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
Month: July 2010
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
Race for strategic Burmese port heats up
Acquisition of rights to develop Dawei port would benefit both countries, as India eyes ASEAN free trade and Thailand looks to avoid Malacca Straits
Eight killed after Kachin bridge collapses
One man remains missing after poorly maintained bridge in Hpakant collapses after years of use by heavy vehicles operating the nearby jade mines