Despite previous criticism of Burma’s constitution-drafting National Convention, one ethnic ceasefire group appears eager to contest elections that have been expected to follow the resolution of the controversial convention, a central committee member of the group said.
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The Prison Charity Foundation (PCF) established by Christians in Chin state to help inmates, was shut down by the Burmese military regime on March 4.
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The Burma Army sponsored militia groups are getting more weapons and authority over local civilian populations, according to sources on the border.
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Bangladeshi Foreign Advisor Iftekhar Ahmed Chowdhury on Monday said the Myanmar authorities should launch some livelihood schemes like micro-credit for the Rohingya refugees so they become willing to return to their homeland, Bangladeshi news agency UNB reported.
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Skyrocketing inflation is impeding economic growth and placing a heavy burden on the Burmese people, the National League for Democracy, the main opposition party, concluded Friday following a two-day workshop on the economy.
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Bilateral trade between Myanmar and Thailand increased by about 51 percent to 2.4 billion U.S. dollars in the just-ended fiscal year of 2006-07 (April-March) compared with the previous fiscal year, the local English-language Myanmar Times reported Monday.
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Bangkok: A 26- member business delegation from Malaysia is scheduled to make a four-day visit to Myanmar next month to seek opportunities in trade and investment in the country.
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The Burmese military government has taken action against 322 people in 217 drug related cases in March 2007 alone. Of the 322 are 253 men and 69 women, according to a recent report of a state-run newspaper.
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Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (second right) hits the gong to mark the opening of the 116th Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) in Nusa Dua, Bali, yesterday
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North Korea’s vice foreign minister said Saturday that he was “satisfied” with his trip to Myanmar, which culminated in the two repressive regimes resuming diplomatic relations.
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The United Nations reports that attacks targeting and effecting educational facilities, staff and students is increasing around the world, including inside Burma.
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The renewal of diplomatic ties between Burma and North Korea has created uneasiness and made Burma’s neighbors nervous.
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A seminar on Myanmar/Burma, held on the sideline of the 116th Assembly of Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) in Bali, Indonesia, today had IPU delegates openly acknowledge that the Myanmar military junta’s misrule has a negative spill-over effect on the region and its stability.
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