Acrobats
from Chinese national acrobatic troupe perform "Plates Spinning" during
a fund-raising show for Myanmar Library Foundation at the National
Theatre in Yangon, Myanmar, April 29, 2012. Under the cultural exchange
program of the two countries, the troupe will proceed to Nay Pyi Taw and
give a charity show next Wednesday and to Mandalay next Friday and
Saturday. (Xinhua/Jin Fei)
By Associated Press, Updated: Monday, April 30, 2:52 PM ...
YANGON, Myanmar — Aung San Suu Kyi said she and other lawmakers in
her opposition party will attend Myanmar’s parliament on Wednesday for
the first time and will take the oath of office though they still
fiercely dispute its wording.
(Reuters) - Thailand's largest
construction firm, Italian-Thai Development Pcl expects to
conclude its long-term financial plan for the Dawei deep-sea
port project in Myanmar by the end of this year, President
Premchai Karnasuta said on Friday.
Burma/Myanmar, 27 April 2012 - Catherine
Ashton, High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and
Security Policy/Vice President of the Commission, will travel to Burma/Myanmar from 28 to 30 April.
Bangkokpost, Published: 28/04/2012 at 02:15 PM ...
EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton hailed a
"new chapter" in relations with Myanmar ahead of talks on Saturday with
Aung San Suu Kyi, in the latest high-level mission to the former pariah
state.
IMPHAL, April 27:
India lacks a strategic vision of a future Asia-Pacific especially in
the case of Myanmar that can inform its policies and actions, according
to Prof Baladas Ghosal, Visiting Professor at Centre for Ploicy Research
at New Delhi.
April 25th, 2012 9:24pm ...
International Tribunal for Law of the Sea (ITLOS) has ruled that
India’s natural gas assets in Myanmar were outside Dhaka’s maritime
limits, Indian Express reported.
CHIANG MAI -
As President Thein Sein's government strives to
earn his long isolated country greater
international respectability, its support for
militias and their role in narcotics trafficking
is one prickly issue his reform agenda has so far
failed to address.
Britain will no longer
discourage trade with Burma, William Hague has announced, in recognition
of the “remarkable changes” that are taking place there.
WASHINGTON: The
World Bank announced on Thursday it will open an office in Myanmar in
June, a quarter century after the emergence of a harsh military junta
forced the end of aid programmes.
BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN:
Southeast Asian and European foreign ministers meet in Brunei on Friday
to chart a "new chapter" in their relations now that democratic reforms
are under way in Myanmar.
Pakistan successfully test fired a nuclear-capable intermediate range
ballistic missile on Wednesday, the military said, less than a week
after India test launched a long range missile. The exact range of the
missile was not revealed, but retired General Talat Masood, a defence
analyst, told AFP.
Bangkokpost, Published: 26/04/2012 at 01:56 AM ...
Thailand risks violating its commitment to
protect and double its population of tigers by 2022 if the government
builds a dam in the backyard of the country's second-largest community
of the endangered felines.
TOKYO—Japanese companies are jostling to line up
business in Myanmar, as the country begins a historic push to open its
markets and economy to the outside world, after decades of isolation.
BEIJING (Reuters) - A senior Chinese diplomat said on Wednesday he hoped moves by the United States to re-engage with Myanmar were not aimed at Beijing, underscoring China's concerns about influence in its strategically located neighbor and close economic partner.
Democracy icon has balked at taking seat over wording of oath
Kyodo, April 25th, 2012 ...
Myanmar President Thein Sein welcomed opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi
to be part of the legislature, saying it is up to her to decide to take
the seat she won earlier this month amid a standoff between her party
and the government over the wording of elected lawmakers' oath of
constitutional allegiance.
Ever since their ice-breaking meeting last year, President Thein Sein
and Daw Aung San Suu Kyi have shown uncommon courage and pragmatism as
they have moved cautiously, but in step, to reorient public attitudes
and transform the political climate within Myanmar.
By EDITH M. LEDERER / AP WRITER| April 25, 2012 ...
UNITED NATIONS—The UN secretary-general’s special adviser on Burma
says the resource-rich but desperately poor nation has the potential to
become an Asian tiger if it promotes investment, eases financial
restrictions and finds experts to develop the country.
April 24th, 2012, Bangkokpost - The red shirts are divided over the upcoming
meeting between the Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, some cabinet
ministers and Privy Council president Prem Tinsulanonda on Thursday.
After decades in the shadows, Myanmar's sudden
opening-up to the outside is shining a new light on the country -- and
revealing, amongst other things, one of Asia's most vibrant golf
communities.
SINGAPORE — Myanmar must implement
difficult reforms as it faces a surge of investment that threatens to
destabilize its economy, the Asian Development Bank said Monday.
Unb, Dhaka, Tuesday, April 24, 2012 ...
Speakers at a seminar yesterday said the “historic victory” in the
legal fight with Myanmar on the maritime boundary will help the country
extract more mineral resources.
23 April 2012 – Secretary-General
Ban Ki-moon will later this week head to Myanmar, which he said is at a
“critical” moment in its transition, preceded by an official visit to
India.
Aung San Suu Kyi's party announced Sunday it
will postpone its parliamentary debut, in the first sign of discord
between Myanmar's newly-elected opposition and reformist government.
China and Russia on Sunday launched their first
joint naval exercises, state media said, amid tensions between China and
its Asian neighbours over regional territorial claims.
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Myanmar president orders shakeup for …
Yahoo! India 18:34 Sun, 29 Apr 2012
All eyes on Myanmar reforms
Deutsche Welle 00:56
Sein orders shakeup for peace talks
IOL 06:43
Is Myanmar about to rejoin the world?
Christian Science Monitor 02:11
Remarks by High Representative Catherine Ashton following her meeting with Daw Aung...
Council of the European Union (Press Release, PDF) 17:57 Sat, 28 Apr 2012
Myanmar sees change in North Korea
The Peninsula 04:28
Aung San Suu Kyi's moving story
Ottawa Citizen 21:24 Sat, 28 Apr 2012
Oscar winner Firth 'overwhelmed' by scale of...
This is Devon 14:14 Sat, 28 Apr 2012
Sizing Up an Icon
The Irrawaddy 21:34 Fri, 27 Apr 2012
Thein Sein's drug problem
Asia Times 14:54 Thu, 26 Apr 2012
Suu Kyi soon be in parliament
The Nation 09:09
Tokyo hears Thein Sein's Suu Kyi overture
The Japan Times 06:54
Helping Myanmar on the Road to Democracy
Irish Sun 21:55 Tue, 24 Apr 2012
Trade Mission To Myanmar For Promotion Of ICT, Biotechnology, Renewable Energy - Ongkili
Bernama - Malaysian National News Agency 18:36 Tue, 24 Apr 2012
No U-turn on democratisation: Myanmar president
Times of Oman 12:04 Mon, 23 Apr 2012
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