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Indian Look East Policy and the Kaladan Project of Western Burma
On April 2, 2008, the Indian government signed an agreement with the Burmese military regime for the Kaladan Multi-Modal Transit Transport Project which is also known as the Kaladan Project. The project will connect Eastern Indian seaports, particularly Kolkata seaport in East India, with the seaport in Western Burma (Myanmar) Rakhine State's capital, Sittwe--a total distance of 593km. It ...
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Burma’s ‘at risk’ food areas
The following is a food security update for Burma in September by the World Food Program, noting areas of potential risk and political and other factors affecting food ...
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Suu Kyi’s unsteady pedestal
It seems Aung San Suu Kyi is taking on what should have been the government's job. Her work on the Latpadaung Inquiry Commission was to find facts--not to make decisions for the government, because she does not lead the government. Thein Sein ...
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Myanmar—the ‘promised land’ for oil and gas explorers
While other countries may be more reliable and better equipped, Myanmar has emerged as the new promised land for global oil and gas giants unperturbed by a lack of data on its proven energy ...
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Cronyism v proportional representation
There is no doubt the players involved are not going to leave the stage any time soon--they are part and parcel of the infrastructure that the people of Myanmar inherited from the previous military regime, whether they like it or not. The big issue is going to be before and after the 2015 general elections. In all democratic countries, because of the nature of multi-party elections, all ...
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Mapping humanitarian services in Southeast Burma
The reach of humanitarian organizations serving Burma and Thailand have been mapped by the Thai-Burma Border Consortium (TBBC) and the Myanmar Information Management Unit (MIMU), showing the organizational reach of services in education, health care and livelihood support ...
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Violence throws spotlight on Rohingya
(Analysis) - The week-long sectarian violence between Buddhists and Muslims in Burma's western Rakhine state has thrown the spotlight on the Rohingya, one of the most oppressed groups in the country, and compels the government to address a burning issue that has been swept under the carpet for ...
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The fading gray line in Burma
(Analysis) - After half a century of having its currency traded on gray and black markets, Burma wants to free up its kyat by the end of next ...
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Burma again on most-censored nations list
(Mizzima) - Burma remains among the 10 most censored nations in the world despite the move from a military regime to a quasi-democratic government, according to the Committee to Protect Journalist, which released their latest report this ...
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Min Ko Naing on Meiktila
Interview - Meiktila was quiet on Wednesday, March 20. Everyone was going about their business, including the customers in a local gold shop. Somehow an argument broke out in the shop and a customer stormed out. He returned with friends and attacked the gold shop owner who is Muslim. A crowd quickly gathered and the situation spiraled into mob violence--local Buddhists taking sides with the ...
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Why the burst of Kachin news stories in state-run press
(Analysis) - A number of commentators last week noted more news coverage of Kachin State in the state-run Burmese press, especially an editorial that blamed Kachin "hard-liners" for blocking progress in the on-going peace negotiations between the Kachin Independence Organization (KIO) and the ...
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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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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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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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