Monday, 22 March 2010

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Ban on liquor ads hits Thingyan pandals in Rangoon
ygn-thingyan-mandat1sA ban on liquor advertisements by the Burmese regime has adversely affected contractors ...
Palpable tension between junta and KIO
kio-manaw1sThere is palpable tension between the Burmese ruling junta and the Kachin Independence Organization ...
Dilapidated buildings to be vacated immediately
building-collapse-ygn1sIn an ultimatum by the Rangoon municipal authorities, residents living in old and dilapidated buildings, ...

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Ban on liquor ads hits Thingyan pandals in Rangoon

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A ban on liquor advertisements by the Burmese regime has adversely affected contractors who make Mandats (pandals) and collect fees ...

Burma’s garment industry struggling to survive

Officials from the Myanmar Garment Manufacturers Association said the industry, affected by the global economic downturn, is still struggling ...

News of Burmese rice export pushes up price

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The price of rice is spiraling in some places in Arakan state in southern Burma from March 10, after local people learnt that over 25,000 tons of  .....

Bangladesh to import 25,000 tonnes of rice from Burma

Bangladesh will be importing 25,000 metric tonnes of sunned rice from Burma shortly to meet growing demand, officials said. The decision was taken at ...

USDA dabbles in telecommunication business

The Union Solidarity and Development Association (USDA) plans to operate a CDMA 800 MHz phone rental business in Moulmein in collaboration with ...

Car prices fall ahead of expected market deregulation

Burma's auto sector which is heavily affected by the Burmese junta's high import tariffs and permits fees, is currently experiencing a significant dro...

Ed/Op

If we boycott the elections we abandon the fight

(Commentary) The State Peace and Development Council (SPDC), like any dictatorship, desires legitimacy. And like any modern state, tries to conform to...

Release of political prisoners and the 2010 elections

(Commentary) The defining moment in Burma’s history is near. The 60-day deadline for the registration of political parties has been set. Political p...

Interview with democracy activist Nyi Nyi Aung

(Interview) "People must know how to take responsibility and how to perform their duty. We should stand as human beings and work for mankind" ....

Revisiting the political significance of Aung San Suu Kyi

(Commentary) For 20 years Burmese politics has remained relatively static, with the country’s principle opposition group seeking to right the injust...

A one-sided and repressive law

(Interview)  Election-related laws recently announced by Burma’s military junta cannot be construed as anything other than one-sided and extremely ...

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"The U.S. approach was to try to encourage domestic dialogue between the key stakeholders, and the recent promulgation of the election criteria doesn't leave much room for such a dialogue,"
U.S. assistant secretary of state Kurt Campbell

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No change in Burma from 2010 polls: Dr Sein Win

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The Burmese junta is using the 2010 elections to smother the  opposition and its democratic activities to cement and legitimize military rule in the ...

Burmese democracy activists denounce 2010 polls

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A leading Burmese opposition group has denounced the junta’s forthcoming election as illegitimate and the final act in the military’s attempt ... ...

World Reacts to Burma election laws

(Commentary) Burma's new elections laws which will force the country's biggest opposition party the National League for Democracy to expel its own lea...

Freed Nyi Nyi Aung thanks fiancé

Burmese American citizen and political prisoner Nyi Nyi Aung was released from jail today in Rangoon and immediately deported to the United ...