Sep 14, 2013 | News / Article
VOA News Burma has reached an agreement with Malaysia on the repatriation of hundreds of migrant workers who are facing a crackdown by Kuala Lumpur. After returning to Rangoon Thursday, Burmese Labor Minister Aye Myint told reporters that both sides have agreed that...
Sep 14, 2013 | News / Article
KNG News – Kachin News Group A firm owned by the Burmese billionaire tycoon Tay Za has requested government officials to grant 600,000 acres (240,000 hectare) of land in northern Kachin’s state Putao (also Putau) region for a gold mining project. Tay Za...
Sep 13, 2013 | News / Article
By SIMON ROUGHNEEN RANGOON — The lawyer for jailed land-rights protestor Naw Ohn Hla says that his client hopes to appeal her two-year jail sentence by the end of September. “We are hopeful for an appeal hearing around September 25,” Robert San Aung, the jailed...
Sep 13, 2013 | News / Article
by Joshua Kurlantzick A short piece by Agence France-Presse (AFP) run in the Straits Times yesterday, buried amidst the big international stories on Syria and the stand-off in the Philippines and others, caught my attention. The short piece, titled “Poor and Homeless...
Sep 13, 2013 | News / Article
By RFA Myanmar’s government is optimistic of forging a joint nationwide cease-fire accord with all armed rebel groups in the country by next month, a government adviser said Wednesday, keeping fingers crossed that crucial talks next week with Kachin rebels will lead...
Sep 13, 2013 | News / Article
By Nyo Myint, Managing Director, Kanbawza Bank Liberalised regulations and a number of growing financial sectors suggest Myanmar could be on its way to becoming a major market in the ASEAN Myanmar is a country undergoing rapid transformation. After 50 years of...
