A prominent Burmese environmentalist has called o­n Burma’s ruling junta to introduce cleaner development mechanisms instead of relying o­n the sale of timber that contributes to the country’s already rampant deforestation.
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The Myanmar government has formed another committee for auctioning some state-owned buildings left behind in Yangon as a next step to handle such buildings after move of the former administrative capital to Nay Pyi Taw, a local news journal reported Tuesday.
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A national convention setting guidelines for a new constitution will resume meeting on July 18 for what will be its final session, Myanmar state radio and television reported Tuesday night.
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The Burmese military has reportedly named the massive new development projected underway near Maymyo in Mandalay division, Yadanabon Naypyidaw.
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Mae Sot, Thailand: The Thai government grandly calls it an “export processing zone.” More appropriate terms for this town, nestled in jungle-clad hills on the border with Myanmar, might be “sweatshop” or “labor camp.”
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A group of unidentified rebels operating in Burmese territory opened fire on the India-Burma border trading town of Moreh on Monday night, according to eyewitnesses.
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Singapore firm Plantation Resources (PRPL) will cooperate with UK-based Sindicatum Carbon Capital (SCC) to identify and develop projects in Myanmar qualifying for carbon credits saleable under the Kyoto Protocol’s Clean Development Mechanism, it said yesterday.
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South Korea’s Daewoo Corp. is still in talks with a number of prospective customers for the output from its Myanmar natural gas assets but now looks to be favouring a pipeline route to market. (more…)

HIV/AIDS, bird flu and polio may have grabbed most of the recent health headlines, but there is one disease that perhaps underlines the failings of Burma’s healthcare response more than any other-beri-beri.
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Chinese state media say Burma’s acting prime minister is on his way to Beijing for a five-day goodwill visit.
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The Burma Rivers Network, a newly-founded forum of 10 organizations representing dam-affected communities from different states of Burma, has called o­n international companies investing in hydropower projects there to consider the environmental and social impact involved.
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Burmese labour rights activists have submitted a report to the International Labour Organization’s annual conference in Geneva, detailing more than 3400 cases of alleged forced labour.
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