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May 30, 2012
A 13 members’ Bangladesh business delegation left for Burma through the Maungdaw- Teknaf border point on Monday to attend a trade meeting which is...
May 30, 2012
“India needs Myanmar, and Myanmar also needs India, and that is the common ground,” an editorial in The New Light of Myanmar , the state-run...
May 30, 2012
Jubilant Burmese migrant workers greeted Aung San Suu Kyi on Wednesday morning, who told them she is working to make it possible for them to return...
May 30, 2012
Burmese President Thein Sein will officially visit Thailand from June 4-5 to strengthen bilateral relations and sign agreements on various...
May 30, 2012
Villagers who will be evicted from their homes in the east of Tavoy to make way for a Chinese company’s dam construction claim the Burma government...
May 29, 2012
The Burma/Myanmar Army has recently conveyed an official apology to the Restoration Council of Shan State / Shan State Army (RCSS/SSA) after a...
May 29, 2012
Hkun Tun Oo, whose party the Shan Nationalities League for Democracy (SNLD) won statewide in the 1990 elections, has been selected as a recipient of...
May 29, 2012
The hydropower project that will generate 500 megawatts of electricity on the Laymro River is now being readied for construction to start.
May 29, 2012
Burma is looking to build a large industrial park complex in the Bassein region west of Rangoon for domestic industries, in addition to more...
May 29, 2012
Looking for information about the Burmese government? Don’t go to the official governmental websites because most provide little information and...
May 29, 2012
A limited visa-on-arrival program aimed at easing business travelers entry into Burma will kick off on Friday, said Burmese officials.
May 29, 2012
European Union delegates and a number of foreign ambassadors to Thailand visited the Tham Hin refugee camp in Rachaburi province. The group of...
May 29, 2012
Norway’s Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Torgeir Larsen, will lead a delegation to the Bago regional town of Kyauk Kyi to meet with internally...
May 29, 2012
Its early morning and grey mist and smoke from cooking fires covers the makeshift crowded bamboo huts that is Tham Thin refugee camp.
May 29, 2012
Regional Representative of the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) James Lynch met Food and Disaster Management Minister Dr M Abdur...

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