Twenty-five years after the bloody military crackdown on protestors in Burma, activists are asking whether it’s time to forgive and forget.
Month: August 2013
Business Weekly
US war cry sends gold price soaring; More for your dollar; Dhaka flights to resume; Japanese airline buys 49 percent share in Asian Wings; World Bank loan to cover development…
US to boost military ties with Burma, but warns of N Korea connection
The US vows to strengthen its military relationship with Burma, shortly after issuing another warning to Naypyidaw that it must sever its defence ties with North Korea.
Parliament calls for land grab recommendations to be expedited
Speaker Shwe Mann urges the government to expedite the return of land – specifically land left unused after being confiscated – to its rightful owners as per a parliamentary commission’s…
Myanmar Economic Holdings in brewery contract dispute
Singaporean food and beverage conglomerate Fraser & Neave says that its Burmese partner, UMEHL, is trying to oust it from a joint-venture agreement in Myanmar Brewery.
Latpadaung protestor sentenced to two years for sedition
Naw Ohn Hla was sentenced to two years’ imprisonment with labour under a charge of sedition in a highly controversial trial in Monywa on Thursday.