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Big jump in Myanmar textiles looming
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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Tata Nano to hit the streets
India's automobile giant Tata Motors will soon launch the famous low-cost Nano in Myanmar, although the small one-box vehicle will not be living up to its reputation as the world's cheapest 4-wheel car on this ...
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Myanmar embassy plot leads to terror cell
Raids carried out by Indonesian police following a thwarted plot to bomb the Myanmar Embassy in Jakarta led to an Islamist cell that raised funds through criminal ...
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Obama schedule for Monday May 20
TAIPEI, Taiwan, May 20 (UPI) -- An investigation into the killing by the Philippines coast guard of a Taiwanese fisherman is focusing on whether rules of engagement were ...
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Cambodias ACLEDA Bank Plc. Selects Aurionpros iCashPro Internet Banking Suite
Aurionpro Solutions is proud to announce that ACLEDA Bank Plc., the largest domestic commercial bank in Cambodia, has selected Aurionpro's iCashPro Internet Banking suite to provide new online services to its corporate and retail customers. After a thorough software selection process, Aurionpro was selected over competitive offerings based on several criteria, including state-of-the-art ...
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2010 Mizzima Photo News
Aung San Suu Kyi, upon release from house arrest, greets throngs of cheering, happy crowds in front of her house on University Avenue in Rangoon, this evening, November 13, 2010. She is flanked by National League for Democracy leader and party spokesman Nyan Win (right). The crowd reportedly did not settle for half an hour upon her release and chanted 'Long Live Daw Aung San Suu Kyi'. ...
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Preparing for the cyclone—this time round
The organised response to the cyclone was a far cry from the lack of action by the Myanmar authorities that preceded Cyclone Nargis in May 2008. We don't need to be reminded of the devastation that this storm wrought, with 138,000 or more deaths, and even Yangon battered. The damage was put at over US$10 billion and those that suffered the most were largely poor farmers and fishermen in the ...
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President’s Office orders release of Nay Myo Zin
Initially released under President Thein Sein's amnesty in January 2012 after serving five months of a 10 year sentence, Nay Myo Zin, a retired general, was sentenced to serve another three months on May 3 for allegedly defaming police. "The Ministry of Home Affairs annulled my imprisonment according to Section 401(1). They came to announce the ordinance," Nay Myo Zin ...
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Shan Sauvignon on the grapevine
Vines cascade down terraces overlooking the vast mirror of Inle Lake in northeastern Myanmar, an unlikely setting for a budding wine industry tempting the tastebuds of tourists now flocking to the country as it opens up. "Everybody is surprised to see a vineyard here in the middle of Myanmar with all this modern equipment," said Francois Raynal, winemaker at the Red Mountain estate in ...
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Fleeing Rohingya at the mercy of a smuggling network greased by graft
For desperate Rohingya arrested in Thai territory, hope for the future can rest simply with how much money they have to pay off local officials and human traffickers. The prospects are dire for those without the required cash--being sold into slavery is ...
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A new generation of Burmese-Chinese
Li Piaoxing, dressed in a traditional Burmese longyi, was lying on a sling chair in the dusty antique lobby that serves as a base for the Burma Overseas Young Chinese League. Like many other similar communities launched by Burmese-Chinese (that is, Chinese people born in Burma), the MOYCL faces the distinct possibility of withering away. Mr. Li, the Chief Secretary of the League and the only ...
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The truth behind the Chinese tourism boom
In 2011, Chinese tourists overtook Thais as the leading nationality visiting Burma with, officially, 65,838 visitors. But if you walk around the famous attractions in Rangoon such as Shwedagon Pagoda, you will hardly find any tour groups from China or even an individual Chinese traveler. So where are ...
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Democracy and Peace Party calls for abolition of ruling-USDP
Rangoon (Mizzima) - The Democracy and Peace Party (DPP) has called on the Election Commission to close down the ruling Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP) over alleged election ...
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Two RNDP MPs win in electoral lawsuits one MP must resign
Chiang Mai (Mizzima) - The Burmese Electoral Tribunal on Friday delivered verdicts in three lawsuits regarding alleged electoral malpractice filed by the ruling Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP) against three MPs of the Rakhine National Development Party (RNDP). Two MPs won, and one was ordered to ...
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Factious NDF party has mass resignation of members
New Delhi (Mizzima) - Forty-five members of the National Democratic Force (NDF) in South Dagon Township sent letters of resignation to the party's head office on July 30, according to former party organizer Shwe ...
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Ethnic parties urge Burmese government to form peace committee
Chiang Mai (Mizzima) - Adding to the chorus of calls for peace, five ethnic parties on Wednesday called on the Burmese government to form a peacemaking committee to stop the widespread fighting in ethnic ...
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Central government not sharing power with states and regions
Chiang Mai (Mizzima) - The central government is still holding on to absolute power and states and regions are suffering, according to political party ...
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Into Myanmar Ict Global Summit 2012
INTO MYANMAR ICT Global Summit 2012: Mobile Telecom | Internet Infrastructure | Cloud Computing which will be taking place from 3 - 4 December 2012 in Yangon, Myanmar? This important summit will see telecom operators, service providers, ICT vendors & distributors, handset & device manufacturers and network technologists congregate to discuss new opportunities and current concerns faced ...
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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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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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