Tuesday, October 23, 2012

Daily Burma Related News (Oct 22, 2012)


(1) Suu Kyi to visit India next month : Source : DVB

19-Oct-12
Aung San Suu Kyi will make her first trip in 25 years to India next month, a country where she studied and her mother served as an ambassador, an organiser said Friday.

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(2) Myanmar Leader Holds 1st Press Briefing : Source : Irrawaddy

21-Oct-12
NAYPYITAW — Myanmar’s reformist president has held his first press conference for local press, a milestone after years of secrecy and censorship by the former military regime.

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(3) Karen children get small taste of their own language : Source : Karen

20-Oct-12

Small girls and boys in a variety of traditional Karen costumes – girls wear striped, white, blue and yellow dresses, while boys wear red.
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(4) Mine pollution destroys village : Source : Karen

20-Oct-12
Pyaw Pyo villagers claim polluted water from the Heinda Mine, in the Dawei District in southern Burma, has made their lives unbearable.

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(5) David Taw makes peace : Source : Karen

21-Oct-12
As many as a thousand people turned out to pay their last respects at Padoh Saw David Taw’s funeral which was held at Thay Bay Hta in the Karen National Union 7th brigade.

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(6) HIV patients in Myanmar wait to get sicker because broken health system leaves drugs scarce : Source : Washingtonpost

22-Oct-12
YANGON, Myanmar — Thein Aung has been trained not to show weakness, but he’s convinced no soldier is strong enough for this.

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(7) Myanmar - An Emerging Natural Resources Powerhouse : Source : Energydigital

21-Oct-12
Industrial growth in Myanmar could potentially benefit every strata of society, promoting employment opportunities and economic development, but this would require the country to adopt holistic development policies in order to compete with other middle-income Asian nations, states a new report by natural resources experts GlobalData.

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(8)  Acer eyes Indochina, Myanmar : Source : Bangkokpost

22-Oct-12
Acer, the world's fourth-largest personal computer maker, has set up its regional service and maintenance centre in Thailand to prepare for the advent of the Asean Economic Community in 2015.

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(9) Myanmar minorities fight to save mother tongue : Source : Thesundaily

Posted on 22 October 2012 - 08:52am
TAUNGGYI (Oct 22, 2012): For half a century a single precious copy of a textbook kept the language of Myanmar's Shan people alive for students, forced to learn in the shadows under a repressive junta.

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(10) Myanmar state media to become 'public service' press : Source : Google
21-Oct-12
YANGON — Myanmar's state newspapers, long mouthpieces of the country's former junta and army hardliners, signalled a historic change in focus on Saturday, announcing a plan to transform into "public service media".

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(11) Cambodian PM meets DPRK Assembly vice chair, Myanmar’s VP : Source : Nzweek

21-Oct-12
PHNOM PENH, Oct. 21 — Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen on Sunday afternoon met with Vice Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme People’s Assembly of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) Yang Hyong-sop and Myanmar’s Vice President Sai Mauk Kham.

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