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Day: May 8, 2015

Armed Karenni troops cause stir in Loikaw
Armed soldiers were amongst a delegation from the KNPP that arrived in Loikaw on Thursday for talks with Burmese military representatives

Business weekly 8 May 2015
Telenor posts record revenues; Carlsberg opens beer factory in Pegu; Burma poised to be leading rice exporter; and rents in Rangoon on the rise.

OPINION: Clearing traffickers’ camps is not the solution
Thailand’s prime minister has a responsibility to clean up Thai labour laws, and press for a solution to the Rohingya crisis on Burmese soil.

EU not responsible for Letpadan police crackdown, says ambassador
The European Union (EU) ambassador to Burma, Roland Kobia, told journalists in Rangoon on Thursday that the EU regretted the events in which riot police cracked down violently on students’…

Trafficking trail comes undone in southern Thailand
Authorities have launched an investigation into the 50 police officers transferred following the discovery of Rohingya detention camps and graves.