The Burmese currency strengthens for a fourth week running, its buying rate lowering from 968 to 962 kyat to the US dollar, while the selling rate moves from 973 to…
Day: March 15, 2014
Mons count heads to justify National Race Representatives
Mon ethnic officials are conducting a head-count to determine whether Mon National Race Representatives could be warranted in divisions outside of Mon State that have large populations of the ethnic…
Tackle impunity, discrimination in Burma: Quintana
Burma’s nascent democracy faces immense challenges in coming years, some with the capacity to “jeopardise” progress made since the country’s transition from military dictatorship to quasi-civilian leadership in 2011, a…
Push to ban harmful Chinese snacks from schools
The Consumer Protection Association of Myanmar [Burma] will lobby against the sale of imported snacks from China at schools, after tests show high levels of harmful chemicals.