What the papers say

[RAP: DVB looks at some international reporting and commentary of the Burmese "elections".]



... Japan deserves some praise, having broken the trend of silent Asian nations when it spoke of its “deep disappointment” with the polls. But back inside Burma, such sentiments may be wasted among the inured population, who have asked for help so often from the international community but been provided with little. As the listed air that settled over Burma yesterday suggests, expectations these days are nil; that it was only punctuated by gunfire in the east is perhaps even more telling.

http://www.dvb.no/analysis/what-the-papers-say/12723