India, Myanmar working out solution to boundary issue
The Sangai Express / Agencies
New Delhi, September 21 2013 : India has close relations with Myanmar on several fronts in-cluding security, energy secu- rity and food security but both sides have “some remaining boundary issues” for which a solution is being worked out, a top official said on Friday.
Pinak Ranjan Chakravarty, secretary, economic relations, in the ministry of external affairs, said India’s relations with Myanmar is strategic gi-ven their shared land boun- dary in India’s northeast and the Bay of Bengal.
While both sides have ink-ed an MoU on border area development, “we do have some remaining boundary issues where there are problems of identifying where construc-tion can be done or cannot be done …Myanmar peace rally to end ethnic conflicts
AFP
YANGON — Activists praised Myanmar authorities Saturday for allowing a peace march through Yangon calling for an end to the nation’s civil conflicts, after several people were charged for rallying without permission last year.
Around 300 people joined the colourful International Day of Peace rally through the city — the majority wearing blue t-shirts printed with anti-war slogans — with just a handful of police watching the event.
“The government needs to listen the voice of the people. I think they are beginning to acknowledge that responsibility,” organiser Moe Thway, of Generation Wave, said referring to the granting of permission for the march.Myanmar to hold National Dialogue by early 2014: minister
Global Times
Myanmar will hold National Dialogue for peace making throughout the country in the early 2014 with participation of all important stakeholders,said U Aung Min, vice chairman of the government’s Central Peace Making Work Committee, at a ceremony on Saturday which falls on International Day of Peace. The ceremony on Trust-building for Peace held in Taunggyi, capital of Myanmar’s northeastern Shan State, was attended by more than 50 organizations including representatives from ethnic armed groups,political parties and civil organizations.Burma army official admits interrogation of Rev. Ram Mai
Written by Kachin News Group
Maj-Gen Tun Tun Naung, commander of Burma Army Northern Regional Military Command, conceded yesterday that government soldiers interrogated Rev. Ram Mai in early September, according to Kachin Baptist Convention (KBC). Rev. Ram Mai, a pastor in Kachin’s Putao district, was allegedly detained along with several other villagers and tortured during questioning.
The reverend is free now, said commander Tun Tun Naung in a conference call yesterday to KBC General Secretary Rev. Dr. Hkalam Samsun and Rev. Kum Awng, secretary of Myitkyina Kachin Baptist Association.More Burma army troops sent to Pangwa
KNG News – Kachin News Group
Over the last several weeks hundreds of Burma army troops have been deployed to the Pangwa area to reinforce pro-government border guard force (BGF) units, according to one former member of the militia that didn’t want their name used for security concerns.
The area in in northeastern Kachin state is major trade point between Burma and China. Pangwa used to be the longstanding capital of the now defunct New Democratic Army-Kachin (NDA-K); a ceasefire group led by Zahkung Ting Ying (also spelled Za Khun Ting Ring). But in 2009 the NDA-K de-banded when its army of about 1,000 troops was absorbed into the BGF.Refugee center surpasses new-arrival quota for year
By SARA TRACEY
In a familiar mix of mostly Burmese, Bhutanese, Sudanese and Iraqi refugees, the Mohawk Valley Refugee Center has surpassed its quota of new arrivals for the year.
As of Wednesday, the center has welcomed 461 refugees, slightly more than the 450 it hoped to hit between Oct. 1, 2012, and now. That compared to 389 refugees the previous year.
Some individuals and families still are trickling in until Sept. 30 — the last day to reach the quota.Press Releases
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PAIK THAY, Myanmar (Reuters) – On a hot Sunday night in a remote Myanmar village, Tun Naing punched his wife and unleashed hell.
She wanted rice for their three children. He said they couldn’t afford it. Apartheid-like restrictions had prevented Muslims like Tun Naing from working for Buddhists here in Rakhine State along Myanmar’s western border, costing the 38-year-old metalworker his job.
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