(1) Suu Kyi Speech Broadcast Live in Burma—But Not on State TV : Source : Irrawaddy
22-Jun-12
For the first time since opposition
leader Aung San Suu Kyi set off on her historic trip to Europe last week,
Burmese viewers back home have been given a chance to see her deliver one of
her headline-grabbing speeches.
(2) Rohingya Boatpeople Sentenced on Immigration Charges : Source : Irrawaddy
22-Jun-12
Eighty-two Rohingya boatpeople have been sentenced to one year in prison
by a court in Ye Township, Mon State, charged with violating immigration laws after
they were rescued at sea last month by Mon fishermen while sailing to Malaysia.
(3)
Suu Kyi asks British MPs for practical help : Source : Mizzima
Friday, 22 June 2012 10:48 Mizzima
News
On her European tour – after
delivering speeches filled with inspiration, reflection and nostalgia – Aung
San Suu Kyi delivered a pragmatic speech before a joint session of the British
Parliament on Thursday in London.
(4) This Tiger Needs to Earn Its Stripes : Source : Irrawaddy
22-Jun-12
RANGOON—Despite
the recent suspensions of Western sanctions and the government’s claim that Burma is moving
the country toward a market economy, foreign investors are not going to rush
into the country anytime soon, say business people and analysts.
(5) Suu Kyi, Cameron Stand Together on Burma Reforms : Source : Irrawaddy
22-Jun-12
Ahead of her historic address to Britain’s
Parliament, Burmese pro-democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi held a joint press
conference with Prime Minister David Cameron at 10 Downing Street on Thursday.
(6)
More careful planning needed on Dawei Project: ADB : Source : Mizzima
Friday, 22 June 2012 16:09 Mizzima
News
The Asian Development Bank (ABD)
says the Mekong River Subregion Economic Corridor should be extended to include
the Dawei deep-sea port and economic zone in Burma, but it cautioned that the
Dawei Project needs more careful planning and funding guarantees from private
sources and governments for
(7) Suu Kyi Addresses Houses of Parliament : Source : Irrawaddy
22-Jun-12
LONDON — Aung San Suu Kyi addressed both
houses of the British Parliament at a packed Westminster Hall on Thursday. She
was the first non-head of state, the only woman except for Queen Elizabeth II,
and the first citizen of Asia to be given the
honor of addressing both houses in the vast, stately 900-year-old
(8) 60 Muslims arrested in Rakhine State : Source : Mizzima
Friday, 22 June 2012 15:00 Mizzima
News
Burmese security forces have
arrested 60 people following the latest round of violence between Buddhists and
Muslims in western Rakhine state, Radio Free Asia (RFA) said in an
article on Thursday.
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(9)
Some refugees start to return home: Burmese gov’t : Source : Mizzima
Friday, 22 June 2012 14:47 Mizzima
News
Some 981 people, made refugees by
the sectarian violence that has swept over Rakhine
State for more than three weeks, have
begun to return to their villages in Maungtaw
Township, state-run media
said on Friday.
The refugees represented 213
households who had been living in the Maungtaw 4th-mile Rescue Camp,
said The New
(10) Shan Army to hold crisis meeting with Naypyitaw negotiator : Source : panglong
Friday, 22 June 2012 16:28 S.H.A.N.
The Shan State Progress Party /
Shan State Army (SSPP/SSA), under continuous attack by the Burma Army since
Sunday, 17 June, has dispatched a 4 men delegation to Mandalay to meet U Thein Zaw, Vice Chairman #
3, Union Peacemaking Work Committee (UPWC), according to SSA spokesman Maj Sai La.
(11)
Burma
signs flurry of oil, gas deals
:
Source : Mizzima
Friday, 22 June 2012 13:08 Mizzima
News
Burma has signed nine oil and gas exploration deals with foreign
companies since March as part of its push to jump-start the economy, according
to domestic media.
(12) Who are the Wa? : Source : panglong
Friday, 22 June 2012 10:26 S.H.A.N.
The following is a reproduction of
the article which appeared in Tai Youth Magazine, published by Rangoon
University Shan Literary Society in 1960. The author Dr Ba Nyan was also known
as the creator of the Shan national anthem – Editor
(13)
U.S.
lawmakers push to renew some Burmese sanctions : Source : Mizzima
Friday, 22 June 2012 11:57 Mizzima
News
A powerful group of U.S.
lawmakers is urging the extension of the ban on Burmese imports, as the
expiration of existing sanctions nears.
(14)
U.N. aid efforts continue in Rakhine
State : Source : Mizzima
Friday, 22 June 2012 11:48 Mizzima
News
The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) is
working to provide basic shelter materials to all communities affected by the
violence in Burma’s Rakhine State,
U.N. spokesman Martin Nesirky told reporters in New York this week.
(15) Karen armed groups and government promote education : Source : Karen
22-Jun-12
As part of their recent signed ceasefire
agreement, local government authorities and leaders of Karen armed groups put
away their weapons and attended a school opening ceremony at Leh Haw village
under Kawkareik last week.
(16) Fighting continues in Kachin state as peace talks held : Source : DVB
22-Jun-12
The Kachin Independence Army and
government forces are engaged in heavy fighting as the group’s political wing,
the Kachin Independent Organisation, and the government’s Union Peace-making
Work Committee held unofficial talks earlier this week.
(17) Civil war endangers Myanmar's ailing tigers : Source : New
22-Jun-12
Efforts to stop Myanmar's
tigers being hunted to extinction are
under threat from a civil war raging in a region home to the world's biggest
sanctuary for the endangered cats, experts warn.
(18) Suu Kyi backs embrace of Myanmar president : Source : FT
21-Jun-12
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(19) Congressman: 'The People Have Gotten Dumber' : Source : Yahoo
23-Jun-12
COMMENTARY | There's
something to be said for honesty. Take, for instance, the words of New York
Democratic Rep. Gary Ackerman, who, in
response to a
Bloomberg Businessweek interview question about comity in Congress, said he wasn't sure if it existed
any longer. And part of the reason was due to the
(20) Civil war endangers Myanmar's ailing tigers : Source : Thesundaily
Posted on 23
June 2012 - 05:32am
YANGON (June 22, 2012):
Efforts to stop Myanmar's tigers being hunted to extinction are under threat
from a civil war raging in a region home to the world's biggest sanctuary for
the endangered cats, experts warn.
(21) Myanmar Sets Audacious Growth Goal : Source : WSJ
22-Jun-12
Myanmar President Thein Sein has
set an especially audacious goal for his under-developed nation: to triple the
size of its economy in five years.
(22) Inside Myanmar’s newsrooms : Source : Opinion
23-Jun-12
YANGON—These are heady days in Myanmar’s
newsrooms, many of them staffed by young women like those at Kumudra newspaper
nicknamed after “Charlie’s Angels” for their tenacity in holding the
military-dominated government to account.
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