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KIA soldier discusses ’85 assassination of Northern Command leader
A four-member Kachin Independence Army commando team carried out a raid that killed the head of the Northern Command L. Kun Hpang in Myitkyina, Kachin State, in 1985. Special commando, Laphai Zau Seng, who was involved in the assassination, was arrested and given the death sentence. On Monday, Laphai Zau Seng, 49, was released from Myinchan Prison under a presidential amnesty after 27 years in ...
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Transcript of Suu Kyi’s VOA interview
Voice of America broadcaster Scott Stearns interviewed Aung San Suu Kyi at VOA in Washington D.C., on Tuesday. Here is a transcript of the ...
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China pushed to the brink
Mizzima on Monday. In the meantime, an awkward lull in fighting at Laiza perseveres though skirmishes continue in other parts of Kachin State. But while both governments take all precautions to ensure that China does not become embroiled in Myanmar's civil war, a second scenario looms which severely tests Chinese resolve to refrain from direct intervention. The 700-mile-long Shwe Gas ...
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Burma A captive nation or a nation at the crossroads
(Random House UK, 2013), the third Burma-focused work offered by Benedict Rogers of Christian Solidarity Worldwide, is in many respects a tour de force of recent rights violations occurring throughout Burma, with a strong focus on ethnic communities and the periphery of the country. As with his previous ...
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After Nearly 50 Years Burmese Leader Comes To Washington
It's been a while since the last visit by a head of state from Myanmar. The last time was 47 years ago, when the country was still known as Burma. As President Thein Sein arrives at the White House Monday, some will hail him as a reformer who set his country on the path to democracy. Others may protest his arrival, as excessive recognition for a head of state that has presided over ...
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Myanmar textile exports set to surge
Myanmar is on course for a big jump in textile exports to Europe following the return of trade privileges by the European Union (EU), according to the Thailand Textile ...
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Burmas Thein Sein in historic visit to US
In a scene that would have been unimaginable just a few years ago, the former general will meet with President Barack Obama and later seek to woo US businesses that see a lucrative market in the former pariah ...
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Myanmar needs a new nationalism
By Matthew J Walton Many outside observers have been shocked to see Buddhists in Myanmar leading recent violent actions against Muslims. Our recollections of tens of thousands of Buddhist monks chanting loving-kindness while demonstrating peacefully against the former military government in 2007 clash with recent images of monks using their sermons to advocate for a boycott of Muslim ...
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Planet Payment Announces 2012 Results and Guidance for 2013
, a leading provider of international payment processing and multi-currency processing services, today announced its results for the fourth quarter and fiscal year ended December 31, ...
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Behind the Land of Smiles Human Trafficking in Thailand
In 2012 photographer SANDRA LAURIN trekked into remote Hill-Tribe villages in Northern Thailand with the intent to capture images of the life of girls who are at risk of sex trafficking. Poverty, lack of education, and no economic opportunity make Hill-Tribe girls potential victims of sex-traffickers often associated with international criminal organizations. Because tribal members are actually ...
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Acquia Founder Drupal Project Creator Dries Buytaert Named a Young Global Leader by the World Econo
, the enterprise guide to Drupal, today announced that Acquia co-founder and Drupal project creator Dries Buytaert was named among this year's class of Young Global Leaders by ...
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Centurion Expands Gold Project Strategy in Myanmar
Ba Mauk is located in the northern tip of the north-trending, western volcano-plutonic belt that hosts the highest concentration of gold mines and prospects in Myanmar. Gold mineralization at Ba Mauk that occurs within massive pyrite-quartz tension vein arrays has to date been reported to occur within ten underground tunnels (adits). The adits range from 40 metres (m) to 140 m in depth and ...
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Centurion Advances Gold Mineral Concession Applications in Myanmar
The "Slate Belt" gold concession is located south of Mandalay and covers an area of approximately 103,000 hectares. It is bordered by the Modi Taung gold mine in the south and the Lebyin gold and polymetallic mines in the east. In the late 1990s to early 2000s, the area was part of Ivanhoe Mines Ltd. "Block 10". Historical exploration work by Ivanhoe yielded a number of ...
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Myanmar leader making landmark White House visit
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Former general Thein Sein on Monday becomes the first Myanmar president to be welcomed to the White House in almost 47 years, crowning a dramatic diplomatic rehabilitation for his nation after years of international ...
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ICT exhibition to be held in Yangon
An information and communication technology (ICT) exhibition will be held in Yangon next month, aimed at empowering people with IT knowledge and enabling them to get in close touch with modern IT equipment, sources with the IT circle said on Sunday. Sponsored by Myanmar Computer Industry Association (MCIA) and Myanmar Computer Professionals Association (MCPA), the four-day exhibition at the ...
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Myanmar President Thein Sein centre visited the first President of the United States George Washingtons Museum on May 19 2013.
Lawmakers and politicians have called for effective legislation to be introduced in Myanmar to protect housemaids, as cases of domestic abuse by employers ...
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After Cyclone Mahasen Myanmar camps face monsoon threat
Cyclone Mahasen , but many are now returning to flimsy tents in flood-prone camps with the monsoon just weeks away. Myanmar's Rakhine state is pockmarked with makeshift settlements for up to 140,000 people -- mainly Rohingya Muslims -- displaced by sectarian unrest last year that claimed about 200 lives and saw whole villages razed. Many were evacuated last week ahead of Cyclone Mahasen, ...
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Thein Sein’s US trip symbolic historic
Myanmar President Thein Sein on Monday becomes the first leader of his country to visit the White House in nearly half a century, in one of the most symbolic US gestures yet to support his ...
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Military will always have a political role Thein Sein
The army "will always have a special place" in government, Thein Sein is quoted as saying, and he dismissed allegations that the military participated in recent communal violence against the country's Muslim community. "In the lengthy interview, Thein Sein made little attempt to promote a picture of vigorous reform in [Myanmar], or to sell himself as the pivotal leader who ...
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Burmese President to Visit White House
The former general will meet with President Barack Obama during a visit human rights organizations and some politicians say is premature because of anti-Muslim violence and continuing rights violations in Burma. Officials say the two countries are expected to use the visit to work out agreements that could lead to regular talks on boosting trade, labor standards and investment. On Sunday, ...
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Myanmar says president to visit US
Myanmar (Burma) state television has announced that President Thein Sein will make a state visit to the United States in the near future, the first by a Myanmar head of state in 47 years.It said on Monday night that the visit comes at the invitation of President Barack Obama.No exact date was announced.Former Myanmar dictator Ne Win visited the White House in 1966.The US has been a prime mover ...
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At least 50 fleeing storm feared drowned after boats capsize off western Burma
At least 50 Rohingya Muslims are feared drowned after their boats capsized off western Burma, officials say. The boats, said to be carrying about 100 passengers, were evacuating people ahead of powerful Cyclone Mahasen. The vessels sank off Pauktaw township in Rakhine state late on Monday. More than 40 survivors have been found and eight bodies recovered. Thousands of Rohingya Muslims ...
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Analysis Foreign investment a blessing and a curse for Burma
Burma will further open its doors to inward investment when President Thein Sein meets U.S. President Barack Obama at the White House later today. Whether that investment will benefit the people of Burma remains very much in ...
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Japan fleets to visit Myanmar in October
A fleet of three training ships carrying young officers of the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force will visit Myanmar in early October, Japan's Jiji press quoted informed sources as saying Monday. They will be the first MSDF ships to make a port visit in the Southeast Asian country, according to the sources. Myanmar is located in a strategically important area near a key sea lane leading ...
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Obama walks a fine line with Myanmars visit
U.S. President Barack Obama (L) waves to the press during his meeting with Myanmar's President Thein Sein in Yangon, November 19, 2012.(Photo:Agencies) U.S. President Barack Obama will walk a fine line between fostering a U.S. ally and trying to defend human rights when the president of Myanmar becomes the first head of his country to visit the White House in 47 years on Monday. Rights ...
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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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