Sep 28, 2013 | News / Article
Kyodo News International Myanmar’s main opposition party, the National League for Democracy, said Saturday it has failed to reach a consensus with ethnic political parties over whether to amend the Constitution or rewrite the entire charter, and they will seek...
Sep 28, 2013 | News / Article
Kyodo News International Four families from Myanmar comprising 18 people arrived Friday evening in Tokyo on a pilot refugee resettlement program Japan introduced in fiscal 2010. The families are of ethnic minorities in Myanmar, including Karen. They had been living in...
Sep 28, 2013 | News / Article
Author: Aung Hla Tun BANGKOK (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – A Myanmar court on Thursday sentenced 10 activists to three months in jail for protesting without a permit against a controversial Chinese-led oil and gas project in Myanmar’s western Rakhine state, their...
Sep 25, 2013 | News / Article
Eleven Opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi says she hopes that Myanmar will maintain good diplomatic relations with all countries in the world—including China. The National League for Democracy chair made the comment on Saturday during an address to the Singapore...
Sep 25, 2013 | News / Article
By May Wong Myanmar will face more problems if the constitution is not changed by the next election in 2015, the country’s opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi said at a news conference on Tuesday as she wrapped her visit to Singapore. SINGAPORE: Myanmar will face more...
Sep 25, 2013 | News / Article
Bad times are coming for India, says Jim Rogers. So where does the high-profile investor suggest for the next emerging-markets gold rush? “You should get on the next plane you can and head to Myanmar or North Korea — maybe Angola,” Rogers told BBC Radio 4 reporter...
