25 January 2012, 4:46 pm
More than two decades after their last encounter, pro-democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi and recently released leaders of the 88 Generation Students group met on Tuesday for an evening that focused on reflections on the past and plans for the future.The gathering, which took place at Suu Kyi’s la... Read More »
25 January 2012, 4:46 pm
Yangon — Pakistan’s President Asif Ali Zardari Wednesday presented Myanmar’s Aung San Suu Kyi with an award in recognition of her long struggle for democracy as he visited the military-dominated country.“I’m sure she will be this century’s leader to be remembered by t... Read More »
25 January 2012, 4:45 pm
Former Burmese prime minister Khin Nyunt walked free from seven years under house arrest earlier this month and into a position as patron of a philanthropic foundation owned by business tycoon and MP Khin Shwe, with a salary close to $US5,000 a month.Khin Nyunt was among a number of high-profile pri... Read More »
25 January 2012, 4:45 pm
Burmese soldiers continued an offensive against an ethnic Kachin army last week in northern Myanmar while cease-fire negotiations were being held, La Nan, an official of the autonomous Kachin government, said in an article posted Tuesday in The Irrawaddy, a newspaper run by Burmese exiles in Thailan... Read More »
25 January 2012, 4:44 pm
More than 1,500 Burmese troops are currently on their way to reinforce government positions in northern Shan state, as the Burmese military continues an offensive against the Kachin Independence Army’s (KIA) Eighth Battalion, according to KIA sources in the area.The KIA’s Eighth Battalio... Read More »
25 January 2012, 4:44 pm
Washington — The International Monetary Fund on Wednesday published its analysis of Myanmar for the first time since 1999, applauding recent reforms but stressing the need to move further to stabilize the economy.It said Myanmar’s economy, coming out a long period of stifled activity under a... Read More »
25 January 2012, 4:22 pm
DAVOS, Switzerand – Travelers hoping to glimpse the golden pagoda of Rangoon or hear the “tinkly temple-bells” of Kipling’s Road to Mandalay may soon be able to book into a Westin or a Marriott, thanks to Myanmar’s re-emergence from political isolation.Starwood Hotels &... Read More »
25 January 2012, 4:21 pm
Environmental activists in Burma have sought to capitalise on a recent decision by the government to suspend a massive coal-fired power plant in the country’s south by demanding a moratorium on all existing and planned coal projects.The 4,000 MW plant in Tavoy would have produced enough power to s... Read More »
25 January 2012, 4:20 pm
Tokyo – Mizuho Corporate Bank said Wednesday it will set up an office in Yangon in Myanmar, possibly in March, to help Japanese corporate clients set up business bases in the country.The key lending arm of Mizuho Financial Group Inc. has already secured authorization from the Central Bank of Myanm... Read More »
25 January 2012, 4:20 pm
New Delhi — Myanmar’s foreign minister said Wednesday that the transition to democracy in the once-authoritarian southeast Asian country will be gradual and systematic. “The reform process that we have started is irreversible,” Myanmar Foreign Minister Wunna Maung Lwin said in New Delhi duri... Read More »
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