Aug 9, 2013 | News / Article
NNT BANGKOK, 8 August 2013 (NNT) – Norway and Thailand are joining hands providing educational opportunities to Burmese students, granting them 60 scholarships to study at Mahidol University. “Norwegian Scholarships on Capacity Building for Institutions in Myanmar” is...
Aug 9, 2013 | News / Article
The White House Office of the Press Secretary “For Immediate Release” Dear Mr. Speaker: (Dear Mr. President:) I hereby report that I have issued an Executive Order (the “order”) pursuant to the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50...
Aug 9, 2013 | News / Article
By Nang Mya NadiDVB Thai authorities in the last week have rounded up three leading members of a Burmese human trafficking gang responsible for selling hundreds of their fellow countrymen into slavery and murdering dozens of people. According to the Burmese embassy in...
Aug 9, 2013 | News / Article
Phuket Gazette PHUKET: The Nine Armies’ War started in 1785 when the Burmese, taking advantage of internal strife and the overthrowing of King Taksin in Siam, invaded the country with forces numbering approximately 150,000 soldiers, divided into nine army groups. One...
Aug 9, 2013 | News / Article
By Hla Hla Htay (AFP) YANGON — Myanmar’s Aung San Suu Kyi urged further progress on democratic reforms in a speech to thousands Thursday marking the anniversary of a huge popular uprising in 1988, the largest ever such commemoration. Some 5,000 people crammed...
Aug 9, 2013 | News / Article
By Melissa Crouch, Guest Contributor Today is a day of mixed feelings for all those involved in Burma’s democracy movement. 8 August marks the 25th anniversary of the democracy uprising in Burma that was brutally crushed by the military regime. The sweeping electoral...
