![]() | | Press Council to Negotiate in Media Lawsuits | The new Myanmar Press Council will negotiate between the government and two journals, The Voice and Snapshot, for the withdrawal of government lawsuits against them. Read More | | |
| Japan Emphasizes Need for Govt Support of Thilawa Project | Local fishermen pass by container ships at Thilawa Port, south of Rangoon. (Photo: Reuters) RANGOON — Pledging its support for plans to develop the Thilawa port near Burma’s largest city, the Japanese government stressed on Wednesday that the success of the project would depend largely on the commitment of the Burmese [...] Read More | | |
| Kachin Groups Urge US, Suu Kyi to Stop Kachin War | Overseas Kachin groups have urged the US and opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi to pressure the Burmese government to end fighting in Kachin State. Read More | | |
| Burma to Build 1 Million Houses in 20 Years | An ambitious plan is underway at the Ministry of Construction to tackle the country’s severe housing shortage. Read More | | |
| Burmese Magazine License Pulled for Sexual Content | Burma’s Information Ministry revokes the publishing license of a magazine, saying it violated regulations by publishing sexual material when it was supposed to cover fashion. Read More | | |
| Burmese Spitfire Hunt Leads to Water-filled Crate | A team searching for World War II-era British fighter aircraft find a wooden crate believed to contain one of the planes, full of muddy water. Read More | | |
| Vietnam Jails Dissidents in Echo of Military-ruled Burma | The jailing of 13 dissidents in Vietnam raises questions about which government deserves to be described as the most repressive in Southeast Asia. Read More | | |
| Turning on Burma’s Lights | New technologies could put electricity within reach for millions of Burmese—at a fraction of the economic and environmental cost of traditional means of power generation. Read More | | |
| China Trade Rebounds in Sign of Economic Recovery | China’s trade growth rebounds strongly in a positive sign for the recovery of the world’s second-largest economy. Read More | | |
Burmese Bourse Planned Within 3 Years | The Stock Exchange of Thailand has signed an agreement with the Burmese government to help set up a stock market in Burma within the next three years, Thai newspaper The Nation reports. Charamporn Jotikasthira, president and chief executive officer of the Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET), said it agreed this week to share information and [...] Read More | | | | |
Dawei SEZ Development Costs Soar to $10.7 Billion | A Thai government study says the investment costs of the much-delayed Dawei port and industrial special economic zone in southeast Burma have risen to US $10.7 billion, up from $6.6 billion projected two years ago, The Nation reports. Of the total expenditure $8.2 billion would be spent in Burma, while the remainder would cover transport [...] Read More | | | | |
Arakan Needs Long-Term Support: Indonesian Minister | Indonesian Foreign Minister Marty Natalegawa said Burma’s Arakan State needs long-term support to recover from the recent inter-communal violence between Muslim Rohingya and Arakan Buddhists, The Nation reports. “We must quickly move beyond emergency response,” Marty Natalegawa said. “The people in the affected area are showing resilience… willingness to recover quickly, but they need crops [...] Read More | | | | |
Malaysian Firm to Study Mandalay Coal Power Plant | Malaysian engineering company Mudajaya Group Bhd has signed an agreement with the Mandalay Division government in Burma to facilitate the construction of a coal-fired power plant and solar-powered plants, Malaysian newspaper The Star reports. “Mudajaya will prepare a feasibility report/proposal and submit it to the government of Mandalay within nine months,” Mudajaya told The Star, [...] Read More | | | | |
Thai Kasikorn Bank Opens Rangoon Office | Thai Kasikorn Bank opened a representative office in Rangoon on Wednesday, joining the growing number of Thai corporations that are establishing a presence in Burma, The Nation reports. Senior executive vice president Somkiat Sirichatchai said the new office would help the Kasikorn Bank partner with 11 local banks in order to study the Burmese market [...] Read More | | | | |
Burma Govt Forms Anti-Graft Committee | President Thein Sein’s office on Wednesday announced the formation of an anti-corruption committee under the chairmanship of Vice President Dr. Sai Mauk Kham. “As part of efforts for the emergence of good governance and clean government after the new government took office, an action committee against corruption is formed to fight the corruption and bribery [...] Read More | | | | |
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