(1) Gov’t formulates Rohingya repatriation plan: minister : Source : DVB
29-Jun-12
Burma’s
Immigration and Population Minister Khin Yi told DVB yesterday the government
has promulgated a policy aimed at repatriating Rohingya refugees who recently
fled violence in western Burma.
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(2) Suu Kyi Warned Over Country Name : Source : RFA
2012-06-29
The democracy icon’s opposition
party defends its decision to avoid using the name introduced during the
country’s military regime.
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(3) Ethnic parties to reach out to armed groups : Source : DVB
29-Jun-12
Six major ethnic minority political
parties that competed in the 2010 elections are planning to meet with armed
groups to assist the government’s on-going peace plan.
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(4) Central bank set to secure independent role : Source : DVB
29-Jun-12
Burma’s central bank is poised to
win independence to set monetary policy, its deputy governor said, in what
would be a major economic reform by a government seeking to attract foreign
investors.
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(5) Court Detains 7 in Eviction Dispute : Source : Irrawaddy
29-Jun-12
A court in Rangoon’s
Hlaing Tharyar Township
briefly detained seven people on Thursday in a case involving the eviction of
149 families from land that they have occupied since 1996.
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(6)
Suu Kyi not thinking about leading Burma – but she’s prepared : Source
: Mizzima
Friday, 29 June 2012 12:29 Mizzima
News
Aung San Suu Kyi said she is prepared to lead Burma’s government in 2015 if her party wins the nationwide election, but working for the present is most important now, as she wrapped up events in Paris prior to returning home on Friday from a triumphant European tour which has firmly placed Burma’s needs on the
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(7) High Kyat Killing Business, Say Burma’s Exporters : Source : Irrawaddy
29-Jun-12
Burmese businesspeople exporting agricultural products and garments say that they cannot sell their goods at the current rate of exchange, even though it has increased recently from the float-rate of 818 kyat, which was introduced by the Burmese government on April 1 in an attempt to abolish the multiple exchange rate
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(8) Minister calls for ‘Panglong’ type conference : Source : Mizzima
Friday, 29 June 2012 18:12 Hinthani
Sangkhlaburi
(Mizzima)
– Aung Min, the vicechairman of the Union Peacemaking Working Committee, said
the Burmese government would convene a conference similar to the “Panglong
Conference” sometime before 2014. The minister mentioned the plan in a meeting
with Burmese exiled groups in Mae Sot earlier this week.
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(9)
Burma
tightens control on press freedom: report : Source : Mizzima
Friday, 29 June 2012 13:38 Mizzima
News
In light of recent Burmese
government statements and actions following media coverage of the unrest in
Rakhine State, Reporters Without Borders (RWB), a freedom of the press
watchdog, warned on Friday Burma is tightening restrictions on the press in
spite of recent promises to end censorship.
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(10) UN, MSF Staffers Detained in Arakan : Source : Irrawaddy
29-Jun-12
The United Nations High
Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in Burma
is negotiating the release of its local employees who have been detained by
security forces in Arakan
State.
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(11) WLB calls for nationwide women’s convention : Source : Mizzima
Friday, 29 June 2012 17:42 Phanida
Chiang Mai (Mizzima)
– The Women’s League of Burma (WLB) told a Burmese government peacemaking
delegation on Thursday in Bangkok that it wanted to hold a nationwide women’s
convention to discuss peace and reforms and the role of women in development.
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(12) Naypyidaw Tells Suu Kyi Not to Call Country ‘Burma’ : Source : Irrawaddy
29-Jun-12
RANGOON—Burma has
undergone dramatic change over the last year, but one thing won’t be changing
anytime soon—the country’s name.
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(13)
Rakhine State now stable, more aid needed: OCHA :
Source : Mizzima
Friday, 29 June 2012 13:09 Mizzima
News
The overall security situation in Rakhine State is reported to be stable, although
emergency rule and a curfew remain in place in six townships, according to the
United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA).
Estimates say the relief effort will continue for the next three months.
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(14)
Thai employers fear exodus of Burmese migrants : Source : Mizzima
Friday, 29 June 2012 12:57 Mizzima
News
The idea of Burmese migrant workers
eventually returning to their home country as its economy improve is
setting off alarms in Thailand, which depends on Burmese migrant labour in many
industrial sectors.
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(15)
Burma’s
time bomb : Source : Mizzima
Friday, 29 June 2012 12:46 Myat Thu
Pan
(Opinion) – Industrialization has only barely begun yet an epidemic of land grabbing has already left thousands of farmers and landowners by the wayside in Burma. The lack of an effective judicial system is fanning the epidemic, and it is one of a host of serious issues that must be addressed before long-term
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(16) SSA sends protest letter after 24th clash : Source : Panglong
Friday, 29 June 2012 14:07 S.H.A.N.
The Shan State Army (SSA) ‘South’
sent a letter of protest to Gen Soe Win, Deputy Supreme Commander and Commander
of the Burma Army, yesterday following a clash which took place in Laikha, Shan
State South, on Wednesday, 27 June.
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(17) SSA: Seized weapons in Thailand not bound for Shan army : Source : Panglong
Friday, 29 June 2012 12:41 S.H.A.N.
Officers from the Shan State Army
(SSA) ‘South’ has denied it had anything to do with the 47 assorted weapons
seized in Maesai opposite Tachilek, on Tuesday, 26 June.
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(18) 12 aid workers detained in Rakhine State : Source : Mizzima
Friday, 29
June 2012 12:38 Mizzima News
Twelve aid
workers representing the United Nations and Doctors Without Borders (DWB) have
been detained in Rakhine State during the past few weeks, the U.N. said in Geneva on Thursday. U.N.
officials met with Burma’s
foreign minister on Tuesday in Naypyitaw, the capital, to discuss the
detentions.
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(19)
France
embraces Aung San Suu Kyi :
Source : Mizzima
Thursday, 28 June 2012 12:33 Mizzima
News
French government officials and
citizens have embraced Burmese democracy advocate Aung San Suu Kyi, who is
within days of returning home from her two-week European tour of five
countries. In Paris
on Wednesday, she was again feted and praised at elegant lunches and award
ceremonies.
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(20) Heavy rain causes flooding near Myitkyina : Source : Kachin
29-Jun-12
Flooding is causing difficulties
for residents of Myitkyina, after heavy rain has caused the Irrawaddy
(Mali Hka) river water levels to rise since June 23.
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(21) Will Reforms End Myanmar Monks' Spiritual Strike? : Source : NPR
29-Jun-12
In response to political reforms in
Myanmar — also known as Burma — the U.S. and other Western countries
have eased some sanctions targeting the country's former military rulers.
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(22) Myanmar's
Kachin Refugees in China
in Need : Source : Thejakartaglobe
29-Jun-12
Yunnan Province, China. A sea of mud
that was once a pathway leads up to Mui Hpu Kaw’s bamboo hut in the refugee
camp of La Ying, in China’s Yunnan Province,
near the Burmese border. Heavy rain pelts down on the plastic sheeting that
serves as a roof of the temporary shelter while she boils a pot of rice on an
open fire for her seven grandchildren.
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(23) US confirms 1st ambassador to Myanmar in 22 years : Source : Sacbee
29-Jun-12
WASHINGTON -- The
Senate has confirmed the appointment of the first U.S.
ambassador to Myanmar
in 22 years. Derek Mitchell has served as President Barack Obama's special
envoy to military-dominated Myanmar
since August to encourage democratic reforms.
