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Day: September 19, 2014
BURMA BUSINESS WEEKLY: 19 September 2014
Burma attracts $3bn in foreign investment this year; New 5,000 kyat notes to be circulated on 1 Oct; MOGE, Brunei sign production agreement for onshore block; Indonesian state bank to…
Explosion at Shan politician’s home injures one
A bomb exploded on the front yard of a Shan politician on Thursday night, leaving one man injured in Shan State’s Namhkam Township.
Mayhem in Myawaddy as Karen rebel dies in drunken shootout
A member of the Democratic Karen Benevolent Army (DKBA) was killed in what is believed to have been an alcohol-related shootout with government security forces in the border town of…
Labour Ministry orders Korean footwear firm to pay compensation
Burma’s Deputy Labour Minister Htin Aung has announced that the now defunct Master Sports footwear factory is obliged to pay severance packages and outstanding salaries to more than 700 laid-off…
Magwe protestors charged with trespassing
Eleven members of the NLD and 88GPOS who staged a rally in Magwe in June calling for a revision of constitutional Article 436 have now been charged with trespassing by…