Oct 10, 2013 | News / Article
By Mark Inkey, Guest Contributor Burma was not one of the 115 countries to sign up to the UN Preventing Sexual Violence Initiative (PSVI) launched by William Hague at the UN General Assembly on 24 September 2013. Despite Burma’s refusal to sign the initiative the...
Oct 10, 2013 | News / Article
By Peter O’Neil, Vancouver Sun Canadian companies willing to take risks have potential to reap rewards, says trade minister In the mid-20th century a young Canadian traveller, touring Southeast Asia at a time when backpacking around the world was not only...
Oct 10, 2013 | News / Article
UN News Centre 8 October 2013 – Citing the negative impact of the inter-communal clashes in Myanmar’s Rakhine state on children in the region, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) today urged all parties to put an end to the violence. “In the name of Myanmar’s...
Oct 10, 2013 | News / Article
By Pitman (AP) BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Brunei (AP) — Just a few years ago Myanmar was an isolated dictatorship that embarrassed the Association of Southeast Asian Nations with its dismal human rights record. Now it’s poised to take over leadership of the 10-nation bloc...
Oct 7, 2013 | News / Article
Global Times Myanmar’s ruling Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP) Saturday warned of grave danger and bad consequences if the 2008 constitution is abolished and redrawn. The country and the people will suffer the consequences arising from the move,...
Oct 7, 2013 | News / Article
By Dr. Maung Zarni “We (Buddhist sons of the Land) are here to burn down the houses of all Muslim (Kalar or “niggers”), and remove these ‘guests’ from our soil. You brothers, in our security forces, are invited to join us in this national...
