Burmese, which produces morning and evening news broadcasts from London and Bangkok, has a weekly audience of 8.4 million according to the BBC. “BBC Burmese radio has been the most trusted source of news in Burma throughout decades of repression," Indu Shekhar Sinha, BBC World Service head of business development Asia Pacific, told .uk, "and now, as the country lives through change and liberalisation, providing mobile news from BBC Burmese in audio comes as a natural choice.” The service, which will also offer special bulletins for breaking news, will upload fresh reports at 8am and 6.30pm each day, which the public can access via a specified phone number. The government decries most pressure to negotiate as an infringement on Myanmar’s sovereignty, and generally describes most of the pro-democracy opposition as terrorists.The BBC has launched a mobile audio bulletin service in Burma, allowing mobile phone users in the country to receive updates on the country's news twice a day. Outside efforts to mediate peace have meet with no success, even from parties sympathetic to the military government such as the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations.
The army’s seizure of power was met with massive public opposition which was quashed by security forces with deadly force and has since turned into widespread armed resistance. The takeover prevented Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy party from beginning a second term in office. Myanmar has been wracked by violent unrest since the army ousted Suu Kyi’s elected government.
BBC reported that he did not meet Aung San Suu Kyi, who has been imprisoned since her elected government was ousted by the army in February 2021.īan had met with then-President Thein Sein and with Suu Kyi when he was U.N. Zaw Min Tun, told the BBC Burmese-language service that Ban separately met with former President Thein Sein. The military government’s spokesperson, Maj. The group did not immediately release any details about Ban’s visit. The Elders was founded by Nelson Mandela in 2007 and comprises mostly retired world leaders.
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