Saturday, February 16, 2013

Myanmar India aim to step up pace on Kaladan project

  • Mizzima News - Friday 15th February, 2013

    Li Piaoxing, dressed in a traditional Burmese longyi, was lying on a sling chair in the dusty antique lobby that serves as a base for the Burma Overseas Young Chinese League. Like many other similar ...

  • Indian Look East Policy and the Kaladan Project of Western Burma

    Mizzima News - Friday 15th February, 2013

    On April 2, 2008, the Indian government signed an agreement with the Burmese military regime for the Kaladan Multi-Modal Transit Transport Project which is also known as the Kaladan Project. The ...

  • The truth behind the Chinese tourism boom

    Mizzima News - Friday 15th February, 2013

    In 2011, Chinese tourists overtook Thais as the leading nationality visiting Burma with, officially, 65,838 visitors. But if you walk around the famous attractions in Rangoon such as Shwedagon ...

  • Japan?s new strategy for Southeast Asia

    Mizzima News - Friday 15th February, 2013

    In just three weeks, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has sharpened Japan's long-standing ties with Southeast Asia after being returned as leader of the world's third largest ...

  • The Time for SAARC is now

    Mizzima News - Friday 15th February, 2013

    The ongoing disengagement of the Maldives with Indian infrastructure developer GMR, is a sign of the necessity of a deeper engagement between the eight South Asian nations. On December 8, the South ...

  • HKTV Strives to Bring Enlightenment to the Community Leading Local Views to Japan Afghanistan Bur

    Interest! Alert - Thursday 14th February, 2013

    HONG KONG, Jan. 24, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Hong Kong Television Network Limited ("HKTV") has been aggressive in content production since mid 2012. Apart from a variety of dramas, we have ...

  • View Look Familiar Same Waiter as Last Year Identical Snaps Hotdog and Fries Again -- Maybe You

    Interest! Alert - Thursday 14th February, 2013

    View Look Familiar? Same Waiter as Last Year? Identical Snaps? Hotdog and Fries Again? -- Maybe You're One of the 8 in 10 Britons Stuck in a Holiday ...

  • Myanmar officials involved in land grab

    Asia News Network - Thursday 14th February, 2013

    A damning report on the violence at a copper mine in northern Myanmar last November accuses government officials of siding with Chinese and Myanmar military investors to force villagers to surrender ...

  • Burma police used incendiary weapons against mine protesters report says

    The Guardian - Thursday 14th February, 2013

    Burma have demanded action against officials who were responsible for the use of incendiary weapons against peaceful protesters at a copper mine, causing serious burns to dozens of people including ...

  • Political prisoner committee gives reason for hope and caution

    Mizzima News - Thursday 14th February, 2013

    The announcement by the office of President Thein Sein that a committee will be formed to review political prisoner cases in Burma [Myanmar] could represent a major breakthrough in solving the issue ...

  • White phosphorus munitions used in Myanmar

    Middle East Times - Thursday 14th February, 2013

    Authorities in Myanmar are alleged to have used white phosphorus to dispel protesters at a copper mine, a report by two advocacy groups says. An investigation into the government's response to ...

  • Myanmar army snubs peace talks

    SINA - Thursday 14th February, 2013

    A government delegation led by the Minister of the President's Office Aung Min met with Kachin Independence Organization (KIO) leaders for peace talks in Ruili, Yunnan Province on Monday. ...

  • Myanmar protest Probe alleges police used white phosphorus

    Times of India - Thursday 14th February, 2013

    Myanmar police broke up their protest at a mine in November. Lawyer Aung Thein said a laboratory found traces of the chemical on canisters left by police and recovered afterward. He was not directly ...

  • Burma Authorities Accused of Fraud Coercion at China-Backed Mine

    VOA - Thursday 14th February, 2013

    Aung Thein, a founding member of Burma Lawyers Network, talks during a press conference on the investigation about the Nov. 29 crackdown at Letpadaung copper mine in central Burma, Yangon, February ...

  • Supporters of Myanmar mine protest demand punishment for use of incendiary weapon in crackdown

    Canada.com - Thursday 14th February, 2013

    Aung Thein, a founding member of Myanmar Lawyers Network, talks during a press conference on the investigation about the Nov. 29 crackdown at Letpadaung copper mine in central Myanmar, Thursday, ...

  • Politiet i Myanmar brukte hvitt fosfor mot protestleir

    Nettavisen - Thursday 14th February, 2013

    Yangon (NTB-DPA): Det sv?rt etsende stoffet hvitt fosfor ble brukt til ? jage bort demonstranter ved en koppergruve i Myanmar i fjor, if?lge en fersk rapport. Over 100 mennesker ...

  • Myanmar protesters want justice for mine crackdown

    San Diego Union-Tribune - Thursday 14th February, 2013

    YANGON, Myanmar -; Activists in Myanmar are demanding punishment for officials who were responsible for the use of an incendiary weapon against peaceful protesters at a copper mine, resulting in ...

  • White phosphorus at Burma protest

    BBC - Thursday 14th February, 2013

    Burmese police fired military-issue white phosphorus grenades to disperse protesters at a controversial copper mine, a new report says. Scores of people, many of them monks, were injured and burned ...

  • Naw Kham given a ?fighting chance?

    Mizzima News - Thursday 14th February, 2013

    On December 20 Naw Kham withdrew his guilty plea after being handed the death sentence at a court in China for the murder of 13 sailors on the Mekong River in October 2011. Three of Naw Kham's ...

  • Myanmar Kachin guerrillas turn down Suu Kyis offer to broker peace

    Global Post - Thursday 14th February, 2013

    A full 20 months into a civil war inside her homeland, dissident-turned-parliamentarian Aung San Suu Kyi says she'll help ethnic guerrillas and government officials broker peace. The guerrilla ...

  • Energy Ministry revokes Myanmar oil company?s license

    Mizzima News - Thursday 14th February, 2013

    The Energy Ministry announced on February 13 that it had revoked the license of Shweyathi Petroleum Co that permits it to produce oil at Padaukpin Village in Magwe ...

  • Mitsui sails into Myanmar

    Mizzima News - Thursday 14th February, 2013

    Shipping giant Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) became the latest Japanese multinational to announce a presence in Myanmar when it confirmed on February 14 that the Directorate of Investment and Company ...

  • Source: http://www.myanmarnews.net/index.php/sid/212590264/scat/c3891022f175b678

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