Posts Tagged ‘East Timor’
World focus on Burma (12 January 2009)
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Two Singaporeans defending Burmese workers arrested
Mizzima.com, India -
Seelan Palay and Chong Kai Xiong, who were demonstrating outside the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) office in Singapore, to highlight the plight of Burmese …
MYANMAR: Capacity challenges remain
IRINnews.org, NY -
… told IRIN in Yangon, the former Burmese capital. More than two million people were affected when Nargis struck Myanmar’s low-lying Ayeyarwady Delta on 2 …
East Timor President Calls for Review of Burma Sanctions Policy
The Irrawaddy News Magazine, Thailand -
Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva said, “The goals of Western countries and the countries in the region for Myanmar [Burma] are not different – we all want …
State of Exception
Webdiary, Australia -
… putting an immediate distance between her and Howard – took up the issue of women, and support for Burma ’s silenced democracy leader, Aung San Suu Kyi. …
Nationwide polio campaign launched
Democratic Voice of Burma, Norway -
Dr Myint Oo, secretary of the Myanmar Medical Association (Upper Burma), said the country had been declared polio-free in 2003 but the disease had …
Messenger in the Dark
The Irrawaddy News Magazine, Thailand -
Fear follows Burmese artists even when they venture abroad, according to the leading painter Chaw Ei Thein. The self-censorship they practice within Burma …
Warrants Issued for Santika Owner, Manager
The Irrawaddy News Magazine, Thailand -
Among the dead were three Singaporeans, one Japanese and one Burmese national, Win Kyaw Phyo, 26, a graduate student at Assumption University of Thailand …
When the Market Speaks
The Irrawaddy News Magazine, Thailand -
The junta undertook a partial “liberalization” of Burma’s energy market by allowing Myanmar Economic Holding, Ltd, which is owned by the military, …
New Bangkok Governor has Big Plans
The Irrawaddy News Magazine, Thailand -
Sukhumbhand Paribatra has also been a strong critic of the military regime in Burma. The Democrat Party-led coalition won 20 of the 29 House seats in the …
Thai FM reviews cyclone victims aid with Myanmar official
Thai News Agency MCOT, Thailand -
BANGKOK, Jan 12 (TNA) – Thai Foreign Minister Kasit Piromya met Monday with a senior Myanmar official to review progress in distributing, delivering and …
Malaysians want what we want
guardian.co.uk, UK -
Parts of Sarawak and neighbouring Saba are still pretty remote and much of the peninsula – the long finger down from Thailand and Burma – are not as …
Myanmar rat infestation causing food crisis: NGO
ABS CBN News, Philippines -
YANGON – Tens of thousands of people in remote northwestern Myanmar faced a food crisis after their farmlands were destroyed by a rat infestation, …
Burma needs reform, unified and balanced structure
Mizzima.com, India -
“Myanmar is highly expected to make an exit from those similar circles in history,” the observer remarked, adding that new actors/agents or new …
Urbane Nomads Organizes Tour to Remote North-Eastern Myanmar by …
Emediawire (press release), WA -
Some of the tours Urbane Nomads is promoting in 2009 include a private jet tour covering Golden Triangle Thailand and Myanmar, before moving on to Putao, …
Political prisoners denied family visits
Democratic Voice of Burma, Norway -
Jan 12, 2009 (DVB)–Families of political inmates in various remote prison across Burma said they were refused permission to see their detained relatives …
2 arrested for protest
Straits Times, Singapore -
They wore red T-shirts and held a banner that read ‘Stop ill-treatment of Burmese activists’. The protest was in support of two Myanmar nationals, …
Authorities crack down on Myaing oil workers’ protest
Democratic Voice of Burma, Norway -
Four young villagers named Yeh Htut Win, Yazar Aung, Myo Aung and Than Shwe were arrested the following morning on suspicion of arson and taken to Pakokku …
Lawyer plans to appeal sentences of 11 students
Democratic Voice of Burma, Norway -
… Federation of Student Unions for Upper Burma, Bo Min Yu. “The ABFSU leader, Bo Min Yu, was sentenced to over 100 years in prison,” Myint Thwin said. …
Cambodia’s PM to attend summit in Thailand
Australia Network News, Australia -
Thailand currently holds the rotating chairmanship of ASEAN, which groups it with Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Burma, the Philippines, …
“International Artists Collaborate in Fight for Freedom”
Absolutearts.com -
… a key political figure who was placed under house arrest in Myanmar (formerly Burma) 19 years ago over her bid for political freedom. …
VDO – Andaman News Monday 12 January 2009; 6 items
Thailand National News Bureau, Thailand -
Item—2— Thai hospitality operators are participating in the ASEAN Tourism Forum in Vietnam held during January 5-12. The Tourism Authority of Thailand …
Twittering away
New Europe, Belgium -
YouTube was used by Burmese bloggers to bear witness on the crackdown of the Saffron Revolution in lieu of world media who were banned from entering the …
Global freedom on the slide: report
The Age, Australia -
… Maldives and Bhutan, some progress was also seen in Nepal, Kashmir, Malaysia and Thailand. Declines were registered in Afghanistan, Burma, Fiji, …
Crisis may lead to more non-tariff barriers
เดอะ เนชั่น, Thailand -
A new FTA is likely to be negotiated in cooperation with the Asean countries, in line with the bloc’s plan to integrate its 10 member states into an Asean …
Bid to boost trade with neighbours to life exports
เดอะ เนชั่น, Thailand -
Cross-border trade covers Burma, Laos, Cambodia and Malaysia. According to the Foreign Trade Department, in the first 11 months of last year, …
Today in History
Reiten Television KXMB Bismarck, ND -
In 1909, actress Ann Sothern was born in Valley City, ND; UN Secretary-General U Thant was born in Pantanaw, Burma. In 1917, President Woodrow Wilson …
Not standing up and being counted on Burma
Manila Times, Philippines -
THE Philippines missed out on a gilt-edged chance to make a principled stand on the burning question of Myanmar—or Burma as the civilized world remembers …
World focus on Burma (11 January 2009)
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Karen rebels under the gun along Thai-Burma border
Mizzima.com, India -
From a secret location on the Thai-Burma border, KNU Vice-Chairman David Thackerbaw said government soldiers were maintaining a “scorched earth policy” …
Supersized Kids – Don’t Do What America Does
Desicritics.org, India -
What has happened to the Burmese wrap around ‘longee’, to the elegant sari, to the loose fitting pajama pants and kamiz? “Where have all the chaplis gone, …
The art of the elephant
ohmidog!, MD -
… to the information posted on YouTube with the video, was rescued from abusive treatment in Burma, and now makes a living as an artist in Thailand. …
Epic wartime road project may finally be put to use
TheDay, CT -
They gave their lives to build a 1079-mile road across northern Burma (now Myanmar) to reinforce Allied troops, a project derided by British Prime Minister …
Junta struggling to keep state budget afloat
Mizzima.com, India -
by Moe Thu Rangoon (Mizzima) – Experiencing increased pains related to the global financial crisis, Burma’s military government is struggling to maintain a …
FSA Investigation Finds Aon Payments To Burma
AJC Consultants, UK -
For dealing in business in Burma (also known as Myanmar), which is under US sanctions, the US Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control …
United Nations Worried Over Nigeria’s Donation To Myanmar
The Guardian – Nigeria, Nigeria -
Ki-Moon said last month at the UN that he was “disappointed by the unwillingness of the government of Myanmar (Burma) to deliver on its promises for …
East Timor president opposes international sanctions on Myanmar
Monsters and Critics.com -
Horta last visited Myanmar in 2005 and has lent his support to his fellow Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi. He said Sunday that Myanmar’s long-delayed …
Fall in rice price hits Myanmar exporters, farmers
Daily Times, Pakistan -
In its best year, 1934, when it was called Burma, it exported 3.4 million tonnes. Thailand, today’s top exporter, shipped around 10 million tonnes last year …
Dream works are made of these
Malaysia Star, Malaysia -
Spielberg was inspired to make poignant war movies by his father who had fought in Burma, and who told him: “Nobody ever makes a movie about my war except …
Diaspora studies current situation
E-Pao.net, India -
The seminar held on the topic “HIV/AIDS, Human Rights and Social Psychology in the Conflict Situation of Manipur” was participated by many resource persons. …
