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Irawaddy | Burma’s Union Parliament passed the controversial Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) law on Friday but dropped the clause which required minimum investments of US $5 million. Speaking to The Irrawaddy on Friday, Lower House […]
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Daily Times | A senior Thai politician on Thursday accused neighboring Myanmar of failing to tackle drug production after 3.3 million amphetamine tablets were seized in Bangkok. The haul, with a street value of $350,000 […]
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Toronto Sun | When Canada eventually opens an embassy in Burma, International Trade Minister Ed Fast promises it will include a full-time trade commissioner as well. Fast’s trip comes amid warming relations with Burma, as […]
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Scotsman | Burma’s new information minister might allow private daily newspapers to be published, marking the country’s boldest media reform yet. The quasi-civilian government of President Thein Sein has liberalised media regulation since taking over […]
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LA Times | The Law Society of Upper Canada and other human rights advocates have helped at least 11 lawyers from Burma who were disbarred for protesting against the state regain their licenses. Burma has […]
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Radio Australia | Former U.S. Secretary of State Madeline Albright, Aung San Suu Kyi’s sons and two dead U.S. congressmen were among 2,082 names removed the list that gives an insight into the paranoia of […]
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A 93-year-old Australian man attempted to escape charges that he raped four young Thai sisters by fleeing illegally into Burma, Thai police say. But instead of being taken to Burma’s largest city, Rangoon, and deported […]
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Visa Inc. is training local banks in Myanmar to use electronic payment systems to accommodate the influx of travelers coming into the country expecting to use ATMs and electronic credit card facilities. Myanmar has been […]
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Many of the ostracized Rohingya Muslims living in Burma have tried to flee to Bangladesh to escape the country’s sectarian violence only to be denied entry. A popular route for the displaced group is to cross […]
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The Senate has finally approved a bill that will reauthorize the U.S. ban on imports from Myanmar, along with White House authority to waive the restriction if the country continues to make political and economic reforms. […]
