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The art of making Lacquerware in Old Bagan Myanmar
While waiting for our flight to Yangon, I tried to research for the best souvenir I can buy in Myanmar. I read that one of the local handicrafts that is popular in Myanmar is lacquerware in Old ...
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AUDIO Changes in Burma superficial
A number of Burma's most famous dissidents have spoken of their hopes for their country, on a visit to London. The group spoke at the BBC's headquarters, en route to Northern Ireland, where they will look at the peace process and assess if there are lessons that can be learned from it for Burma. One former prisoner, Min Ko Naing, told the BBC's Asia Pacific Editor Michael ...
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Unilever thinks big in Myanmar
Unilever, the Anglo-Dutch global consumer goods company, will open its first factory in Myanmar next month as part of its 20-billion-baht investment plan in consumer products in the ...
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Burma’s beautiful version of hacky sack is driving its neighbors nuts
the trash talking has already started. The head of Philippine Sports Commission is vowing to send an undersized protest delegation to the event, arguing that host nation Myanmar (Burma) is stacking the deck in its favor by including only the country's stronger sports in the games. The country is also increasing the number of medals awarded for certain games. For its part, the Philippines ...
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Breitling Oil and Gas CEO to Present at Myanmar Oil and Gas Summit 2013
Yangon, Myanmar . The 35-minute presentation, entitled "Best Management Practices for Environmental Responsibility," will be delivered by Breitling's chief executive ...
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Cooperation can boost Myanmars tourism
tourism said. "We have regulated our foreign investment law, which is very user-friendly to international investors," U Htay Aung, minister of hotels and tourism, told China Daily. Singapore and Thailand now top the list of foreign investors in Myanmar's tourism ...
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Renewable Energy in Myanmar Not Just Clean It’s Necessary
Myanmar is blessed with an abundance of natural resources and a youthful workforce, but with many of its people living in extreme poverty, the newly opening economy is attracting the interest of investors and aid workers alike. In the middle of the fastest growing region in the world, East Asia, Myanmar holds great promise as the next big market. Growth rates have exceeded 5 percent since 2010 ...
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Thailand looks to build power plant in Dawei
The Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (EGAT) is looking to build a U$3.2 billion coal-fired power plant in Dawei, according to a report in Bernama. According to the EGAT governor, the proposed plant will produce 1,800 megawatts of electricity and Thailand will be able to buy the excess power. Thailand has faced problems in gaining financial backing for the massive deep-sea port ...
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Juliet Lamont Awarded the David and Joan Williams Fellowship
Filmmaker Juliet Lamont was awarded the prestigious David and Joan Williams Documentary Fellowship last night at a film industry reception in Sydney, during the Sydney Film Festival. The Fellowship is awarded annually and is intended to reward creative ambition, intellectual rigour and innovation in documentary cinema. Announcing the Fellowship, Chair of the selection committee Bob Connolly ...
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Myanmar Tales from the last business frontier
U.S. exports to Myanmar are growing rapidly, following last year's move by the Obama administration to ease sanctions on the country after it transitioned to a more democratic government. Exports to the country in the first four months of this year have already outpaced the total for all of 2012, according to the State Department office in Yangon (a place the State Department still calls ...
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Govt looks to bring refugees home from Malaysia
The Myanmar government discussed bringing Myanmar refugees in a Malaysian camp backhome during a meeting in Naypyitaw on Monday following talks with the Malaysian Ministry of Home Affairs. "There are 10,000 Myanmar workers at Putrayjaya City in Malaysia. We have discussed with the Malaysian authorities to transfer the detained Myanmar workers and to tell us if there are Malaysian people ...
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Myanmar temporarily stops supply of workers to Malaysia
PETALING JAYA: Myanmar has temporarily stopped sending workers to Malaysia due to safety concerns, following violence involving its citizens here. The Eleven Media in Myanmar reported that the Federation of Overseas Employment Agencies (Myanmar) had last week instructed overseas employment companies not to send any more workers to Malaysia. "The current violence there has forced us to do ...
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Foreign couple's novel approach to helping Burmese village
The political situation in Myanmar is well-known throughout the world, but often overshadows the circumstances of local people and our rich culture. A couple overseas have combined the two to create an unusual approach to helping the people of one village in the country.
Myanmar is one of the most politically and socially isolated countries in the world, much bad press is leveled at our country for decisions made and actions taken that the people are not responsible for and while attention focuses on the political dynamic of the country, the plight of many Burmese such as poverty, lack of access to water and education, become overshadowed. One family in the United States has taken a novel approach to giving back to a country that has stolen their hearts. Read more
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