Burma Business Roundup (Saturday, Aug. 25)

Google News - Sat, 2012-08-25 05:32
Burma's economy could expand by 7 percent to 8 percent a year “if it can surmount substantial development challenges by further implementing across-the-board reforms,” the ADB study “Myanmar in Transition: Opportunities and Challenges” said. “[Burma's] ... catched

Burma Business Roundup (Saturday, Aug. 18)

Google News - Sat, 2012-08-18 04:24
“[The conference] has been tailored to provide delegates with practical information about doing business in Burma/Myanmar. It will also offer a platform for networking with other UK companies that are likely to be at the forefront in tendering for ... catched

Pepsi Enters Burma with 'Responsible Investment'

Google News - Tue, 2012-08-14 11:33
“Myanmar is a market with great potential, and our agreements with Diamond Star and Unesco are important first steps towards expanding our presence in the country,” said Nooyi. PepsiCo last did business in Burma in 1997. “Over time, we believe we can ... catched

Indonesians denounce Rohingya massacre in Myanmar

Google News - Mon, 2012-08-13 14:44
This is while, in a similar move on Thursday, crowds of Indonesians gathered outside Myanmar's Embassy in Jakarta in protest against Burma's mistreatment of Rohingya Muslim minority. The rally was organized by the Rohingya Solidarity Society, which ... catched

From Burma to West Seattle: 40 paintings at Alki Arts this Friday

Google News - Tue, 2012-08-07 04:32
Camille McDorman is back home in West Seattle for a short visit from Burma/Myanmar, where she works for an education nonprofit she says is “focused on supporting leaders in civil society (aka those who are working for positive change in one of the most ... catched

Burma's Becoming: A Reading List

Google News - Mon, 2012-07-30 17:07
In the magazine this week, I write about “The Burmese Spring” (available to subscribers), the startling and fragile turn toward a more open society in the country also known as Myanmar, which had proven to have one of the world's most durable ... catched

Burma's President to Open Schools for Muslims

Google News - Tue, 2012-08-14 16:33
In an exclusive interview with VOA Burmese Service chief Than Lwin Htun in Naypyitaw, the president called education an important tool to help different communities live in harmony and respect human rights. Easing of ... Comments. by: Myochit from ... catched

From Burma to West Seattle: 40 paintings at Alki Arts this Friday

Google News - Tue, 2012-08-07 04:32
Camille McDorman is back home in West Seattle for a short visit from Burma/Myanmar, where she works for an education nonprofit she says is “focused on supporting leaders in civil society (aka those who are working for positive change in one of the most ... catched

Muslim Groups Increasingly Worried About Fate of Burma's Rohingyas

Google News - Fri, 2012-07-27 13:30
"The restrictions on marriage, the restriction on education, the restriction on movement - these are all systems within Myanmar [Burma] society." Zawacki says these kinds of policies have the effect of making Burmese citizens feel they are justified in ... catched

Hillary Clinton's Diplomatic Solution in Myanmar/Burma

Google News - Thu, 2012-07-12 20:08
From world affairs to entertainment, business to fashion, crime to society, Vanity Fair is a cultural catalyst that drives the popular dialogue globally. catched

Burma's pop stars brace for revolution

Google News - Tue, 2012-03-27 12:57
With a flamboyant wardrobe and a diva's voice, she's seen as Burma's Lady Gaga - a rare pop star in a country where years of isolation have left musicians reliant on borrowed foreign tunes. Singing Burmese translations of international hits like Bon ... catched

Treatment of Muslim Rohingya Minority Shows Burma Has a Long Way to Go

Google News - Thu, 2012-08-16 05:19
For much of the past five decades, Burma has been a byword for political repression. The generals that seized power in 1962 ... But a recent spate of violence in the country's northwest reminds us that Burma's transition is far from complete. Even as ... catched

Syria Rebels May Attack Russia Naval Base

Google News - Sat, 2012-07-28 04:15
Burma-Pakistan: The Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan on 26 July threatened to attack "Myanmar" (Burma) to avenge the treatment of Muslims there unless Pakistan stops all relations with Myanmar. The group said in a statement that it will attack Myanmar's ... catched

Burma's Rohingya: A New Lightning Rod For Islamic Militants?

Google News - Thu, 2012-07-26 15:03
The persecuted Rohingya minority of Myanmar (Burma) may have found a formidable ally -- the Pakistan Taliban has warned the Islamabad government that it must cut diplomatic ties with the southeast Asian country over its treatment of fellow Muslims. catched

Behold, Burma!

Google News - Sat, 2012-05-05 12:33
I will never again take that train ride, but I'd do all the rest of that unforgettable week in Burma (aka Myanmar) at least one more time. Retracing our steps for this narrative, I am infatuated anew with this beguiling piece of the planet. catched

Ethnic peace key to Myanmar reform

Google News - Fri, 2012-07-27 08:35
In her first statement this week as an elected parliamentarian, Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi chose to highlight the plight of ethnic minorities, underscoring the issue's rising importance in domestic politics. Her speech was delivered ... catched

Burma's transition to democracy

Google News - Wed, 2012-06-20 10:35
YANGON ― Across the Middle East, and now in Burma (Myanmar), one of the great questions of contemporary global politics has resurfaced: How can countries ... catched

Suu Kyi walks on with 'star-struck' Bono

Google News - Mon, 2012-06-18 19:36
Aung San Suu Kyi and Bono joined forces Monday as the Myanmar ... two of them Burmese nationals, offered Suu Kyi flowers as she arrived at Dublin Airport. catched

Human Rights Due Diligence and Operations in Burma (Myanmar)

Google News - Tue, 2012-06-26 18:03
I recently published an op-ed in The Christian Science Monitor cautioning companies seeking to make...

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CAEXPO focuses on science, tech

Myanmar Times - Mon, 2012-06-25 05:40
THE 9th China-ASEAN Expo (CAEXPO) will be held in Nanning, China on September 21-25, with this year's focus on cooperation in science and technology. catched

Tributes to Ray Bradbury, dead at 91

Myanmar Times - Mon, 2012-06-11 05:00
LOS ANGELES — Tributes poured in last week for science fiction writer Ray Bradbury, author of dystopian postwar classics including Fahrenheit 451, w catched

10 missing, 1 dead in Myanmar ferry accide

Google News - Sat, 2012-07-21 06:28
FIVE university football players and their coach are among at least 10 people missing after a passenger ferry accident in northern Burma that left at one person dead. The New Light of Burma newspaper reported on Saturday that 73 people were rescued in ... catched

Does hiring foreign coaches work?

Myanmar Times - Mon, 2012-07-16 02:05
INCREASING numbers of Myanmar sports federations are hiring foreign instructors to help coach Myanmar athletes for next year's SEA Games. catched

Myanmar U-22 qualify

Myanmar Times - Mon, 2012-07-09 02:30
MYANMAR’S Under-22 football team qualified for the AFC U-22 Asian Championship 2014 after beating Malaysia 2-1 on the last day of the group qualifie catched

Burma comes in from the cold, gold and all

Google News - Fri, 2012-08-10 13:51
While the impoverished south-east Asian nation of Burma, also known as Myanmar, has a long history of gemstone mining, its rich reserves of precious and base metals have remained virtually untouched, due to the lack of capital, data, technology and ... catched

Google chief declares war on 'illicit networks'

Myanmar Times - Mon, 2012-07-23 02:05
THOUSAND OAKS, California – Google chief Eric Schmidt declared war on international criminals last week, vowing to harness technology to battle "ill catched

Govt cautious in telecoms opening

Myanmar Times - Mon, 2012-07-23 02:05
MINISTER for Communications, Posts and Telegraphs U Thein Tun said the government needed to learn from the mistakes of other countries when opening up catched

Commission to Visit Conflict Zone

RFA - Fri, 2012-08-24 04:00
The government-appointed group will travel to Rakhine to probe ethnic clashes involving Rohingyas. catched

Myanmar grapples with the weight of new-found 'free media'

Google News - Wed, 2012-08-22 11:29
Journalists who were once forced to write about their country from exile are now welcome to travel to Myanmar and to interview its leaders. Reporters for the U.S. government-funded Democratic Voice of Burma, who risked jail to tell the world what was ... catched

Hotel expansion planned for Burma's capital

Google News - Wed, 2012-08-22 09:59
Burma will build 19 hotels in Naypyitaw, the capital, in anticipation of the upcoming 27th Southeast Asian Games set for the end of 2013, local media reported. ... Currently the capital has 31 hotels, said the Myanmar Post Global News. Burmese ... catched

Burma flooding forces 85000 from their homes

Google News - Sat, 2012-08-25 16:17
... been swamped with water, Soe Tun said. Some families have had to move to the upper floors of their dwellings. Local newspapers have reported that heavy rains and flooding also damaged bridges, homes and rail lines. Burma is also known as Myanmar. catched

Can President veto unreasonable grabbing of farmland in Burma?

Google News - Sat, 2012-08-25 12:32
President of Myanmar (Burma) Thein Sein and entourage left Nay-pyi-taw by military special aircraft and arrived in Yangon on Friday, The New Light of Myanmar said today. The President was welcomed by Chief Minister of Yangon Region Myint Swe. catched

MYANMAR: The Global War On Islam

Google News - Sat, 2012-08-25 09:42
These are Bengalis, or people from Bengal (now Bangladesh) who began migrating to Burma during the 19th century. At that time the British colonial government ran Bangladesh and Burma, and allowed this movement, even though the Buddhist Burmese ... catched