Burma is due to host the ASEAN Para Games for the first time this December but athletes say the training facilities are substandard and lack proper equipment.
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Countdown to the SEA Games
With less than 100 days to go, the countdown is on until the opening ceremony of the 27th Southeast Asian Games in Naypyidaw. However, how will the capital cope with…
Graffiti artist invited to leave his mark in Naypyidaw
Arkar Kyaw, the Rangoon street artist who last year painted a mural of Barack Obama, has been invited to spray-paint a huge billboard in Naypyidaw in preparation for the SEA…
Sports writers downplay ministry’s ambitions for SEA games
Sports columnists in Burma have their doubts concerning the Ministry of Sports’ goal for the country to finish in the top three of the Southeast Asian Games’ medal count
Tourism minister calls for hotel price regulation ahead of SEA games
Burma’s tourism minister has called for hotel prices to be regulated ahead of the 2013 Southeast Asian Games in December or risk derailing the country’s nascent tourism industry
Land grabbing ahead of SEA Games
By ALI FOWLE In the run up to the South East Asian Games, due to be held in Burma at the end of this year, locals in Irrawaddy division are being…