မဂၤလာႏွစ္သစ္မွာ က်န္းမာေပ်ာ္ရႊင္ၾကပါေစ

Friday, May 31, 2013

Myanmar first: World Economic Forum

 Yangon - More than 900 delegates from 55 countries will convene in Nay Pyi Taw next week when the 22nd World Economic Forum on East Asia takes place in Myanmar for the first time. 

http://www.bangkokpost.com/breakingnews/352806/

Report hails Myanmar's 'huge potential'

Blessed with natural resources, including significant gas reserves and precious gems, experts believe Myanmar has the potential to more than quadruple the size of its economy by 2030 if it manages to build...
http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/asia/352798/

Myanmar strives to implement SEZ projects to boost economy

(Xinhua) 13:16, May 31, 2013   

YANGON, May 31 (Xinhua) -- Myanmar has been striving to implement three special economic zone (SEZ) and deep sea port projects sine the new civilian government took office in March 2011, as part of its efforts to create jobs and boost economic development.

UN chief hails agreement between Myanmar gov't, KIO

(Xinhua) 13:12, May 31, 2013   

UNITED NATIONS, May 30 (Xinhua) -- UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Thursday welcomed the agreement reached between the government of Myanmar and the Kachin Independence Organization(KIO) on the same day.

Myanmar-China gas pipeline ready for trial operations: CNPC

Singapore (Platts)--31May2013/106 am EDT/506 GMT  

The Myanmar-China natural gas pipeline has been completed and is ready for trial operations, and a parallel oil pipeline is 94% complete, state-owned China National Petroleum Corp. said Friday on its website.

Myanmar signs peace deal with Kachin rebels

Published: May 31, 2013 at 12:08 AM  

YANGON, Myanmar, May 31 (UPI) -- Myanmar's government and rebels fighting for more autonomy in the northern state of Kachin have signed a deal expected to end years of fighting.

2 Myanmar nationals and Singaporean jailed for sham marriage offence

Published on May 31, 2013
Two Myanmar nationals and a Singaporean who were involved in a sham marriage offence were jailed on Friday.

တိုက္ပြဲမ်ား ထပ္မံမျဖစ္ပြားရန္ႏႇင့္ ၿငိမ္းခ်မ္းေရး လုပ္ငန္းစဥ္တြင္ ျပည္သူလူထု ပါ၀င္ေသာ အလုပ္အဖြဲ႕ ထားရႇိရန္ အပါအ၀င္ အခ်က္ ၇ ခ်က္ကို အစိုးရႏႇင့္ KIO တို႔ သေဘာတူ လက္မႇတ္ေရးထိုး

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ၿငိမ္းခ်မ္းေရးေဆြးေႏြးပြဲ တတိယေန႔တြင္ သေဘာတူညီခ်က္ (၇) ခ်က္ကုိ လက္မႇတ္ေရးထုိးအၿပီး ဦးေအာင္မင္းႏႇင့္ ဆြမ္လြတ္ဂမ္တုိ႔အား ေတြ႕ရစဥ္   ...

ျပည္ေထာင္စုအဆင့္ ၿငိမ္းခ်မ္းေရး ေဖာ္ေဆာင္ေရးလုပ္ငန္း ေကာ္မတီႏႇင့္ KIO ၿငိမ္းခ်မ္းေရး ကိုယ္စားလႇယ္အဖြဲ႕တို႔ ျမစ္ႀကီးနားၿမိဳ႕၌ သံုးရက္ၾကာ ေတြ႕ဆံုခဲ့ၿပီး ေမ ၃၀ ရက္ ညေနပိုင္းတြင္ ေဆြးေႏြးမႈကို အဆံုးသတ္ခဲ့ပါသည္။

Thursday, May 30, 2013

KIO, Govt Sign Preliminary Agreement, Hopeful of Reaching Ceasefire

 
Government negotiators and KIO leaders exchange the preliminary agreement they signed on Thursday. (Photo: Facebook/ Hla Maung Shwe)

MYITKYINA, Kachin State—Burma’s government and ethnic Kachin rebels signed a preliminary agreement on Thursday that would reduce military tensions in northern Burma and lead to further progress towards reaching a peace deal. The parties however, failed to reach an official ceasefire agreement.

Myanmar, Kachin rebels agree tentative peace pact

30 May 2013   
Myanmar on Thursday reached a tentative peace deal with ethnic minority Kachin rebels aimed at ending the country's last major active civil war, which has displaced tens of thousands of people.
Deputy commander-in-chief of the Kachin Independence Army (KIA), Major General Guam Maw (centre L), shakes hands with a senior Myanmar military official (R) as they meet for talks in Myitkyina, in Kachin state capital. (AFP Photo)

Myanmar Economy Could Quadruple to $200 Billion

Manufacturing will be integral to the pace of economic growth and may create 10 million jobs.

30 May 2013 AFP, YANGON, Myanmar - Myanmar has the potential to quadruple the value of its economy to $200 billion by 2030 if it presses on with reforms, embraces technology and shifts away from agriculture, a study said Thursday.

Suu Kyi to attend Myanmar energy conference

Published: May 30, 2013 at 6:51 AM   

LONDON, May 30 (UPI) -- Pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi is to attend an oil and natural gas summit next month in Myanmar, event organizers said.

25 suspects detained for riot in north Myanmar

(Xinhua) 18:33, May 30, 2013   

YANGON, May 30 (Xinhua) -- At least 25 suspects were arrested and interrogated for leading communal riot over the last two days in Lashio, Myanmar's northern Shan state, which caused one person killed and five others injured, official sources said.

အစုိးရႏွင့္ ေကအုိင္အုိတုိ႔ ၿငိမ္းခ်မ္းေရးသေဘာတူညီခ်က္ ၇ ခ်က္


ေမလ ၃၀ ရက္ ၂၀၁၃ ခုႏွစ္။ ျမစ္ၾကီးနားျမိဳ ့။


၁-ႏုိင္ငံေတာ္အစုိးရႏွင့္ ေကအုိင္အုိတုိ႔ ႏုိင္ငံေရးေဆြးေႏြးမႈမ်ား ဆက္လက္ေဆာင္ရြက္ရန္ သေဘာတူသည္။

Special Report - An image makeover for Myanmar Inc

YANGON | Thu Apr 12, 2012 6:26pm BST    
 
(Reuters) - He's the flashiest tycoon in one of Asia's poorest cities, with a canary-yellow Lamborghini parked outside his neoclassical mansion.

Thailand withers as Myanmar rises

Last Thursday while Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra was meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at his residence and urging Japan to invest in the mega-project in Dawei, there were news headlines in Myanmar that Abe would be visiting Yangon the next day - offering loads of financial assistance and long-term economic development plans worth nearly US$1 billion.

Wednesday, May 29, 2013

West Point Graduation...



Graduating cadets take their oath during the graduation ceremonies at the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York, the United States, May 25, 2013. 1,007 cadets graduated on Saturday from the famous military academy founded in 1802. (Xinhua/Wang Lei)
http://english.people.com.cn/90777/8258277.html

Alstom completes 230kV transmission project in Myanmar

EBR Staff Writer Published 29 May 2013   
 
Alstom T&D India has delivered the 230kV transmission project worth EUR15m in Myanmar to Power Grid Corporation of India.

Myanmar gov't-KIO talks to continue for 2nd day in Kachin state capital

(Xinhua

13:21, May 29, 2013  

MYITGYINA, Myanmar, May 29 (Xinhua) -- Talks between the Myanmar government and the Kachin Independence Organization (KIO) are due to continue for the second day in the capital of the northernmost Kachin state later on Wednesday.

Myanmar urges calm after fresh religious violence

29 May 2013, Bangkokpost - Myanmar's government called for calm Wednesday after mobs burned down a Muslim orphanage, a mosque and shops during a new eruption of religious violence in the east of the country.
An ethnic Shan Buddhist monk looks out of a window in a village on the outskirts of Lashio in March 2013. Myanmar's government called for calm Wednesday after mobs burned down a Muslim orphanage, a mosque and shops during a new eruption of religious violence in the east of the country.

Italthai focuses on 4 core lines, AEC

Following the spin-off of construction giant Italian-Thai Development, Italthai Group, under the leadership of president Yuttachai Jonajit, plans to pursue four business lines and tap the Asian Economic Community (AEC) market.

AEC high in budget allocation

Agencies seek funds for preparation 

Aside from a narrower deficit, the 2014 budget bill points to one thing - Thailand's commitment to prepare for the Asean Economic Community (AEC).

Tuesday, May 28, 2013

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China CNPC to complete key Myanmar oil storage facility in 2 months

May 28, 2013, 6:52 PM    


BEIJING (REUTERS) - Top state energy group China National Petroleum Company has completed six oil storage tanks on an island off western Myanmar from which two pipelines will carry fuel to China, and will soon finish six more, an industry official said on Tuesday.

China's Envoy Tacks With Winds Of Change In Myanmar (Burma)

Myanmar democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi poses ...
Not a fan of China's dam (Image credit: AFP/Getty Images via @daylife)

Chinese envoys to Myanmar (Burma) used to have it easy. The military junta that handed over power in April 2011 counted on Beijing for political support and reciprocated with over $20 billion worth of investment opportunities in Myanmar’s rich natural resources.

Myanmar launches new round of peace talks with ethnic Kachin rebels

MYITKYINA, Myanmar — Myanmar’s government launched a new round of peace talks with ethnic Kachin rebels on Tuesday, seeking to end a major armed conflict that has recently been overshadowed by strife between Buddhists and Muslims in other parts of the country.

V stands for very confusing Thai politics

28 May 2013, Bangkokpost - The V for Vendetta Guy Fawkes mask is emerging as a prominent symbol of Thailand's political conflict, but for some observers it is also a case of V for Very Confusing.

NESDB: Baht will remain strong

28 May 2013, Bangkokpost - There is a strong likelihood the baht will continue to appreciate in value throughout the rest of the year, Arkom Tempitayapaisit, secretary-general of the National Economic and Social Development Board (NESDB), said on Tuesday.

Armed ethnic group backed by China raises stakes in Myanmar, demands separate state

(05-28 12:01)   

Myanmar's most heavily-armed and powerful rebel group has said it is looking to carve out a legitimate state, as experts say it is flexing its muscles amid tense relations with the government.

China-Myanmar oil, gas pipeline project benefits both: president


English.news.cn | 2013-05-27 21:37:23 | Editor: An

NAY PYI TAW, May 27 (Xinhua) -- Myanmar President U Thein Sein said on Monday that the ongoing China-Myanmar oil and gas pipeline project, which is nearing completion this year, is an important and mutually beneficial cooperation project.

Chelsea Clinton in Myanmar for clean water project


YANGON, Myanmar—Chelsea Clinton is carrying out some of her father's globe-trotting work in a country where her mother blazed a diplomatic trail—Myanmar.

Chelsea Clinton, daughter of former U.S. President Bill Clinton,... ((AP Photo/Khin Maung Win))

Monday, May 27, 2013

Abe’s Myanmar visit may help Japan parry China’s influence

27 May 2013    
by Myat Thura    
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s visit to Myanmar, the first by a Japanese leader in 36 years, could counter China’s strong influence in the Southeast Asian country, analysts say.

Pipelines to make Myanmar trade hub

27 May 2013, Bangkokpost - Myanmar is on track to becoming Asia's newest crossroads with the completion of two overland pipelines to China, expected this month.

German fled Suvarnabhumi airport as Australian police escort slept

27 May 2013, Bangkokpost - A man being taken back to Germany to face charges after completing a jail sentence in Australia fled from a transit lounge at Suvarnabhumi airport through a fire exit while his Australian police escort was asleep, Thai authorities said on Monday.
Thai police have placed a 10,000 baht bounty on Carlo Konstantin Kohl. (Photo courtesy of Royal Thai Police)

Police: No South connection in Bangkok bombing

27 May 2013, Bangkokpost - The bomb explosion at the entrance of Ramkhamhaeng Soi 43/1 on Sunday night that injured seven people was not connected to the southern insurgency, Metropolitan Police Bureau chief Kamronwit Thoopkrachang said on Monday.

Police explosive ordnance disposal officers on Monday morning inspect the damage caused by an apparent bomb explosion at the entrance of Ramkhamhaeng Soi 43/1 on Sunday night. (Photo by Surapol Promsaka na Sakolnakorn)

11 dead, 16 hurt in Myanmar bus crash: state media

26 May 2013 6:42 PM  
Eleven people were killed and 16 injured after a bus rammed into a bridge after suffering a puncture in central Myanmar, state media reported on Sunday.
YANGON: Eleven people were killed and 16 injured after a bus rammed into a bridge after suffering a puncture in central Myanmar, state media reported on Sunday.

Abe puts best foot forward in Myanmar to tap ‘last frontier’

by Maya Kaneko, Kyodo
Shinzo Abe spoke of his personal bond with Myanmar during his official visit, the first by a Japanese prime minister in 36 years, as he sought to boost Japan’s presence and tap its significant growth potential.
Bearing gifts: Prime Minister Shinzo Abe speaks with Myanmar President Thein Sein at the Presidential Palace in Naypyitaw on Sunday. | AFP-JIJI

Japan gives Myanmar US$504m loan, cancels debt

Source: Agencies  |   2013-5-27         
  
JAPAN'S government yesterday extended its first loan to Myanmar in 26 years and canceled the remainder of the Southeast Asian country's debt, as Tokyo looks to re-establish strong economic ties with the nation.

Sunday, May 26, 2013

Wave of blasts injures 13 across Yala, Narathiwat

25 May 2013, Bangkokpost - Thirteen people, including 10 security officers, were wounded in a wave of bomb blasts that struck Yala and Narathiwat provinces Saturday.

2-child limit on Myanmar Muslims

25 May 2013, Bangkokpost, YANGON - Authorities in Myanmar's western Rakhine state have imposed a two-child limit for Muslim Rohingya families.

Saturday, May 25, 2013

Japanese PM leaves for Myanmar on ties



(Xinhua) May 24, 2013    

TOKYO, May 24 (Xinhua) -- Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Friday left for Myanmar in an effort to promote bilateral ties and improve Japan's economic cooperation with the Southeast Asian country.

ACE Receives Approval for Myanmar Representative Office

May 24, 2013    
 
The ACE Group said it has received provisional approval from Myanmar’s Directorate of Investment and Company Administration to establish a representative office in the country.

Two Myanmar Couples Among 68 Aliens Nabbed

ALOR GAJAH, May 24 (Bernama) -- The Melaka Immigration Department detained 68 illegal immigrants, including two married couples, Thursday night and on Friday, for numerous offences in two separate raids the state.

True Corporation chosen to build Myanmar's internet gateway

25 May 2013 Bangkokpost: True Corporation is expanding its international internet footprint to Myanmar to serve rising online data use and the influx of foreign investors there.

Kyat slumps as imports flood into Myanmar

25 May 2013 YANGON: Myanmar’s currency has plunged more than 7% over the past month to the lowest since it was floated last year, raising concern about economic stability in Asia’s newest democracy.

US push on Myanmar enters new phase

25 May 2013     

After a landmark visit by Thein Sein, the United States is looking to a new phase of greater cooperation to encourage reform with Myanmar as it runs out of major symbolic steps.

Friday, May 17, 2013

Thailand, Myanmar share common destiny

One of the exaggerated nuggets of official Thai history focuses on Siamese independence in December 1767 after its capital Ayutthaya had been sacked by converging Burmese armies seven months earlier.
Myanmar President Thein Sein, left, and Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra inspect a guard of honour at Government House last year. Once traditional rivals, both Thailand and Myanmar now need each other—and must work together—for their economic prosperity and peace.

US visit endorses ‘Myanmar’s Spring’, says Thein Sein aide


AFP, May 17, 2013

President Thein Sein’s historic invitation to the White House is an endorsement of “Myanmar’s Spring” and a further sign that the former pariah’s reforms are irreversible, a senior Myanmar official said.

Wednesday, May 15, 2013

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