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Democratic Voice of Burma: Detained US citizen on hunger strike – Aye Nai
Yangon :: Myanmar | 3 days ago
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The Burmese-born US citizen currently detained in a Rangoon prison on charges of fraud is staging a hunger strike, his aunt has said. Kyaw Zaw Lwin, also known as Nyi Nyi Aung, has met with his family on several occasions since he was arrested upon arrival...
Tags: New Light of Myanmar, hunger strike, Ko Nyi Nyi Aung, child soldiers, Burma, Rangoon, use citizen, joint venture, Burmese, Myanmar, Yangon, Politics of Burma, Politics, Aung San Suu Kyi, Military dictatorship, State Peace and Development Council, Burmese anti-government protests, War Conflict, Aung San, Military use of children, Child labour, Protests, Social Issues, Business Finance, Index of Burma-related articles, Insein Prison, Military sociology, UNICEF, Than Shwe, Myanmar Armed Forces, Myanma kyat
Japanese agency to help Myanmar repair Yangon port
Yangon :: Myanmar | 5 days ago
Credibility Yangon's Botahtaung Port, the official newspaper New Light of Myanmar reported Sunday. The reconstruction of the Pontoon bridge represents one of the remaining projects in the second phase for improvement of facilities of Yangon port and inland water...
Tags: Yangon Port, New Light of Myanmar, JICA, cyclone nargis, Myanmar, Yangon, North Indian Ocean cyclone season, Myanmar Navy, Burma, Divisions of Burma, Ayeyarwady Division, Disaster Accident
Myanmar junta transforms Kokang rebels into 'border guards'
Yangon :: Myanmar | 6 days ago
Credibility Myanmar's junta has officially transformed the rebel army of the Kokang region into a border guard force under its command, state media reported Saturday. A ceremony marking the metamorphosis from former rebel force to the Kokang border guards was held...
Tags: Kokang, New Light of Myanmar, kokang region, border guard, Myanmar, Yangon, Politics, Politics of Burma, Shan State, States of Burma, War Conflict, Burma, Laukkai, Social Issues, Kachin State, Kayah State, Paramilitary organizations, Kokang incident
Myanmar official media stress active participation in anti-AIDS measures
Yangon :: Myanmar | 8 days ago
Credibility Central Committee in 1989 and related work programs were implemented since then. Beginning 2000, prevention of HIV virus transmission from mother to child was initiated. According to the latest figures, the infection rate of HIV in Myanmar has...
Tags: New Light of Myanmar, myanmar official, aids measures, active participate, official media, Myanmar, Yangon, Health Medical Pharma, HIV/AIDS, Virology, HIV/AIDS in Asia, Social Issues, AIDS, Acronyms, Immunodeficiency
Myanmar, Laos sign visa, taxation treaties+
Yangon :: Myanmar | 19 days ago
Credibility Notes were exchanged after agreements were signed by Laotian Deputy Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith and Myanmar's foreign and finance ministers at a ceremony in Myanmar's administrative capital Naypyitaw, the New Light of Myanmar said...It is Myanmar's...
Tags: New Light of Myanmar, Laos, Myanmar, Yangon, Burma, Politics, Least Developed Countries, Thongloun Sisoulith, Thein Sein
Myanmar stresses cooperation among ASEAN members plus three for sectoral development
Yangon :: Myanmar | 23 days ago
Credibility Ministers of Agriculture and Forestry held in Bandasri Begawan, Brunei Darussalam last week...At the meeting, Myanmar delegation discussed the reduction of disadvantages of climate change for food sufficiency, regional cooperation and construction of...
Tags: ASEAN Ministers of Agriculture, New Light of Myanmar, asean member, Myanmar, Yangon, Association of Southeast Asian Nations, Diplomatic conferences, Burma, ASEAN Summit, ASEAN Eminent Persons Group, Business Finance, Environment, International organizations, Organizations associated with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, ASEAN
Democratic Voice of Burma: 50 percent rise in Burma forced labour – Francis Wade
Yangon :: Myanmar | 23 days ago
Credibility Complaints of forced labour in Burma have risen by nearly 50 percent in the past five months, with more than half of these stemming from the recruitment of youths into the army. The statistics, published in a report by the International Labour Organisation...
Tags: Democratic Voice of Burma, Burma Considers Private Education, Burmese, forced labour, Myanmar, Yangon, New Light of Myanmar, Burma, Politics, The Yadanabon, Mandalay, Media of Burma, Human rights in Burma, Islam in Burma, Richard Horsey, International Labour Organization, Year of birth missing, Pyin U Lwin, Education in Burma, Kyaw Zaw, Military dictatorship, Ne Win, Education, State Peace and Development Council, Shan, Military use of children, Human Rights Defenders and Promoters, Politics of Burma, War Conflict, Social Issues, Protests, Burmese anti-government protests, Cyclone Nargis, Insein Prison, Massacres
First ethnic groups agree to join Myanmar guards
Yangon :: Myanmar | about 1 month ago
Credibility Two ethnic militias in military-ruled Myanmar have become the first to transform their forces into border guards under a government plan aimed at ensuring stability ahead of elections next year, state media said Wednesday. The militias, representing factions...
Tags: New Light of Myanmar, E. Myanmar, border guard, ethnic minority, Kachin
Myanmar, Egypt to cooperate in education, technology
Yangon :: Myanmar | about 1 month ago
Credibility Myanmar and Egypt will cooperate in education, technology and culture under an agreement between the two countries, official newspaper the New Light of Myanmar reported Saturday. The agreement was signed by Myanmar Minister for National Planning and Economic...
Tags: New Light of Myanmar
Myanmar torches drugs worth $20m
Yangon :: Myanmar | about 1 month ago
Credibility Prime Minister Thein Sein attended the torching ceremony Saturday in Kokang, a mainly ethnic Chinese region of Shan state, where clashes broke out between the regime and rebels in August, the New Light of Myanmar newspaper reported.
Tags: Kokang, New Light of Myanmar, Myanmar PM, kokang region
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