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Japanese reveal taste for Burmese tea
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Burma's famous green tea salad, lahpet, is soon to be marketed to Japanese consumers. A Tokyo-based firm is seeking Burmese tea cultivators to import fresh leaves.
Burma Business Weekly
BUSINESS in BURMA THIS WEEK: Price of gold stabilises while kyat finishes strongly; Western Union expands outlets; stock exchange plans to start small; Malaysian minister urges investment in Burma; and tea industry in decline.
Tea industry in steep decline
Tea-leaf producers in Namhsan, northern Shan State, are struggling to stay in business due to labour shortages and a surge in untaxed tea from neighbouring China.
Palaung rebels forcibly recruit villagers, kill those who refuse, say Lisu locals
According to villagers in Shan State’s Namhsan township, The Ta’ang (Palaung) National Liberation Army (TNLA) are forcefully recruiting people into their ranks and are executing those who refuse.
Burma Army clashes with SSA-S, TNLA in Shan State
Fighting broke out between the Shan State Army – South (SSA-S) and the Burma Army on Sunday, the first such clash this year, according to the SSA-S.
Fresh fighting in northeast Burma raises concern among ceasefire groups
Ethnic armed groups on Burma's frontiers report continuing hostilities with the Burmese Army, express concern for the ceasefire initiative.
