| Rise in teenage gambling as police ignore racketeers Mar 23, 2009 (DVB)–Parents of students studying in Magwe have pointed to the government’s failure to punish gambling racketeers as being partly responsible for the rise in gambling addiction among youths. - more |
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| Still no fresh water nearly a year after cyclone Nargis Mar 23, 2009 (DVB)–Villages in Irrawaddy division are still struggling for fresh water nearly a year after sources were inundated by seawater and debris, including human and animal corpses, from cyclone Nargis. - more |
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| Confiscated farmland returned following ILO pressure Mar 23, 2009 (DVB)–The International Labour Organisation has confirmed that over 2000 acres of farmland confiscated by the army in Magwe division has been returned following meetings between the ILO and local authorities. - more |
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| Imprisoned activist Su Su Nway ‘too weak to even walk’ Mar 23, 2009 (DVB)–Labour rights activist Su Su Nway, who is serving eight and a half years’ imprisonment in Sagain’s Kalay prison, is feared to be seriously ill, according to the family member of an inmate in the prison. - more |
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| Nargis victims protest after being denied new housing Mar 23, 2009 (DVB)–Villagers in Rangoon division who lost their homes during cyclone Nargis protested outside a local Red Cross office last week after authorities excluded them from a list of people to receive new houses. - more |
A Painter’s Homage to Rangoon |
| By THE IRRAWADDY |
| Despite its shabby façades and run-down appearance, Rangoon is a very beautiful city, with a downtown area of architectural treasures unrivaled in Southeast Asia. |
Wild Elephants Attack Cyclone-hit Areas |
| By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS |
| Local media says wild elephants that lost their habitats in last year's devastating cyclone are destroying farm lands and attacking villagers as they forage for food. |
Days of Anti-US Book Numbered? |
| By THE IRRAWADDY |
| Analysts speculate on whether a US policy re-evaluation on Burma may be giving the regime second thoughts about anti-US rhetoric? |
US Still Working on New Burma Policy |
| By LALIT K JHA |
| A high administration official says the US is committed to bring about change in Burma, and its policy toward the reclusive regime is still under review. |
Thailand Requests Burmese Help in Screening Rohingyas |
| By LAWI WENG |
| Thai Foreign Minister Kasit Piromya has asked the Burmese government to help Thailand screen Rohingya migrants who have entered his country illegally. |
Revered Politician, Writer Dies |
| By MIN LWIN |
| Kyi Oo, the mother of Zarganar, the popular comedian-activist now imprisoned in Burma, dies at age 84. |
Drug mafia related to Khun Sa nabbedMembers of a large drug network were arrested in Thailand, after the Thai government vowed to check the drug menace in its northern region within six months. |
Gas exploration in Rangoon suburbsThe state-owned Myanma Oil and Gas Enterprise has begun drilling in northern Rangoon, in a strategic move to tap natural gas in inland areas to meet domestic demand, said a... |
Editorial, Opinion and Analysis
Wrong man for the wrong flower
(Letter to the Editor) Burmese and Singaporean pro-democracy activists should be outraged over the Singaporean government’s latest act of adulation shown towa...
| Backpack doctors risk Burma's wrath San Francisco Chronicle - CA, USA (03-22) 04:00 PDT Mergui-Tavoy District, Burma -- Eh Dah Zu, a petite, 24-year-old woman, peeled back layers of white plastic and cloth wrapped around a ... | ||
Japan Focus - Ithaca,NY,USA The Kuomintang faction present in Yunnan at the conclusion of the Chinese Civil War was forced across the border, either to Burma or to northern Thailand. ... | ||
| LOOKING BACK: Road signs and billboards Hingham Journal - MA, USA They were the Burma Shave ads. Six consecutive small billboards were situated so that the passing motorist and passengers could easily read them. ... | ||
Japan Focus - Ithaca,NY,USA In this paper, and against that fast-changing background, I concentrate on two prominent current issues, principally involving China , Burma ( Myanmar ) ... | ||
| Kasit off to Burma Bangkok Post - Thailand The Rohingya boat people will top the agenda at talks during Foreign Minister Kasit Piromya's two-day visit to Burma starting on Sunday. ... |
Japan Focus - Ithaca,NY,USA The Kuomintang faction present in Yunnan at the conclusion of the Chinese Civil War was forced across the border, either to Burma or to northern Thailand. ... See all stories on this topic | ||
Japan Focus - Ithaca,NY,USA India and Burma refused to participate in the conference, regarding it as a “rigged affair” so that only four Asian nations – the Philippines, Indonesia, ... See all stories on this topic | ||
| Did It Really Help to be a Japanese Colony? East Asian Economic ... Japan Focus - Ithaca,NY,USA South Korea and Taiwan were below all these countries, and above only Burma (Table 3). By 1929, Taiwan and South Korea had overtaken Thailand, ... See all stories on this topic | ||
| Before Oil: Japan and the Question of Israel/Palestine, 1917-1956 Japan Focus - Ithaca,NY,USA Although, it had managed to gain recognition from several Asian states such as India, Burma, Ceylon and the People's Republic of China by that time, ... See all stories on this topic | ||
| Yasukuni Shrine Imposes Silence on Bereaved Families Japan Focus - Ithaca,NY,USA and “Prisoners of War in the Pacific War: Japan’s Policy” in The Burma-Thai Railway (Gavan McCormack and Hank Nelson, eds.). Richard H. Minear, Professor of ... See all stories on this topic |
| Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner says he will propose a new investment fund to buy troubled home loans and other complex assets connected to them
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