Exports of gas from block 300kms south of Rangoon will bring the proportion of Thailand’s energy needs being met by Burma to above 30 percent
Day: July 29, 2010
Burma pulps Kim Jong-il biography
Alleged misinformation about North Korean leader’s modest height and eating habits pushes embassy in Rangoon to demand biography is recalled and destroyed
N Korean visit clouded in secrecy
Few details made public of foreign minister’s dispatch to Burma, which marks the highest-level visit by North Korea to the country since 2007
Thailand ‘to return refugees after elections’
Thai official suggests Burma will return to normalcy after elections this year, when conditions will be suitable to repatriate the 140,000 refugees in border camps
FM radio stations to pay for songs
Small fee for songs played on private FM radio stations to be split among singer, songwriter, audio technicians and producer, as well as Burmese music association
US hypocrisy pulls the sheet on Burma
US courting of derided Indonesian military outfit to stem China’s growing influence throws its so-called ‘humanitarian’ return to Burma into the spotlight