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Asia Times Slorc Propoganda (r)



Asia Times is a new regional newspaper startup owned by a Thai
entrepreneur and headquartered in Bangkok.  The same group owns Thailand's
Manager magazine, as well as Asia, Inc. out of Hong Kong.

You might notice that they are among the sponsors of Myanmar:  Open for
Business seminar, May 23-5 at the Strand.

I don't know the correspondent.

Asia Times can be reached at (662) 288-4146-7 or fax ...4161-2.

LD

On 29 Apr 1996 cd@xxxxxxxxxx wrote:

> From: dawn star <cd@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Dear Readers, Does anyone have information on  this Asian Times
> correspondant, and the Asia Times organisation now evidently seeking
> favor from Slorc as Asia Times expands its coverage of Burma, using
> pro-Slorc propoganda line to get access into Burma.
>
> Who is Stephen Brookes (Asia Times correspondent based in Yangon)and what
> 's his story?
>
> Thank you. Dawn Star, Paris
>
>
> Headline: WHAT THE YEAR 1358 HAS IN STORE FOR MYANMAR
> Keywords: Myanmar, Asia Times,
> Date: April 17, 1996
> Source: From: brelief@xxxxxxx (Ken and Visakha Kawasaki)
>
> UVI.net reproduces the following article to show the type of propoganda
> and disinformation permitted and encouraged by Slorc-based journalists
> seeking favor with the Rangoon military regime at the cost of truth and
> verity  discounting in vain as it attempts to discredit the rising
> popularity of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi and the her popular party, the NLD.
>
> > Stephen Brookes (Asia Times correspondent based in Yangon)
> >
> > As Myanmar dries out from the water festival that ushered in
> > the new year today it's perhaps an opportune time to assess the
> > state of the nation and offer a few predictions about what the
> > new year - 1358, in the tradition al Myanmar calendar - may hold in store.
> >
> > Despite persistent weaknesses in the economy, even its critics
> > admit that Myanmar is entering the new year on a strong
> > footing. The country is riding on a wave of political stability
> > and sustained economic growth that it hasn't known in
> > decades and which shows no signs of abating.
> >
>