Human Interest Lead Story News
Three Burmese men will set out to climb Hkakabo Razi in an attempt to not only reach the peak of the sub-Himalayan mountain but to accurately record its precise height.
Business Foreign Affairs Lead Story News
In a 9 July notice posted on the US Treasury website, Thidar Zaw, 51, was noted as having been removed from the blacklist.
Hopes are fast fading for the two Burmese mountaineers, Aung Myint Myat and Wai Yan, and a 27 September deadline has been set to find the climbers alive.
Following discussions with the Burmese rescue effort, the mission to rescue Aung Myint Myat and Wai Yan Min Thu has been postponed until rainy conditions on the Himalayan mountain subside.
Six mountaineers have reached the town of Tha-hong-tan at the foot of the mountain in good health; they say they lost contact with the other two during descent from summit.
Hit with a US$21 million fine from the US government for violating trade sanctions, Dutch company Fokker Services was working with four airlines in Burma — one of which is owned by a Burmese tycoon with close links to the military junta.
Kanbawza Football Club will relocate from Taunggyi, Shan State to Rangoon for the next season of the Myanmar [Burma] National League.
Ethnic issues Lead Story News Society Travel & Tourism
A team of five Burmese mountaineers have been forced to postpone a plan to climb Mount Everest in the wake of an avalanche that last week killed 13 porters, with three missing, presumed dead.
Culture Lead Story Politics Video
Kachin groups have slammed a recent joint Burmese-American expedition to Gamlang Razi, southeast Asia’s tallest mountain
An energy magnate lauded as a rare “legitimate” tycoon in crony-dominated Burma has quietly lobbied for an end to Western sanctions – except those targeting cronies who flourished under military rule
Investors are flocking to Burma’s in hordes to inspect the resource-rich country, but few are prepared to put money on the table as cronies and poor infrastructure plague the country
Burma’s Asian Green Development Bank and Thailand’s Kasikorn Bank signed an agreement to create a remittance service between the two countries that will begin operations in June
Freeze on assets of Pye Phyo Tay Za, son of infamous Burmese tycoon, dropped after successful legal appeal against EU
Bad weather forced helicopter carrying Tay Za to make an emergency landing on a mountain in far north Kachin state
