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December 7, 2012
NTT Data, the IT arm of Japan's NTT Group, says it is prepared to invest in Burma’s “social infrastructure,” and is looking at incorporating its ICT...
December 7, 2012
ANZ-bankAustralian bank ANZ is to open a representative office in Burma. Subject to a license, the bank said it expects to open early next year.
December 6, 2012
The United Nationalities Alliance, which represents leaders from many of Burma’s major ethnic groups, has released an open letter addressed to the U...
December 6, 2012
Despite the progress in bilateral relations between the Burmese and Indian governments, other sectors of society are yet to catch up and must be...
December 6, 2012
UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Valerie Amos told the press in Dhaka that Burma should recognize...
December 6, 2012
The four Moehti Moemi gold mine protesters who were charged with sedition have been refused bail and will face an additional charge, according to...
December 6, 2012
The first ever Karen Women’s seminar has been attended by more than 40 Karen women who work in a wide variety of fields, including education, health...
December 6, 2012
The UN’s Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Valerie Amos, on Wednesday visited several different...
December 6, 2012
Nasaka security forces from Pahlapa camp near Maung Ni in Arakan State have been extorting money from Rohingya villagers, according one student who...
December 6, 2012
An official visit by Burmese President Thein Sein to Australia and New Zealand has been postponed “to a mutually convenient date which would be...
December 6, 2012
Nasaka (Burma’s border security force) fired live rounds into Bagona village on Dec.5 at about 9 pm. No-one was hurt but security officers arrested 5...
December 6, 2012
One of the world’s largest trading companies, Japan’s Sumitomo Corporation, is readying to invest in a series of projects in Burma, according to...
December 6, 2012
The message given to the Wa leadership yesterday by the Naypyitaw delegation was essentially no different from that given to Mongla on Monday, 3...
December 6, 2012
An Arakanese team has reportedly left for Sagaing on Monday with the donations contributed by the Arakanese at home and abroad in order to help the...
December 6, 2012
NLD MP Khin San Hlaing, who is one of the 16 members of the Monywa Inquiry Commission, says that the priority of the Commission should be to...

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