(1) Suu Kyi pleads for workers' rights at UN in Geneva : Source : BBC
14-Jun-12
Burmese pro-democracy leader Aung
San Suu Kyi has called for support for democracy in Burma,
on her first visit to Europe since 1988.
(2) Rakhine Conflict Highlights Law Concerns : Source : RFA
2012-06-14
Burmese opposition leader Aung San
Suu Kyi speaks of the underlying problems over communal violence in Rakhine.
(3) Internet users unload anger on social media sites : Source : DVB
14-Jun-12
Bitter enmity at the heart of
communal unrest in western Burma
has spilled online, with incendiary posts on social media sites reflecting
deep-rooted hostilities in the region, experts said.
(4) Suu Kyi: “We need precise laws on citizenship” : Source : DVB
14-Jun-12
Democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi
emphasised the need for “precise laws on citizenship” and “uncorrupted border
vigilance” to address ongoing
sectarian strife in Burma’s
western Arakan state, at a press conference in Geneva on Thursday.
(5) 11 Burmese ‘Slaves’ Rescued From Thai Fishing Boats : Source : Irrawaddy
14-Jun-12
Eleven Burmese migrants were
rescued when the fishing boats they were forced to work on were raided by a
team of Thai Department of Special Investigation (DSI) officers on Wednesday at
Tambon Saem San in Chonburi near Bangkok.
(6) People Have ‘Ultimate Power,’ Says Shwe Mann : Source : Irrawaddy
13-Jun-12
Shwe Mann, the former general who
now serves as the speaker of Burma’s
Lower House of Parliament, said that the country’s legislature is thriving and
that it, as an elected body, wields more power than the military-backed council
led by President Thein Sein.
(7)
1,662 homes burned in Rakhine
State: Gov’t : Source : Mizzima
Thursday, 14 June 2012 12:17 Mizzima
News
A total of 1,662 homes have been
destroyed in Burma’s Rakhine State from June 8 to 11, the official
state-run New Light of Myanmar newspaper reported on Wednesday. The
number could be much higher, said unofficial sources.
(8) Shan State Army “North” invited for second round of parley : Source : Panglong
Thursday, 14 June 2012 13:32 S.H.A.N.
The Shan State Progress Party /
Shan State Army (SSPP/SSA), better known as SSA North, to differentiate it from
the SSA South, whose official name is Restoration Council of Shan State / Shan
State Army (RCSS/SSA), has received an invitation from Naypyitaw for the second
round of Union-level negotiations, according to source close to Wanhai, the SSA
North’s main base in Kehsi township, Shan State South.
(9) More Kachin civilians
flee to KIO controlled area : Source : Kachin
15-Jun-12
Scores of Kachin civilians continue to flee to territory controlled by
the Kachin Independence Organization (KIO) in order to avoid fighting between
government forces and the Kachin resistance, according to Salang kaba Doi Pyi
Sa, head of the KIO's relief committee.
(10) After 60 years, Coke is back in Myanmar : Source : Nzhetald
15-Jun-12
Coca-Cola has announced that it
would return to Myanmar
after a gap of more than six decades, leaving Cuba
and North Korea
as the only countries without the iconic American fizzy drink.
(11) Myanmar conflict spurs hatred for Asia's outcasts Rohingya Muslims : Source : 3news
15-Jun-12
By Todd
Pitman
They have been called
ogres and animals, terrorists and much worse - when their existence is even
acknowledged.
(12) Kachin youth group give health education workshops in
IDPs camps : Source : Kachin
14-Jun-12
A Kachin youth group
conducted workshops on health education yesterday in Internally Displaced
Persons (IDPs) camps in Myitkyina, and Waingmaw (Waimaw) Townships, Kachin
State.
(13) Suu Kyi urges care as world reaches out to Myanmar : Source : News
14-Jun-12
GENEVA (AP) — Foreign investment must help — not hurt — Myanmar's
goal of moving toward full democracy, opposition leader Aung
San Suu Kyi said Thursday as she welcomed efforts to reach out to her
country while it emerges from decades of isolation under military rule.
(14) Burmese
troops shell in Hpakant, killing one and injuring six : Source : Kachin
14-Jun-12
Burmese military have been shelling Seng Tawng in Hpakant
Township in Kachin State
since the end of May, according to locals. Residents reported heavy shelling by
Infantry Battalion 16 have killed one civilian and injured 6 others.
(15) Violence tests Myanmar's media, and its censors : Source : Ibnlive
14-Jun-12
REUTERS - When Myanmar
emerged last year from army rule, state censors started to loosen their
powerful grip, allowing newspapers to report freely on what had been
unthinkable, from the views of opposition politicians to allegations of
government corruption. But as sectarian violence rages between
(16) Aquino lauds Myanmar reforms : Source : Malaya
15-Jun-12
PRESIDENT Aquino yesterday
expressed support for the reforms being undertaken in Myanmar, which
is undergoing democratization.
(17) Myanmar conflict spurs hatred for Asia's outcasts : Source : Businessweek
14-Jun-12
The United Nations labor
organization lifted 13-year-old restrictions on Myanmar that may clear the way for
the former dictatorship to sell more goods to the European Union.
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