Police shoot knife-wielding drunk in Rangoon
A knife-wielding drunk man is hospitalised after being shot twice by police in Rangoon’s South Dagon Township.
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Protestors demand alcohol ban in Taunggup
Ei Mi San, a Taunggup woman who joined the protest, said: “Moral decay is setting in among our young people to the point we are now afraid to go out at night.”
Security to be stepped up for water festival
Police in Rangoon Division are gearing up for next month’s Thingyan water festival with plans to have 3,500 officers on duty at all times.
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Rice wine remains perfect tonic for Karenni farmers
As brands of Burmese alcohol compete with recently approved foreign liquor imports, Karenni villagers are fighting to retain local brewing customs.
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Govt cracks down on contraband
Burma’s Mobile Team announced this weekend it had seized over one billion kyat (US$1 million) worth of smuggled goods between August 2013 and the beginning of May this year from seven ports in Rangoon.
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BURMA BUSINESS WEEKLY
Business in Burma this week – rice exports down a third; government to left booze ban; japan’s Mizuho Bank to launch; and Burma says ‘gam bei!’ to Asahi.
Beer battle brewing in Burma
A legal dispute between a Thai-owned conglomerate and its military-linked local partner over Myanmar Brewery Ltd is shaping up as a crucial test for foreign investment in Burma.
Companies skirt alcohol advert ban
Jan 15, 2010 (DVB), Alcohol companies in Burma are using alternative methods to advertise their products after the government slapped a ban on alcohol commercials in the print and broadcast[…]
