Yangon: The number of internet users in Myanmar has grown to nearly 70,000 since 2000 when it was first introduced to the country, a local news journal reported Wednesday.
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A Burmese journalist was released from prison on the12 of July four months after his sentence had been completed.
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July 20: Maungdaw: Nasaka issued an ultimatum to the Rohingya villagers whether to pay Kyats 500,000 per house or to demolish their tin roofed houses in Maungdaw Township, northern Arakan State of Burma, according to our correspondent, in side Arakan.
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As the United States renewed economic sanctions on July 7, Myanmar’s garment industry is more stable than when the stricter sanctions were first introduced at the end of August last year, industry sources told Myanmar Times last week.
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Thailand has expressed its willingness to resume the talks on Burma which were suspended in April 2004. Thai Foreign Minister Surakiart Sathirathai said on Tuesday that Bangkok is ready to host the second round of the “Bangkok Process” and wants Burma to join the forum.
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Registration for Thailand’s alien workers just got easier. The Thai Ministry of Labor and Social Welfare announced on Wednesday that illegal migrants no longer need their employers or landlords to accompany workers to district offices to fill out the registration forms.
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Beijing: China is holding a U.S.-based dissident who disappeared while traveling in Myanmar, a human rights group said Wednesday.
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Britain is under attack from European and Asian countries demanding that it abandon its policy of ostracising the Burmese military regime.
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July 20: The People’s Republic of China and the Union of Myanmar Burma established diplomatic ties on 8 June, 1950. The two countries share a 2,210-km-long common border and the governments and the peoples of the two nations enjoy a long history of friendship, adhering to the policy of mutual respect, equality and non-interference in the internal affairs of each other. Moreover, the two countries have been cooperating in political and cultural fields, especially in economy and trade.
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