Burma’s first freely elected cabinet in more than half a century will focus on income equality, rural development and boosting budget revenue, the finance minister-elect said in his first interview…
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A sight for sore eyes
A medical team from China’s southern Yunnan Province is currently conducting free eye operations in Rangoon.
Whirlwind wipes out homes near Inle Lake
More than 150 homes in the area of popular tourist destination Inle Lake have been damaged or destroyed by a freak storm.
ADB pledges HIV/AIDS support for remote villages in eastern Burma
With Japanese funding, the Asian Development Bank says it aims to provide significantly better HIV/AIDS services in remote parts of eastern Burma by 2017.