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    Chin Ethnic issues Lead Story News Uncategorized

    Women’s rights activists stand trial in Chin State for protesting against army rape

    Eight women’s rights activists were questioned yesterday in Chin State for staging public protests against sexual violence by the Burmese military.

    Business Business Weekly Lead Story News Uncategorized

    Burma Business Weekly

    Business in Burma this week: Industry slammed for incurring $200 million loss; government plans for six dry ports in Rangoon, Mandalay; national budget will be more transparent, says Finance Ministry

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    President’s Office claims Facebook will help monitor hate speech

    A President Office’s official claimed on Wednesday that the government has reached an agreement with Facebook to monitor hate speech.

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    Burmese maids in Singapore need more protection, migrant worker group says

    The Singaporean and Burmese government must do more to ensure that domestic workers do not face abusive conditions, a migrant worker advocacy group said.

    Lead Story News Politics Uncategorized

    Suu Kyi advises NLD youth members to be true to the party

    Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi launched her party’s first Youth Congress over the weekend in Rangoon.

    Lead Story News Religion Uncategorized

    ‘We are ashamed of ourselves,’ says monk who helped raid Mahasantisukha

    A Buddhist monk who assisted in the raid on the Mahasantisukha Monastery say he was tricked into it.

    Business Lead Story News Uncategorized

    Gap’s entry to Burma could bring more good tidings, MGMA says

    Gap’s entry could attract more foreign buyers into the fledgling garment industry, manufacturers association.

    Business Lead Story News Politics Uncategorized

    US govt fines Fokker $21 m for violating sanctions

    Dutch aerospace firm has been hit with a US$21 million penalty by US government for violating trade sanctions.

    Lead Story News Politics Uncategorized

    Plough protestors charged with sedition

    Local farmers of Madaya, Mandalay division have been charged with crimes ranging from sedition to trespassing and staging unauthorised protest after they took up tools and farmed land they claim is rightfully theirs.

    Lead Story News Politics Uncategorized

    Win Tin ‘speaking clearly’ and ‘working’ as condition improves in hospital: NLD

    National League of Democracy (NLD) statesman Win Tin is in an improved condition, despite being forced to remain in Rangoon General Hospital.

    Development Lead Story News Politics Uncategorized

    Japan announces more aid, loans to Burma

    Coinciding with Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida’s visit to Burma this week, Japan has announced 1.6 billion yen (US$16m) in support for UN programmes in Burma.

    Lead Story News Uncategorized Women's Issues

    Interfaith marriage law violates Constitution: HRW

    Human Rights Watch (HRW) has called on Burma’s President Thein Sein and House Speaker Shwe Mann to reject the Emergency Provisions on Marriage Act for Burmese Buddhist Women.

    Education Lead Story News Politics Uncategorized

    Burma’s education policy under fire from academics

    A new education bill submitted to Parliament on 20 March has come under fire by the National Network for Education Reform (NNER), an independent oversight body.

    Development Lead Story News Uncategorized

    Chinese NGO aims to tackle poverty in Burma through microloans

    A Chinese NGO is set to implement micro-finance programs across Burma in a bid to tackle rural poverty.

    Ethnic issues Lead Story News Uncategorized

    Seven Red Shan allegedly abducted by KIA

    Seven Red Shan villagers were said to have been abducted by the Kachin Independent Army (KIA) on 11 March in Bhamo district, according to the Shan Ethnic Affairs Organisation.

    Development Lead Story News Property Uncategorized

    Serge Pun and partner to develop hotel at former railway HQ

    Yoma Strategic Holdings Ltd (YSH) and Hongkong and Shanghai Hotels Ltd (HSH) announced on Monday that they will partner on the development of the Peninsula Yangon [Rangoon], a five-star resort that will incorporate the 1880s structure into a more modern type of travel hub.

    Ethnic issues Lead Story News Uncategorized

    Census begins in Burma’s Kachin State

    Burma’s Ministry of Immigration and Population has launched an advance census in remote parts of KachinState in the country’s far north. The controversial survey — which some have even requested postponing — will not begin until 30 March in most parts of the country.

    Education Lead Story News Politics Uncategorized

    Government snubs National Network for Education Reform

    Burma’s Ministry of Education has retracted an invitation to the National Network for Education Reform to attend a national education reform seminar in Naypyidaw

    Environment Lead Story Migrants Issues News Uncategorized Video

    Slavery persists in Thai fishing industry: report

    New evidence of migrant slavery has emerged along the coast of Thailand, the world’s third largest seafood exporter.

    Conflict Ethnic issues Lead Story News Peace Process Uncategorized

    Burma Army clashes with SSA-S, TNLA in Shan State

    Fighting broke out between the Shan State Army – South (SSA-S) and the Burma Army on Sunday, the first such clash this year, according to the SSA-S.

    Drugs Ethnic issues Lead Story News Uncategorized

    Poppy replacement in Shan State will take time, money

    In eastern Burma, efforts are underway to hamper opium production in Shan State, which, combined with adjacent parts of Laos and Thailand, produces a staggering 18 percent of the world’s opiates.

    Lead Story News Politics Uncategorized

    Anti-corruption commission to be formed

    President Thein Sein proposed on Thursday that a commission be formed to begin tackling corruption in Burma.

    Lead Story Media News Politics Uncategorized

    Report shows scepticism over Burma’s press freedom

    Burma’s ‘democratic spring’ may be cooling down as progress towards media freedom stagnates, according to the 2014 World Press Freedom Index.

    Analysis Contributor Ethnic issues Lead Story News Uncategorized

    Poverty: a pressing human rights issue for the Chin

    Why is poverty such a huge problem in Chin State? Rachel Fleming of Chin Human Rights Organization (CHRO) examines the causes and potential solutions from a human rights perspective.

    Ethnic issues Lead Story News Peace Process Uncategorized

    Yawd Serk bows out urging peace, compromise

    The retirement of Lt. General Yawd Serk adds some uncertainty to the path towards nationwide peace, as a draft multi-lateral peace agreement garners support among most of Burma’s armed ethnic groups.

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    USDP accused of forcibly recruiting members in Sagaing

    Residents of Ayadaw Township in Sagaing Division claim they were forcibly recruited for the ruling Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP) by local civil servants when they applied for citizen identification cards.

    ASEAN Lead Story News Rohingya Uncategorized

    Rohingya topic off limits for ASEAN talks

    Burma on Thursday rejected the inclusion of talks on the country’s Rohingya minority at the first meeting of South-East Asian foreign ministers to be hosted by the once pariah state.

    “Mandela Raised The Standard Of Humanity” – Suu Kyi video

    Lead Story News Uncategorized Video

    “Mandela Raised The Standard Of Humanity” – Suu Kyi

    Aung San Suu Kyi joined the world in paying tribute to Nelson Mandela on Friday, while speaking at the Women’s Forum Myanmar in Rangoon.

    Politics Uncategorized

    Naypyidaw cracks down on ‘corrupt’ police in northern Burma

    Burmese authorities carried out a surprise raid in a northern town on Saturday, after allegations surfaced of a wide-scale police corruption ring authorising the use of hundreds of unlicenced vehicles

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    Journalists call on officials to protect reporters

    After mobs assaulted two reporters during riots in Shan state’s Lashio on Wednesday, journalists and editors in Burma called on the government and state security to do more to protect[…]

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