Friday 3rd September, 2010
Burma set for high season tourist slump, industry says
New Delhi (Mizzima) – Although the tourist high season is starting, hotels and package tours have seen little booking activity, according to hotels and operators. In past years, tourists have booked...
Burma’s Junta-backed Party breaks its own Political Parties Registration Law
Burma’s Government-appointed Union Election Commission (UEC) has called for successful holding of "free and fair election without any mistake" ahead of the multi- party general election set for ...
China says Burma leader Than Shwe to visit
Burma military ruler Than Shwe will visit China next week, the Chinese government announced Thursday, in another sign of the close ties between the neighbors. Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Jiang Yu sa...
BBC Burmese service marks 70 years on air
Mizzima Newsmonthly journals. Burmese was one of first three Asian languages used by the British Broadcasting Corporation’s (Company at the time) World Service, which opened in 1932. The Burma State Broadcastin...
MYANMAR: Rural poor hit by arbitrary "taxes", says report
IRINBANGKOK, 2 September 2010 (IRIN) - Myanmar’s military government, with soldiers scattered throughout the country, is arbitrarily levying fees from the rural poor, pushing some into hunger and debt, ...
Myanmar's top leader to visit China
General SourcesMyanmar's top leader, Than Shwe, will pay a state visit to China from Sept. 7 to 11, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Jiang Yu said Thursday.Than Shwe, chairman of the State Peace and Development ...
Myanmar media confirm junta chief retains power
General SourcesYANGON, Myanmar— A message from Myanmar's junta chief Senior Gen. Than Shwe appeared in state media Tuesday, dispelling reports that he had stepped down from the army as part of a major military...
Government No Help to Stranded Pegu Residents
The IrrawaddyHundreds of refugees including many women and children caught by flooding are still sheltering in schools and monasteries in Pegu, central Burma.Local residents say a man died in the flooding on Tuesd...
Chinese PLA escort warships conclude friendly call at Myanmar port
People's DailyTwo warships of the 5th Escort Task group of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA)- Navy left Myanmar Thursday after concluding a five-day friendly call at Yangon's Thilawa Port .The mission of t...
Only State Proxy Parties to Compete in Naypidaw
The IrrawaddyOnly two junta proxy parties will contest for constituencies in Naypidaw in the upcoming election as opposition parties say they cannot hope to win there because most of the voters work for the govern...
Vote USDP Orders PM
The IrrawaddyThein Sein, Burma's incumbent prime minister and head of the Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP), recently sent a directive speech to ministries, universities and colleges, and army batt...
New Army Chief Supported Massacre
The IrrawaddyLt-Gen Myint Aung, the army's adjutant general, who has reportedly been appointed as the future commander-in-chief in the recent reshuffle, supported the decision to kill 81 innocent civilians on ...
Vietnam's Complicated Relationship with the US
The IrrawaddyA soldier holds a rifle in front of a giant image of the late Vietnam's founder Ho Chi Minh during National Day celebrations in Hanoi on September 1. (Photo: Reuters)
A Letter from Arakan State
The IrrawaddyIn this 2009 photo, Burmese Rohingya boy waits for a fishing boat to come in so he can make small money carrying the fish to shore in Sittwe, Arakan state. (Photo: Getty Images)
Ethnic Issues and the New Parliament
The IrrawaddyBurma's new 2008 Constitution offers many problems for political parties, ethnic cease-fire groups and exiled dissident factions seeking some common ground to the disagreements between ethnic grou...
A Letter from Arakan State
The IrrawaddyIn this 2009 photo, Burmese Rohingya boy waits for a fishing boat to come in so he can make small money carrying the fish to shore in Sittwe, Arakan state. (Photo: Getty Images)
KIO Calls for Free and Fair Election
The IrrawaddyConcluding its party congress on Monday, the Kachin Independence Organization (KIO) released a statement calling for Burma's Nov. 7 general election to be conducted in a free and fair manner.Speak...
Myanmar election commission calls for successful holding of general election
General SourcesMyanmar's government-appointed Union Election Commission (UEC) has called for successful holding of "free and fair election without any mistake" ahead of the multi- party general election se...
Myanmar parties complain election fee too high
General SourcesYANGON, Myanmar – Political parties challenging Myanmar's ruling junta in the country's first election in two decades said they can't afford to compete in every constituency because of the exorb...
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