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Myanmar – Google News
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Myanmar tycoon’s son wins challenge on EU sanctions – Sunday Times.lk
Myanmar tycoon’s son wins challenge on EU sanctions
Sunday Times.lk
YANGON, March 14, 2012 (AFP) – The son of a tycoon with reputed close links to Myanmar’s former junta has successfully challenged an European Union (EU) freeze on his assets, arguing that he should not be punished because of his father.
Myanmar Man Regains Access to Frozen FundsCourthouse News Service
Myanmar: Disputed fund freeze regulation annulledEuropolitics.info
Posted on 14 March 2012 | 11:24 am
Philippine mining giant eyeing Myanmar – AsiaOne
AsiaOne
Philippine mining giant eyeing Myanmar
AsiaOne
MANILA – The Philippines’ largest gold miner said Wednesday it is keen to invest in Myanmar as the former military-ruled state makes tentative political reforms and tries to lure investors with tax breaks. Philex Mining Corp. has sent representatives …
Philex signals interest as Myanmar opens up to outsidersBusinessWorld Online Edition
Philex sets eyes on BurmaMalaya
Philex eyeing mining opportunities in BurmaGMA News
Posted on 14 March 2012 | 11:13 am
Gov’t lawsuits imperil Myanmar’s new press freedom – The Associated Press
Gov’t lawsuits imperil Myanmar’s new press freedom
The Associated Press
YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — The media in Myanmar have gained new freedoms but also face a new threat in the form of lawsuits filed against them by the government. The state-run Kyemon daily reported Wednesday that the Ministry of Mines plans legal action …
Gov’t lawsuits against Myanmar media demonstrate limits on press freedomWashington Post
Myanmar ministry to sue news journal over graft claimsStraits Times
Posted on 14 March 2012 | 11:12 am
Myanmar raises civil service salaries as prices soar – Moneycontrol.com
Myanmar raises civil service salaries as prices soar
Moneycontrol.com
YANGON (Reuters) – Myanmar will raise all monthly civil service and armed forces salaries by 30000 kyat (about $37), almost double the current rate for lower-income officials, to meet the rising cost of living, the finance ministry said on Wednesday.
Posted on 14 March 2012 | 10:55 am
Myanmar TV to broadcast Suu Kyi speech for 1st time – CNN International
Bikya Masr
Myanmar TV to broadcast Suu Kyi speech for 1st time
CNN International
Bangkok, Thailand (CNN) — Myanmar state television is expected Wednesday to broadcast for the first time an election campaign speech by the pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, but without a section that criticizes the country’s civil liberties …
Myanmar civil servants, military get pay riseStraits Times
Myanmar’s Suu Kyi calls for constitutional amendmentsBikya Masr
Phuket business: A speculative investmentPhuket Gazette
Newsday –Atlanta Journal Constitution
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Posted on 14 March 2012 | 6:54 am
US-Myanmar search for WWII MIAs could improve ties – The Associated Press
Atlanta Journal Constitution
US-Myanmar search for WWII MIAs could improve ties
The Associated Press
LAIZA, Myanmar (AP) — Forced to skim the ground under a 100-foot (30-meter) cloud ceiling, fighting rain and wretched visibility, the C-47 Skytrain probably proved an easy target for Japanese gunners. Packed with ammunition, the aircraft exploded, …
US-Myanmar plan MIA searchAtlanta Journal Constitution
Posted on 14 March 2012 | 5:08 am
Myanmar, Vietnam Step Up Economic Cooperation – Bernama
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Myanmar, Vietnam Step Up Economic Cooperation
Bernama
YANGON, March 14 (Bernama) — Myanmar and Vietnam vowed to step up mutual cooperation in the sectors of agriculture, livestock, trade, investment, communications and transport. Strengthening economic ties were the priority when Myanmar President U …
HCMC businesses focus on greater investment in MyanmarSGGP
Posted on 14 March 2012 | 2:59 am
RI firms gearing up to expand into Myanmar – Jakarta Post
RI firms gearing up to expand into Myanmar
Jakarta Post
The government has prepared several state-owned enterprises (SOEs) to help pioneer the expansion of Indonesia’s private sector into Myanmar. State-Owned Enterprises Minister Dahlan Iskan said the government would set up an entity called SOE …
Posted on 14 March 2012 | 2:03 am
Myanmar court jails ethnic rebel leader for high treason – Pakistan Daily Times
Bangkok Post
Myanmar court jails ethnic rebel leader for high treason
Pakistan Daily Times
YANGON: A Myanmar court sentenced a top leader of an ethnic rebel group to life imprisonment for high treason on Tuesday, his lawyer said, a move that could complicate a government-led peace process aimed at settling decades-old separatist conflicts.
Myanmar court sentences senior ethnic Karen rebel leader to 20 years for treasonWashington Post
Myanmar ethnic Karen leader ‘jailed for 20 years’Bangkok Post
Posted on 13 March 2012 | 9:49 pm
Analysis – Big win for Suu Kyi’s party in Myanmar election? Maybe not – Reuters UK
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Analysis – Big win for Suu Kyi’s party in Myanmar election? Maybe not
Reuters UK
By Andrew RC Marshall | MAWLAMYAING, Myanmar (Reuters) – Cho Cho May knows who she will vote for in next month’s Myanmar by-elections: the candidate for the party created by the former military junta. “No need to ask me that question,” she says.
Suu Kyi’s army jab held from Myanmar state TVCTV.ca
Suu Kyi speech leaked on Internet before broadcastLas Vegas Sun
Big win for Suu Kyi’s party in Myanmar election? Maybe notPakistan Daily Times
Wall Street Journal (blog)
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Posted on 12 March 2012 | 8:39 am
Burma – Yahoo! News Search Results
Burma – Yahoo! News Search Results
Burma: a good cop, bad cop routine with ethnic rebels?
Nyein Maung, a senior leader in the Karen minority’s armed struggle, given life in prison amid peace talks Patrick Winn You might assume a government hoping to draw down six decades of warfare with armed separatists wouldn’t jail one of the group’s leaders for life. But Burma, officially titled Myanmar, has done just that to Nyein Maung, according to the Democratic Voice of Burma and other …
Posted on 14 March 2012 | 9:57 am
Burma’s Suu Kyi calls for constitutional amendments
Rangoon – Burma’s opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi called for sweeping amendments to the pro-military constitution in a speech scheduled to air on state-run television Wednesday.
Posted on 14 March 2012 | 7:02 am
Indonesian firms gearing up to expand into Burma
Jakarta (The Jakarta Post/ANN) – The government has prepared several state-owned enterprises (SOEs) to help pioneer the expansion of Indonesia’s private sector into Burma (Myanmar).
Posted on 14 March 2012 | 6:00 am
Promises, pitfalls await investors in Burma’s frontier economy
BANGKOK — Burma, sealed off from Western investors by a thick shell of sanctions, could be open for business as soon as this year. But even if the US Congress and White House stay on course, and finally reward the authoritarian state’s recent reforms by cracking that shell, what will investors find underneath? read more
Posted on 13 March 2012 | 10:55 am
Burma’s Suu Kyi won’t vote despite election bid
YANGON, Burma (AP) — Burma opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi will not vote in upcoming by-elections despite running for a seat in parliament, an official with her party said Monday. Even though Suu Kyi will be running for her National League for Democracy in the southern Yangon district of Kawhmu on April 1, she
Posted on 13 March 2012 | 3:42 am
Suu Kyi finds dead men can vote in Burma
BURMA government censors have blocked pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi criticising previous military-led regimes as she attracts mass support at rallies across the impoverished nation.
Posted on 12 March 2012 | 1:19 pm
China-Burma pipelines not affected by conflict
Beijing (China Daily/ANN) – The China-Burma oil and gas pipelines under construction have not been affected by fighting inside Burma, Meng Sutie, director of the Yunnan public security bureau, said on Saturday.
Posted on 11 March 2012 | 7:20 am
Burma gov’t urged to restart hydropower plant
Beijing (China Daily/ANN) – Some senior Chinese political consultants on Saturday called for the Burma government to resume the suspended Myitsone hydropower plant, stressing that it’ is a legitimate project that is in the interest of both countries, as well as local residents.
Posted on 11 March 2012 | 7:20 am
Burma begins Kachin rebel talks
Burma’s government holds peace talks with Kachin rebels, amid moves to end decades of armed ethnic conflict in the country.
Posted on 8 March 2012 | 9:50 am
For Burma’s Exiled Journalists, Reform Brings Peril and Possibility
Burma’s tentative steps toward political reform have thrown the country’s exiled media outlets into a state of flux
Posted on 2 March 2012 | 6:14 am
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