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- ► 2013
- ► June
- • 18 - DVB: The peace process and land rights
- • 18 - Mizzima News: Oil block tender closes, but waiting game continues
- • 18 - DVB: Scrutiny committee forwards list of political prisoners to president’s office
- • 18 - Mizzima News: Govt looks to bring refugees home from Malaysia
- • 18 - Shan Herald: RCSS delegation on tours, arrives in Mandalay
- • 18 - Karen News: Monks and BGF force villagers to build Papun bridge
- • 18 - Bangkok Post: Myanmar monk: interfaith marriage row
- • 18 - The Irrawaddy: Suu Kyi, Ethnic Leaders to Work toward Federal Union
- • 18 - Asian Correspondent: Burma's Muslims bear brunt of prosecutions a year after riots
- • 18 - The Irrawaddy: ‘After These Incidents, Everyone Is Living With Worries’
- • 18 - The Irrawaddy: againg Division Police Arrested on Drug Smuggling Allegations
- • 18 - The Irrawaddy: Burma Imprisons Two Muslim Women for Sparking Okkan Unrest
- • 18 - VOA: UN: Burma Should Address Long-Term Needs of Rohingya Muslims
- • 17 - BNI/ Mizzima: Authority prohibits demonstration in front of Malaysian Embassy
- • 17 - Reuters: Myanmar monks back down from law seeking to restrict interfaith marriages - report
- • 17 - BNI/ Narinjara: Burma-Bangladesh FOC meeting concluded in Naypyidaw
- • 17 - Mizzima: Education for girls is key
- • 17 - Mizzima: Migrants without passports can come home too, says Immigration chief
- • 17 - VOA: Burma-India Transport Project Raises Opportunities, Concerns
- • 15 - Karen News: KNU in Rangoon for peace talks
- • 15 - Chinland Guardian: Ethnic Chin Appointed Burma's Ambassador to Canada
- • 17 - Shan Herald: Yawdserk meets Aung San SuuKyi
- • 16 - Karen News: FBR: Situation for Kachin Refugees Remains Dire
- • 17 - The Irrawaddy: 15 Ethnic Parties to Unite ahead of 2015 Elections
- • 15 - Kachin News: UN convoy reaches KIO controlled IDP camps
- • 15 - Kachinland News: UN-led aid convoy delivered humanitarian assistance to Kachin IDPs
- • 17 - Mizzima: Chin parties reported to have merged
- • 17 - The Irrawaddy: Informal Weekend Peace Talks Held between Govt, KNU
- • 17 - Mizzima: Co-operate to solve the religious conflict: Win Tin
- • 17 - The Irrawaddy: 2 Arakan Political Parties to Unite
- • 17 - Mizzima: 155 remaining political prisoners may soon be released, says campaigner
- • 17 - Mizzima: Buddhist monks visit Yangon mosque
- • 17 - The Irrawaddy: Monks Conference Calls for Harmony, Criticizes Interfaith Marriage Draft Law
- • 14 - Reporters Without Borders: EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT URGES BURMA TO RESPECT RIGHT TO INFORMATION
- • 14 - Independent Mon News Agency: Ethnic nationalities establish Federal Union Party
- • 14 - Mizzima: Monks propose restricting interfaith marriages
- • 14 - Mizzima: Shwe Mann calls for 'a more inclusive society'
- • 13 - Kachinland News: Safe return and resettlement of IDPs a priority, said KIO statement
- • 14 - The Irrawaddy : Revised Publishing Bill to Parliament This Month: Press Council
- • 14 - Karen News: Despite complaints – Mae Fah Luang Foundation to continue refugees profiling
- • 14 - Shan Herald: Shan leaders meet in Rangoon
- • 14 - DVB: Malaysia to repatriate Burmese nationals after clashes
- • 14 - The Irrawaddy: Official: Rohingyas Provoked Fatal Shooting By ‘Attacking Authorities’
- • 14 - The Irrawaddy:UN Aid Convoy Reaches Kachin IDPs in Humanitarian Breakthrough
- • 14 - The Irrawaddy: From Factories to Teashops, ChildLabor a ‘Tradition’ in Burma
- • 13 - ABC: Thai navy allegedly involved in trafficking, beating of Rohingya refugees
- • 13 - European Parliament News:Human rights: Rohingya Muslims
- • 13 - Mizzima: Myanmar urged to protect Thai tourists at border
- • 13 - UPI: Transparency concerns linger for Myanmar
- • 13 - Bangkok Post: Myanmar to screen Rohingya in Thailand
- • 13 - Irrawaddy: Monks' Convention in Burma Calls for Restricting Buddhist-Muslim Marriage
- • 13 - AP: Malaysia warns Burma immigrants against violence
- • 13 - Karen News: NLD's education network wins Myanmar Citizen Award
- • 13 - Karen News:Burma drivers driving between Hpa-an and Myawaddy forced to register vehicles
- • 13 - Reuters/Irrawaddy: EU Lets Burma Back into Preferential Trade Scheme
- • 13 - DVB: Shan political party, armed group push for political dialogue
- • 13 - Shan Herald: Shan Army's liaison reps attacked
- • 13 - DVB: Monks hold conference to address deadly religious unrest
- • 13 - The Irrawaddy: KNU, Govt Hold Informal Talks on Military Matters
- • 13 - The Irrawaddy: UN Supports Drug Eradication in Opium-Rich Shan State
- • 13 - The Irrawaddy: Panic Strikes in Pakokku Town Following Rumors of Sectarian Violence
- • 13 - The Irrawaddy: Burmese Migrant Community in Malaysia Simmers after Attacks
- • 13 - AP: Muslim man accused of sparking Burma unrest jailed for 26 years
- • 12 - Kachin News Group: Clashes between KIO and Burma army continue in Shan state, despite 7 point agreement
- • 12 - Radio Free Asia: Fifteen Myanmar Ethnic Groups to Form Unified Party
- • 12 - Mizzima: Latpadaung protesters to be listed as political prisoners
- • 12 - BNI/Kaladan Press: Ethnic cleansing of Rohingyas exposed at Geneva event
- • 12 - BNI/Kaladan Press: More Rohingyas arrested along Burma- Bangladesh border
- • 12 - Karen News: UK MP: ethnic cleansing of Rohingya needs investigating…
- • 12 - DVB: Farmers in hiding near Inle Lake as officials crack down on 'plough protests'
- • 12 - The Irrawaddy: Red Dirt and Pebbles: For Farmers, Broken Promises at the Myitsone Dam
- • 12 - The Irrawaddy: Govt Delegation Travels to Malaysia to Probe Violence against Burmese
- • 12 - The Irrawaddy: Social Network Activists Arrested After Supporting Farmers in Pegu Division
- • 12 - The Irrawaddy: UN Rights Envoy Condemns “Shocking” Killing of Rohingya Women
- • 12 - Aljazeera: Muslim jailed for Myanmar violence
- • 11 - Thomson Reuters Foundation: Rights groups slam India transport, port project in Myanmar
- • 11 - Global Post: Why Myanmar's hardline Buddhists are fans of the English Defence League
- • 11 - The Irrawaddy: Inle Lake Locals Fearful after Police Sweep Village
- • 11 - The Irrawaddy: Govt to Compensate 90 Farmers Affected by Thilawa SEZ
- • 11 - The Irrawaddy: ‘It’s a Question of Justice’
- • 11 - The Irrawaddy: After Bangladesh Tragedy, Questions for Burma’s Garment Sector
- • 11 - Burma Partnership: Two Years On, Kachin People Push for Genuine and Just Peace
- • 11 - Karen News: Dengue fever kills three refugees
- • 11 - AP: Burma leader talks peace with Shan ethnic rebels
- • 11 - Asian Correspondent: Civil-society groups call for transparency and local-benefits on Kaladan Project
- • 11 - Shan Herald: White Tiger agrees to form FUP
- • 11 - DVB: Migrants demonstrate against ‘broker agency’ in Mae Sot
- • 11 - AP: Myanmar Airways Grounds MA60s after Landing Mishaps
- • 11 - Reuters: Myanmar minister backs two-child policy for Rohingya minority
- • 10 - BNI/ Shan Herald Agency: Burma Army reinforce in Wa rebels controlled areas
- • 10 - BNI/ Shan Herald: Burma Army breaks ceasefire in Lashio township
- • 10 - BNI/Kaladan Press: Rohingya village is uprooted by forced registration program
- • 10 - Mizzima: Rakhine govt disputes claim Rohingya women killed by police
- • 10 - Reuters: Monsoon threatens Myanmar's displaced Kachins – agencies
- • 10 - Irrawaddy: Businesses Bid for Tourist Exploitation of Historic Mandalay Palace
- • 10 - Irrawaddy: Burma to Revamp Central Bank With New Law
- • 10 - Mizzima: No permission for cremations in Malaysia
- • 10 - Mizzima: Canada pledges $4.2 million Myanmar aid package
- • 10 - Mizzima: Kachin refugee children in desperate need of schools
- • 10 - Mizzima:Suu Kyi doubts 92 percent supported 2008 Constitution
- • 10 - The Irrawaddy: 88 Generation Activists Meet Main Backers of Myitsone Dam
- • 10 - The Irrawaddy: Govt Measures Keep Tensions High in Arakan, One Year After Violence Began
- • 04 - In Depth News: Aiding Kachin State Entails Great Personal Risk
- • 10 - Asian Correspondent:Burma: Interim Press Council opposes Public Service Media bill
- • 10 - Kachinland News: Kachin communities commemorate 2nd anniversary of renewed war
- • 07 - Karen News: Burma Army Officer beats up Karen Villagers
- • 07 - Radio Free Asia: Myanmar Mulls Emulating US Congress Administrative Structure
- • 07 - Radio Free Asia: Myanmar NGOs Call for International Aid to Displaced Kachin
- • 10 - The Irrawaddy: 2 Dead in Mon State Bus Hijacking
- • 10 - Reuters:The Hard Yards Begin in Burma’s Quest for Foreign Investment
- • 10 - The Irrawaddy: Shan State’s RCSS and Thein Sein Meet for Peace Talks
- • 10 - The Irrawaddy: From Kachin State to Rangoon, Activists Raise Awareness of Long-Running War
- • 07 - Irrawaddy: Phillips to Help Light, Preserve Rangoon's Historical Architecture
- • 07 - Irrawaddy: Tourism Surge Tests Mandalay's Endurance
- • 07 - Irrawaddy: Second Anniversary of Kachin Onslaught Marked Abroad
- • 07 - Mizzima: Curtain falls on World Economic Forum
- • 07 - Kachin News: Global day of Action for Kachin marks 2nd anniversary of conflict
- • 07 - Mizzima: Latpadaung activist sentenced to hard labor
- • 07 - Al Jazeera: Myanmar mine threatens villagers' land
- • 07 - Mizzima: AAPP calls for political prisoner pledge to be put into action
- • 07 - Shan Herald: Suspects escaped with weapons
- • 07 - Mizzima: Call for inquiry into 1962 Rangoon University massacre
- • 07 - DVB: Relocated villagers decry conditions of new land
- • 07 - Wall Street Journal: Thailand May Help Myanmar Improve Data Transmission
- • 07 - Karen News: Karen Villagers hospitalized after Burma Army officer attack
- • 07 - Karen News: Govt land confiscation commission lacks teeth
- • 07 - Irrawaddy: Burma's Tech Sector Not Yet Up to Speed for Foreign Investment: Intel
- • 06 - CNN: Can Myanmar fix its outdated banking system
- • 06 - Asia Times: Stillbirth persecution of Myanmar's Rohingya
- • 06 - Rehmonya: Fraudulent government workers leave Kaw Pa Naw farmers uncompensated for land
- • 06 - DVB: Will there be genuine peace in Kachin state?
- • 06 - DVB: War, displacement fueling trafficking scourge in Kachin state
- • 06 - Irrawaddy: Kachin State Conflict Increases human Trafficking to China: Report
- • 06 - Irrawaddy: Public Hospitals Offer Free Medicine for Burma's Poor
- • 06 - Irrawaddy: Locals Defend LetPadaung Protesters Wanted by Police
- • 06 - Asian Correspondent: Analysis: Why it's time to change Burma's rigid Constitution
- • 06 - Palaungland: The Burmese government must immediately end human rights violations, including violence against women, in Palaung areas
- • 06 - Karen News: Karen Leader: "Not the time to send refugees and displaced back..."
- • 06 - Bloomberg: Suu Kyi says she wants Myanmar Presidency if Charter Changed (2)
- • 06 - Mizzima: Rule of law is work in progress at best: Amnesty
- • 06 - Mizzima: Nishima reveals ODA figure at WEF
- • 06 - Mizzima: Malaysian police detain 900 Myanmars after violence
- • 06 - Asian Correspondent: Burma: New Report reveals plight of Kachin women on China border
- • 06 - Irrawaddy: Four Dead As Burma Violence Spills Into Malaysia-Police
- • 06 - Irrawaddy: Burma Launches $500m Tourism 'Master Plan' for 7.5m Tourists by 2020
- • 06 - CNN: Myanmar's Suu Kyi: 'I want to run for president'
- • 04 - Radio Free Asia: Myanmar 'Soon' to Release Remaining Political Prisoners
- • 05 - Aljazeera: Malaysia detains Myanmar migrants over deaths
- • 05 - DVB : With five hours of power, industrial zones continue to struggle
- • 05 - Shan Herald : Alliance ends participation in working group
- • 05 - Karen News : KNU Leader: Peace Talks Have a Long Way to Go...
- • 05 - The Irrawaddy : UWSA Wants Autonomous State, Not Independence
- • 05 - The Irrawaddy : Mandalay Parents Pull Children from School amid Rumors of Religious Violence
- • 05 - Huffington Post: Burma's Discriminatory Citizenship Laws Are at the Heart of the Humanitarian Crisis Faced by Rohingya Muslims
- • 05 - The Irrawaddy : World Economic Forum in Burma Shouldn't Be 'Fooled by Fine Words'
- • 05 - Reuters : Four dead as Myanmar violence spills into Malaysia: police
- • 05 - AP : Myanmar Police say 3 Rohingya women killed in confrontation over relocation plan
- • 03 - Karen News: Karen groups concerned cross-border humanitarian aid decreasing
- • 04 - DVB: Armed group meets with Shan organisations ahead of Naypyidaw trip
- • 04 - Mizzima: No country will accept Rohingya, says Thailand
- • 04 - Human Rights Watch:Thailand: End Inhumane Detention of Rohingya
- • 04 - DVB: Militia leader denies forcing NLD members to resign at gunpoint
- • 04 - The Irrawaddy: Supporters of Two-Child Limit for Rohingya Stage Demonstration in Sittwe
- • 04 - The Irrawaddy: Coca-Cola Pops the Top on First Burma Bottling Operation in 60 Years
- • 04 - The Irrawaddy: In Lashio, Displaced Families Return Home
- • 04 - The Irrawaddy: Karen Community Leaders Call for Transparency on Business Deals Amid Peace Talks
- • 04 - The Irrawaddy: After Amnesties, Burma’s Political Prisoners Pull Together
- • 03 - Irish Independent: O'Brien consortium submits its bid in Burma's mobile-licence race
- • 03 - Karen News: KNU's Colonel Ner Dah Mya briefs Australian Parliament
- • 01 - AP : Radical monks, prejudice fuel Burma violence
- • 03 - Asian Correspondent: Burma: President addresses poverty alleviation, but not corruption
- • 03 - Huff Post: Ethnic Cleansing of Rohingya Continues Despite Presidential Visit
- • 03 - Independent Mon News Agency: Paunf Township locals stage protest against corruption
- • 03 - The Irrawaddy: Former US Chief Diplomat Madeleine Albright to Assist Burma in Reform
- • 03 - BBC: BBC Audio bulletins launch on mobile phones in Burma
- • 03 - AFP/ Arab News: Myanmar Web users look for freedom
- • 03 - Shan Herald : Shan leader takes counsel before meeting President
- • 03 - Mizzima: Over 1,000 Muslims sheltering in Lashio monasteries
- • 03 - Mizzima: Rakhine Buddhists flee Bangladesh
- • 03 - DVB : Govt to examine two-child policy targeting Rohingya
- • 03 - DVB : After spate of violence, govt calls on Malaysia to help protect citizens
- • 02 - The Irrawaddy: Portrait of A Displaced People: Lashio's Muslims at Mansu Temple
- • 03 - The Irrawaddy: Anti-Letpadaung Mine Activists Condemn Detained Protesters' Sentences
- • 03 - The Irrawaddy: 12 Burmese Migrant Workers Drown En Route to Thailand
- • 03 - The Guardian : Burma's Rohingya people: a story of segregation and desperation
- ► May
- • 31 - Press Trust of India: US urges Myanmar to remove its two child policy for Muslims
- • 31 - Mail Online: Right-wing Buddhist leading the campaign to force Muslims out of Burma says he wants his group 'to be like the English Defense League'
- • 31 - DVB: Committee asked to push for release of former spy chief's son-in-law
- • 31 - DVB: Journalists call on officials to protest reporters
- • 31 - Mizzima: 35 arrested over religious riots in Lashio
- • 31 - Channel 4 News: Rohingya kept crammed into filthy cages in Thailand
- • 31 - DVB: Former political prisoners struggle to find work
- • 31 - Irrawaddy: A Decade Later, Victims Still Seekin Depayin Massacre Justice
- • 31 - HNGN: Rights Groups Express Concern About Escalating Violence in Myanmar
- • 31 - Radio Free Asia: Myanmar Activist Freed After Refusing Bail
- • 31 - AP/AFP/Japan Times: Buddhist mobs spread panic among Myanmar's Muslims
- • 31 - The Irrawaddy: Mekong Dams Threaten Burmese Fishing, Rice Farming: Activists
- • 31 - The Telegraph: Vodafone drops bid to run network in Burma amid human rights worries
- • 31 - Karen News: State Govt and CBO's agree to help conflict affected Karen communities
- • 31 - Karen News: Suu Kyi urges an end to discrimination against people living with HIV
- • 31 - Kachinland News: KIO-Burmese government agreement fell short of a cease-fire deal
- • 31 - Shan Herald: Shan commander warns retaliation
- • 31 - The Irrawaddy: Kachin Detainees Set for Release After Peace Talks
- • 31 - The Irrawaddy: Kachin IDPs Can Return Home Soon: Govt
- • 31 - AP: Burma Muslims find shelter in Buddhist Monastery
- • 31 - Asian Correspondent: Burma: Government and Kachin rebels reach a preparatory agreement for ceasefire
- • 30 - AP/Post Bulletin : UN Calls Myanmar 2-child policy discriminatory
- • 30 - Reuters: Troops patrol Myanmar city after violence, Muslims hide
- • 30 - Independent Mon News: Mon literature unlikely to be taught at Gov't School in Mon State
- • 30 - Shan Herald: Sectarian unrest politically motivated: Shan politicians
- • 30 - DVB: Rohingyas hit with multiple charges for not registering as 'Bengalis'
- • 30 - Irrawaddy: Anti-Muslim Violence Spreads to Town in Central Burma
- • 30 - Washington Post: Myanmar Muslims shelter in monastery after Buddhist attacks destroy homes, leave 1 dead
- • 30 - Asian Correspondent: Is nationalism solely to blame for Burma's latest anti-Muslim violence?
- • 30 - DVB: Burma must take steps to quell ethnic violence
- • 30 - BBC: Burma Muslim-Buddhist clashes continue in Shan State
- • 30 - Mizzima: Security beefed up in Lashio following riots
- • 30 - The Irrawaddy: Buddhist Mobs Spread Fear Among Muslims in Lashio
- • 30 - The Irrawaddy: ABSDF Visits Burma to Investigate Its Killings of 'Spies' in 1990s
- • 28 - Human Rights Watch:Burma: Revoke ‘Two-Child Policy’ For Rohingya
- • 28 - Karen News: Burma Army issues legal ultimatum to ethnic armed groups – no flag raising and no weapons
- • 29 - AP: US urges Burma to end 2-child limit for Muslims
- • 29 - DVB: Shan state officials object to establishment of inter-faith group
- • 29 - The Irrawaddy: Letpadaung Protesters Mark Crackdown Anniversary by Urging Detainees’ Release
- • 29 - The Irrawaddy: In Central Burma, a Lawless Rush for Oil
- • 28 - BBC: But will ordinary Burmese benefit from their country's investment boom?
- • 29 - The Irrawaddy: After Kachin Peace Talks, Intl Observers Praised but Mistrust Persists
- • 28 - Human Rights Watch:Burma: Failing to Demobilize Child Soldiers
- • 29 - Press TV: Myanmar government’s restrictions on Muslims put health of 1000s at risk: MSF
- • 29 - VOA: Burma Government to Review Birth Restrictions for Muslim Rohingyas
- • 29 - Reuters:Buddhist mobs attack Muslim homes for 2nd day in Myanmar; one dead
- • 28 - AP:APNewsBreak: Religious unrest in northeast Myanmar
- • 26 - The Independent:Child’s view of Burma’s horror: The crayon drawings that reveal the trauma of children forced to flee ethnic violence in Myanmar
- • 27 - The Irrawaddy: Burma’s 88 Generation Students Seeks Legal Status
- • 28 - Karen News: Karen health officials push for better health care
- • 26 - Karen News: Still not safe to send back refugees
- • 27 - DVB: Meikhtila residents rebuff resettlement plan, want land back
- • 28 - DVB: Wa rebels seek a state of their own
- • 28 - Reuters: China CNPC Nearing Completion of Key Burma Oil Storage Facility
- • 28 - The Irrawaddy: Mining, Plantations Affect Livelihoods of Kachin Villagers, NGO Says
- • 28 - The Nation: More questions over West's ties to Burma
- • 28 - VOA: Burma Resumes Peace Talks with Kachin Rebels
- • 26 - AP/Time: Japan Gives Burma $504M Loan, Forgives Debt
- • 27 - USA Today: Burma's transition marred by anti-Muslim attacks
- • 28 - CNN: Suu Kyi criticizes two-child limit on Muslims in western Myanmar
- • 24 - Journal of Turkish Weekly: Even funerals too difficult for Rohingya Muslims in Arakan
- • 24 - DVB: Editors decry ‘unfair’ measures in new media bill
- • 23 - Radio Free Asia: Myanmar’s Rakhine State Imposes Two-Child Limit on Rohingyas
- • 24 - The Star: Burma's 'hidden genocide': A rare visit to Rohingya refugee camps
- • 24 - Asia Times: Neo-Nazi denial in Myanmar
- • 24 - Mizzima: Mizzima marches forward
- • 24 - The Irrawaddy: Burma’s Kyat Currency Slumps As Imports Flood In
- • 24 - Asian Correspondent: Burma: Kachin people wish for international observers in peace talks
- • 23 - U.S. News: A Hasty Rapprochement With Burma
- • 24 - Irrawaddy: Indonesian Police Arrest 2 Suspects in Burma Embassy Bomb Plot
- • 24 - Bloomberg: Abe Goes to Myanmar as Japan Inc. Eyes Asia's Cheapest Wages
- • 23 - BBC: Japan PM Shinzo Abe heads to Burma for economic talks
- • 23 - Karen News: People in 'authority' approve land theft
- • 23 - Irrawaddy: Burmese Migrant Workers' Group Receives International Award
- • 23 - Irrawaddy: NGOs Step up Pressure on Firms Bidding to Exploit Burma's Resources
- • 23 - Irrawaddy: Premature Praise for Burma's Press Reforms
- • 22 - Shan Herald: Thein Sein and China must stop pipeline project to prevent escalation of conflict in northern Shan State White Tiger against PR system
- • 22 - Radio Free Asia: Influential Senator Backs Drop of Myanmar Trade Sanctions
- • 23 - Irrawaddy: NLD Members Threatened at Gunpoint to Resign in East Burma
- • 22 - DVB: US looks to end Burma sanctions after landmark visit
- • 23 - Mizzima: Prisoners of Mae Sot
- • 22 - DVB: Parliament extends emergency rule in conflict-torn Meikhtila
- • 23 - AFP/Mizzima: Expat 'gold rush' hits Myanmar
- • 22 - Shan Herald: Ceasefires facilitating land grabs: Think tank
- • 23 - NPR: As Myanmar Reforms, Indonesia Offers Some Lessons
- • 22 - The Irrawaddy: UN Urges Action to End Child Soldiers in Burma
- • 22 - Business Standard: Japanese PM to visit Myanmar for first time in 36 years
- • 23 - Mizzima: Rakhine IDP camps still lack basic supplies
- • 22 - Mizzima: UN envoy to attend Kachin peace talks
- • 22 - Mizzima: State of emergency extended in Meiktila
- • 22 - Mizzima: Shan NGOs call for halt to pipeline
- • 22 - Asia Times: Miles to go for Thein Sein
- • 22 - Ap/Asia Correspondent:Key senator to let Burma sanctions bill lapse
- • 22 - DVB:Rohingyas face riot charges for refusing to register as ‘Bengali’
- • 22 - Irrawaddy:Outlawed ABSDF Meets Govt to Discuss Ceasefire
- • 21 - VOA: US Senator Urges End of Key Sanctions Against Burma
- • 21 - Bangkok Post: Myanmar, US waste a chance
- • 21 - AFP: US, Myanmar sign trade agreement
- • 21 - BNI:BGB pushes back 24 Rohingyas to Burma
- • 21 - Mizzima: UN praises Myanmar over child soldier issue
- • 21 - Irrawaddy: KNU Eyes Code of Conduct Accord with Govt in June
- • 21 - Karen News:HR Groups – President Thein Sein fails to live up to his reform promises
- • 21 - Shan Herald: White Tiger against PR system
- • 21 - Irrawaddy:In Meeting with NLD, Myitsone Investor Says It Hopes to Restart Project
- • 21 - Radio Australia:Mines Minister says Myanmar in new era of transparency
- • 21 - Mizzima:Myanmar’s media faces fresh challenges
- • 20 - Foreign Policy: Airport project seen as test case for the new Burma
- • 20 - Reuters: Obama urges Myanmar to stop violence against Muslims
- • 21 - AFP: Myanmar jails Muslim rioters for up to 28 years
- • 20 - Washington Post:Obama meets with Burmese president
- • 20 - Washington Post:Troubling signs for Burma’s reforms?
- • 20 - Washington Post: Burma's Thein Sein says military 'will always have a special place' in government
- • 20 - Foreign Policy: Burma's Web-Savvy Rebels
- • 20 - The Diplomat: President Thein Sein Visits Washington as Ethnic Cleansing Continues in Burma
- • 20 - CNN: Obama must speak truth to Myanmar
- • 17 - Huffington Post: The Rohingya of Burma -- Betrayed by Aung San Sui Kyi
- • 20 - Asia Times: Myanmar needs a new nationalism
- • 20 - Karen News: KNU protests as EGAT marks Salween River Hat Gyi dam site
- • 19 - Al Jazeera: Myanmar community in US hopes for change
- • 20 - Al Jazeera: Myanmar president set to meet Obama
- • 17 - Irrawady: Thousands of Evacuees Return to IDP Camps, After Cyclone Misses Arakan
- • 17 - Reuters: Myanmar seeks inspiration from South Africa for nascent legal aid movement
- • 17 - BBC: Relief as Cyclone Mahasen weakens over Bangladesh and Burma
- • 17 - Mizzima: Govt, KIO to resume peace talks
- • 17 - Mizzima: Myanmar kyat hits record low
- • 17 - Mizzima: Obama wishes to discuss Myanmar's communal violence
- • 17 - Irrawady: A Burmese Tycoon You Can't Find Today
- • 17 - Irrawady: On and Off the Table for Thein Sein's White House Visit
- • 17 - AP/Washington Press: Myanmar president pardons political prisoners ahead of state visit to United States
- • 16 - Mizzima: War reparations begin in Shan State
- • 16 - Mizzima: Myanmar ranked worst in resource governance
- • 16 - VOA: Distrust Hinders Burma Cyclone Evacuation Effort
- • 16 - BBC: Tropical Storm Mahasen strikes southern Bangladesh
- • 16 - Irrawaddy: 'Bangladesh Syndrome' Looms over Burma's Electricity Crisis
- • 15 - Reuters: Two killed in Myanmar clash near China pipeline
- • 15 - Shan Herald: Thai security: Wa denial of gunships deserves benefit of the doubt
- • 15 - Mizzima: Farmers call for return of seized lands
- • 15 - Irrawaddy: China-Burma Bilateral Talks Conclude in Yunnan
- • 15 - Bangkok Post: Myanmar's 'old man's land' seeks new lease of life
- • 15 - IRIN: Landmine casualties rising in Kachin, Myanmar
- • 15 - DVB: In the Storm's Path
- • 15 - Guardian UK: Distrustful Rohingya dig in as Burma braces for cyclone Mahasen
- • 15 - Reuters: Special Report - In Myanmar, apartheid tactics against minority Muslims
- • 14 - Radio Free Asia: 88 Generation Students Hold Talks with US, China
- • 14 - Kachin News Group: Kachin Peace facilitator unsure when talks will continue
- • 14 - Kachin News Group: Burma's armed conflict will delay Shwe pipeline admits government official
- • 14 - Shan Herald: Thai security kept on toes by Burma Army’s unusual moves
- • 14 - DVB: Shan rebels slam military claims over recent clashes
- • 14 - Shan Herald: Shans request China to shelter refugees
- • 14 - Irrawaddy: Starbucks Sees Burma Entry in ‘Couple of Years’
- • 14 - Asian Tribune: Report on Burma : Severe Human Rights Abuses
- • 14 - Irrawaddy: Heineken Brewery Enters Burma Market
- • 14 - DVB: Pipeline protestors face jail for ‘unlawful’ assembly
- • 14 - BBC: Rohingya boats sink off west Burma - many missing
- • 13 - Irrawaddy: Death Toll Rises in East Burma Mining Accident
- • 13 - Epoch Times: Burma Starts Evacuations Ahead of Cyclone
- • 13 - AFP: Myanmar president to make landmark US visit: state TV
- • 13 - AP/The Guardian: Burma president to visit US
- • 13 - Kaladan Press/BNI: Rohingya lose farms for new road
- • 13 - Narinjara News/BNI: Fund misused, Arakanese continue suffering from erratic power supply
- • 13 - Irrawaddy: Tens of Thousands of Refugees Evacuated as Storm Nears Arakan Coast
- • 11 - Al Jazeera: Myanmar Muslims living in constant fear: Muslim areas of Okkan, a town to the north of Yangon, is latest target for attacks by Buddhists
- • 10 - Mizzima: Amending constitution 'most difficult in the world': Suu Kyi
- • 09 - Irrawaddy: Thein Sein Enjoys Myitsone Praise as Dams on Salween Secretly Proceed
- • 09 - Irrawaddy: Ethnic Activists Warn of Surge in Land Grabs After Ceasefires
- ► June
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Burma is enjoying a boom in inward investment, says Hans Vriens, a partner at business advisory group Vriens & Partners.
Mr Vriens told Asia Business Report that foreign companies were particularly interested in the country's telecoms, and oil and gas industries.
He said that Japanese firms were leading the way, and that the Burmese people were "excited and hopeful" at the growing economic opportunities in the country.
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