![]() | | UN Allowed to Help Kachin Civilians in Rebel Areas | Burma’s government will finally let international aid reach thousands of displaced civilians in rebel-held areas in war-torn Kachin State. Previously it had blocked the aid. Read More | | |
| Ruili Meeting Restarts Talks, But Yields No Results | Monday’s meeting between the Burmese government and Kachin rebels does little to change the situation on the ground, but clears the way for further talks. Read More | | |
| Freedom Brings New Challenges for Burma’s Writers | Long accustomed to writing around censorship, Burma’s writers are relearning the habits of free thought and testing the boundaries of speech. Read More | | |
| Rangoon Oil Tanker Blast Kills 4, Injures 6 | A blast and an ensuing fire destroyed two oil tankers on Rangoon’s Hlaing River on Monday evening, killing four crew members and injuring six others. Read More | | |
| Burma Reaches Deal with Rebels to Ease Tensions | Burma’s government reaches an agreement with ethnic Kachin rebels to work to end a bloody conflict in the country’s far north. Read More | | |
| Cambodians Throng to Revered Ex-King Sihanouk’s Cremation | Tens of thousands of Cambodians pay their last respects to former King Norodom Sihanouk, a much-loved figure who was powerless to prevent decades of war. Read More | | |
| Trade Group Wants US-China Action on Cyber Security Threats | US companies want the US and Chinese governments to work together to address the growing problem of cyber attacks that threaten to undermine bilateral trade. Read More | | |
| Malaysia Criticized for Deporting 6 Uighur Chinese | An international rights group criticizes Malaysia for deporting six ethnic Uighur Chinese who were seeking asylum, saying it has put the men’s lives in danger. Read More | | |
Burma President’s Website Hacked | Hackers targeted Burmese President Thein Sein’s Office website on Tuesday causing the site to crash. The office’s director Major Zaw Htay said there were distributed-denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks on the website on Tuesday morning overloading and crashing the site. In a post on his Facebook page Maj Zaw Htay said a group calling itself the Indonesia [...] Read More | | | | |
Burma Clarifies Conditions for Oil, Gas Investment | Burma’s government has released details on the new Foreign Direct Investment Law’s requirements for overseas oil and gas sector investors, reports Argus, an energy industry publication. The government clarified the law at last month’s Myanmar Oil and Gas Summit. Foreign firms will be able to own 100 percent stakes in projects for exploring, accessing and [...] Read More | | | | |
US Ambassador Meets Arakan Leaders | US Ambassador to Burma Derek Mitchell met with five Arakan leaders in Rangoon on Tuesday to discuss the state’s ongoing humanitarian crisis, Narinjara News reports. “The US ambassador invited us because he wanted to know the present situation in Arakan State,“ said Hla Saw, secretary of the Rakhine Natonal Development Party, who was among the [...] Read More | | | | |
Rangoon Photo Festival to Start Next Week | On Feb. 13-22, the fifth annual Yangon Photo Festival will kick off and it will showcase the work of internationally acclaimed photographers, with a focus on documentary photography, the Institut français de Birmanie announced. The institut, which organizes the event, said the festival’s “main goal is to give the new generation of Myanmar photographers the [...] Read More | | | | |
Vietnam Activists Sentenced to Long Prison Terms | A Vietnamese court has sentenced 22 members of an outlawed Buddhist sect to lengthy prison terms for attempting to overthrow the Communist government, in one of the largest such trials in years. Lawyer Nguyen Huong Que says the group leader Phan Van Thu was sentenced to life in prison while 21 others, including his son, [...] Read More | | | | |
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