Manila: Asian Development Bank President Haruhiko Kuroda announced the establishment Friday of an office that will oversee cooperation and integration of economies in the Asian region.
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Manila: Exiled pro-democracy politicians from Myanmar will testify to international parliamentarians in Manila this weekend on conditions in their homeland, officials said Friday.
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ASEAN nations have not raised formal objection to Myanmar’s chairmanship of Asean next year, keeping on track the rotation system of hosting the annual summit.
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Manila: Myanmar’s continued detention of Aung San Suu Kyi, terrorism and AIDS are to top the agenda in an upcoming meeting of world parliamentarians in the Philippines, officials said Friday.
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Yangon: The pending handover of the leadership of Southeast Asia’s top trade and diplomatic bloc to military-ruled Myanmar has brought unprecedented pressure on the regime to speed up promised democratic reforms – even from once-supportive neighbors.
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South Korea’s Daewoo has reported finding another gas field in Block A-1 off Myanmar’s (Burma) west coast, after completing test production.
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Bangkok: Thousands of political refugees from Myanmar face the risk of deportation by Thai authorities from today under a tough new policy that critics say is aimed at currying favour with Yangon.
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Burmese refugees sent to camps along the Thai-Burma border and a special detention center in Bangkok are suffering from overcrowding and a shortage of food and water, according to reports.
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The voice of artists against the military authorities in Burma has led to the closure of a cartoon exhibition in the Aunglan Township in under Pegu Division.
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Yangon: A special water festival involving participants from six countries of the Greater Mekong Subregion ( GMS) will be held in Myanmar’s second largest city of Mandalay in the middle of this month when the Myanmar traditional festival falls, local press reported Friday.
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Yangon: Two private banks in Myanmar accused by the U.S. of money laundering and links to drug traffickers have been ordered closed by the government for violating banking laws, the finance ministry said Friday.
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