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Motion picture association chairman steps down
Lu Min, actor and chairman of Myanmar [Burma] Motion Picture Association (MMPA), told DVB that he will not seek reappointment for the coming year.
Reformist govt must acknowledge past: HRDP
A Burmese human rights group has urged President Thein Sein’s reformist government to create counselling and rehabilitation programmes for the victims of Burma’s previous regime.
Jatropha fuel plan stalled on road to nowhere
Farmers coerced to grow jatropha by Burma’s former military junta are now suffering enormous losses after the new government abandoned the project with no apparent exit strategy.
Beasts of burden
The forcible conscription of civilians as army porters is rife in Burma’s volatile ethnic regions, and appears to have been stepped up as Burmese troops battle a coaltion of Karen…
2 killed in Myawaddy bomb attack
Two people were killed and seven were injured when a bomb exploded in the border town of Myawaddy in eastern Karen state on Friday