Under normal circumstances I check the official websites of the Myanmar military dictatorship on a daily basis. They are, afterall, “the ultimate guide to Myanmar”. Right now, as some New Mandala readers may have already discovered, they are stuck on 2 May 2008. Obviously nobody has had the time (or the capacity?) to get fresh content for The New Light of Myanmar, and all the rest in the myanmar.com stable.

At this time of great tragedy, the pictures on this slow to respond Kyamon page give some idea of the priorities of the country’s military rulers in the days leading up to the cyclone. Stuck in time…

…tragedies have compounded tragedies.