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November 29, 2012
Japan’s Juroku Bank has announced a deal with Burma’s Ayeyarwady Bank, according to a report in the Japan Times on Thursday.
November 29, 2012
Speaking at the third and last day of the Shan forum on Trustbuilding for Peace today in Rangoon, Dr Sai Kham Leik recalled how a cartoon that...
November 29, 2012
Hundreds of land rovers have found their way into Burma in recent years, but now plans are afoot to begin officially exporting the popular 4 x 4...
November 29, 2012
Burmese authorities have arrested and charged six activists who protested in Rangoon on Monday against the Latpadaung Mountain copper mining project...
November 29, 2012
Gen Tamla Baw, the 93-year-old Chairman of the Karen National Union (KNU), has announced his resignation and retirement.
November 29, 2012
The ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Myanmar Caucus (AIPMC) on Wednesday released a statement saying it welcomed the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA)...
November 29, 2012
A thousand police officers and security forces moved in on Wednesday to disperse protesters, including Buddhist monks, at the Latpadaung copper mine...
November 27, 2012
In his message to the Trustbuilding for peace consultation, as the Shan conference being held in Rangoon is officially titled, Shan State Army (SSA)...
November 27, 2012
The United Nations General Assembly third committee passed a resolution on Monday expressing deep concern about human rights abuses in Kachin and...
November 27, 2012
Tavoyan people in Southern Burma, who will be evicted from their homes to make way for a deep sea port and industrial zone deny claims by the project...
November 27, 2012
Protesters who have been affected by the controversial Monywa copper mine say they won’t leave until the Chinese financed project is stopped.
November 27, 2012
Singaporean telecommunications giant MDR Ltd announced on Monday that it was making plans to establish a joint-venture company with three other firms...
November 27, 2012
Chunks of unidentified metal fell from the sky at 6 am on November 22 shortly after sounds like firework explosions were described by local residents...
November 27, 2012
The Karen National Union’s (KNU) executive committee has managed to iron out differences during the recent Central Standing Committee (CSC) that...
November 27, 2012
JCB is to become the third of the major global credit card companies to launch operations in Burma after its international subsidiary, JCB...

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