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EU Sanctions on Tay Za's Son Upheld |
| By SIMON ROUGHNEEN |
| Pye Phyo Tay Za, the son of junta-linked businessman Tay Za, lost a little-noticed legal bid to have EU sanctions against him overturned. |
Regime Separates Assets of USDA and USDP |
| By NAYEE LIN LATT |
| Amid accusations that the USDP has been using state resources, the Burmese junta has moved to declare the party's assets separate from those owned by the USDA. |
Tay Za Enters Cigarette Market |
| By WAI MOE |
| The Burmese military junta changes the tax regulations for tobacco as tycoon Tay Za attempts to dominate the tobacco industry. |
Authorities File Suit against New Political Party |
| By LAWI WENG |
| The Yangon City Development Committee in eastern Rangoon files a law suit against a new political party that sought donations from people in public markets. |
Thais Let Russian Pianist Leave after Rape Charge |
| By KINAN SUCHAOVANICH |
| Acclaimed Russian pianist and conductor Mikhail Pletnev has been allowed to leave Thailand after being charged with raping a teenage boy on the condition he return following a concert appearance in Europe. |
The Karen National Union leadership today responded with scepticism to a recent ...
Old capital’s roadside vendors meet bureaucratic end
Roadside vendors were banned from yesterday across the 33 Townships of ...
Doubts over motives of trio accused in monastery fire plot
Monks last week tried to stop police in a northwestern Burmese town from detaining ...
Rangoon merchants face tax bill two years in advance
Rangoon’s city authority and the Internal Revenue Department has ordered small and ...
Report: Junta gas profits ‘fuel nuclear schemes’ as pipeline abuses continue
Burmese publications from next week will not be required to print military junta propaganda, ...
Where life begins at 14…
If comparisons between Orwell's masterpiece, 1984, and modern-day Burma are valid, then Burma's Winston Smith may just reside in a refugee camp in Thailand
University students fear surveillance
Students in Sittwe who protested against poor bus services now fear they are being watched after Burmese government minister visits university
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