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S Korean business calls for end to strike
Seoul :: South Korea | about 15 hours ago
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Railway workers, now supported by truckers, declared a strike on Nov 26 that has reduced many internal cargo shipments to less than a third of normal levels. Their protests come as the president, Lee Myung-bak, is vowing to sap the power of unions that...
Tags: Lee Myung-bak, Lee Myung Bak, Lee Myung-bak, South Korea, Seoul, Politics, South Korean railroad strike, Chaebol, North Korea, Economy of South Korea, Organizations associated with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, Burma, Treaty of Amity and Cooperation in Southeast Asia, International organizations, Aung San Suu Kyi, Walkout, Dongbu Group, Business Finance, Korea, Labor, Association of Southeast Asian Nations, Diplomatic conferences, Daewoo, Samsung Group, Korail, Japan-Korea Undersea Tunnel, ASEAN, Divided regions
Right Vision News: Dhaka to push Yangon to end border row
Yangon :: Myanmar | about 16 hours ago
Credibility Bangladeshi fishermen in the River Naaf and in the Bay and taking necessary steps for confidence building .Mainul is also likely to ask the Myanmar authorities to take back the Myanmar nationals, who were arrested by the Bangladesh law enforcers while...
Tags: Myanmar, Yangon, Bangladesh Rifles, Burma, Rohingya people, Myanmar Armed Forces, Politics, Myanmar Army, Military of Bangladesh, Military of Burma, Bangladesh Liberation War, Least Developed Countries, Military dictatorship
News of Stiglitz Visit Arouses Hopes but also Doubts
New York City :: NY :: USA | about 18 hours ago
Credibility News of the forthcoming visit to Burma by Nobel Economics laureate Joseph Stiglitz has been greeted with a mixture of hope and doubt among Burmese and foreign economists. Many economists say the Burmese military government should seriously listen to...
Tags: Burma, Burmese, World Bank, Joseph Stiglitz, Sean Turnell, economic reforms, military government, New York City, Myanma kyat, Politics, The Irrawaddy, Economist, International development, Naypyidaw
More Burmese get refugee status in M'sia
Kuala Lumpur :: Malaysia | about 18 hours ago
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Tags: Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Social Issues, Forced migration, Shan, Right of asylum, Demography, Burma, Rohingya people, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Refugee, Ethnic groups in Thailand, Refugees
Japanese film festival to be launched in Yangon
Yangon :: Myanmar | about 19 hours ago
Credibility A Japanese film festival to strengthen the mutual friendship and boost cultural exchange between Japan and Myanmar will be launched in the two biggest cities of Yangon and Mandalay this month, according to the Japanese embassy here on Wednesday.
Tags: film festival, Yangon, Myanmar, Rail transport in Burma, Burma, Mandalay, Maung Maung Ta, Thway, Naypyidaw, Entertainment Culture
Burmese academic urges Netherlands to engage Burma
Brussels :: Belgium | 1 day ago
Credibility Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Netherlands in a statement on November 30, said, Verhagen during the meeting expressed concern over the human rights condition and lack of political development in Burma and the detention of Nobel Laureate Aung San Suu Kyi.
Tags: Aung San Suu Kyi, Burma, intelligence squared, India, Belgium, Brussels, Politics, Politics of Burma, Aung San, National League for Democracy, Foreign relations of Burma, Military dictatorship, Protests, Uprising, Outline of Burma, Aung Kyi, U Thant, John Yettaw, Year of birth missing, State Peace and Development Council, International reaction to the 2007 Burmese anti-government protests, Inya Lake, Thant Myint-U
Court charges four women activists
Pyinmana :: Myanmar | 1 day ago
Credibility The activists including popular woman activist Naw Ohn Hla were arrested on October 3, for offering alms to monks at the Magwe monastery in Dagon satellite township of Rangoon, on the eve of Thadingyut festival. The four are being tried at a special tribunal...
Tags: buddhist scripture, women activists, Burma, Kyaw Hoe, buddhist monks, Rangoon, Naw Ohn Hla, Myanmar, Pyinmana, Burmese anti-government protests, Yangon, Aung San Suu Kyi, Shwedagon Pagoda, Law Crime, Buddhist pilgrimage, Index of Burma-related articles, Stupas
Beating Burma's blackout
Jakarta :: Indonesia | 1 day ago
Credibility It is a criminal offence to distribute, transfer, or acquire information that ‘undermines state security, national solidarity and culture’...In 2000 the Internet Law banned postings that are critical of the government. Cyber cafés must be licensed and...
Tags: Burma VJ Facebook, Burma Campaign UK, burma vjs, Joshua, closed country, Indonesia, Jakarta, Protests, Burma, Burma VJ, Burmese anti-government protests, Outline of Burma, Burmavj, Aung San Suu Kyi, Human rights in Burma, Entertainment Culture
Mon Schools Endure Funding Crisis
Osi :: Nigeria | 1 day ago
Credibility School administrators from Mon State who recently arrived at the Thai-Burmese border told The Irrawaddy that some teachers have not received salaries since June...He said that the relevant funding has been delayed since June...In Mudon Township in southern...
Tags: NHEC, New Mon State Party, NMSP, MNEC, mon schools, Burmese, Burma, Nigeria, Osi, Education, Mudon, Politics, Andaman Sea, Ethnic groups in Thailand, Mon State, Mon people, Mon language, State Peace and Development Council
Suu Kyi Rated Top Global Thinker
Jakarta :: Indonesia | 1 day ago
Credibility Burmese pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi has received high praise from Foreign Policy, a well-known US-based magazine featuring essays written by world leaders and thinkers. In the magazine's first-ever annual list of the "Top 100 Global Thinkers"...
Tags: Aung San Suu Kyi, Burma, Veteran Burmese, Nobel Peace Prize Committee, foreign policy, Indonesia, Jakarta, Aung San, Politics, Politics of Burma, Freedom from Fear, National League for Democracy, Ne Win, Year of birth missing
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