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Searching for a delicacy in a vanishing jungle
In northern Burma, increasing demand for bamboo shoots is adding to the rate of deforestation.
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DVB talks to Norwegian politician Anniken Huitfeldt
DVB Interview International’s Khin Maung Win spoke to Anniken Huitfeldt, chair of Norway’s Parliamentary Committee for Foreign Affairs and Defence, during her recent visit to Burma.
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7 dead, 3 missing in Burmese flash floods
Seven people, including a baby, lost their lives and three are still missing as heavy flash floods hit rural areas of Mandalay and Sagaing divisions.
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Suu Kyi reiterates call for national reconciliation
Addressing 260 representatives from across Karen State, Suu Kyi proclaimed that the NLD is an “all-ethnic party” and would compete as such in the next general election.
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BURMA BUSINESS WEEKLY: 19 September 2014
Burma attracts $3bn in foreign investment this year; New 5,000 kyat notes to be circulated on 1 Oct; MOGE, Brunei sign production agreement for onshore block; Indonesian state bank to open in Rangoon
Explosion at Shan politician’s home injures one
A bomb exploded on the front yard of a Shan politician on Thursday night, leaving one man injured in Shan State’s Namhkam Township.
Mayhem in Myawaddy as Karen rebel dies in drunken shootout
A member of the Democratic Karen Benevolent Army (DKBA) was killed in what is believed to have been an alcohol-related shootout with government security forces in the border town of Myawaddy early Friday morning.
Labour Ministry orders Korean footwear firm to pay compensation
Burma’s Deputy Labour Minister Htin Aung has announced that the now defunct Master Sports footwear factory is obliged to pay severance packages and outstanding salaries to more than 700 laid-off workers.
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Magwe protestors charged with trespassing
Eleven members of the NLD and 88GPOS who staged a rally in Magwe in June calling for a revision of constitutional Article 436 have now been charged with trespassing by local police.
Burma’s fourth estate meet in Rangoon
The heavyweight players in Burma’s press arena were in Rangoon on Thursday for a conference on media development.
Severe floods swamp Shan border
Five residential areas of Tachilek, on the border between Shan State and northern Thailand, were devastated by floods on Wednesday evening. Heavy rains caused nearby mountain streams to overflow and sweep through low-lying towns.
Ethnic issues Lead Story News peace process Politics
Karen rebels respond to orders to disarm
An ethnic Karen rebel group has responded in kind to an order by the Burmese Army not to wear uniforms or carry firearms in certain government-controlled territory.
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Burmese migrants cleared as search goes on for Koh Tao killer
DNA tests have failed to provide a match and police are still working to identify the brutal beach killer of two British tourists on Koh Tao, southern Thailand, early Monday.
Rangoon crime reporter beaten
Bo Myint had previously reported on prostitution in the area.
Environment Ethnic issues Lead Story Natural resources News
Govt says Tasang dam will benefit Burma
Deputy Minister of Electric Power Maung Thar Thwe fielded questions about the controversial Tasang hydropower project during a lower house parliamentary session on Tuesday, assuring the house that the project will be implemented with a focus on domestic needs.
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Access to education ‘minimal’ in Arakan camps: official
Only eight percent of displaced Muslim children in western Burma’s Arakan State have access to secondary education, according to a senior education coordinator.
20 injured in clash with police at closed Korean factory
About 20 former employees of the now defunct Master Sports footwear factory were injured during a standoff with police after they held an official captive at the facility on Tuesday.
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Thegon MP low-balled amount of confiscated land, say farmers
Farmers from Thegon, Pegu Division, announce that a local authority grossly under reported the amount of land confiscated in Aungon village.
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Upper House approves plan to ‘make life more pleasant’ for Arakanese
A parliamentary proposal urging a set of policies “to make life more pleasant” for people in Arakan State was approved by the upper house on Monday.
Lead Story News peace process Politics
NLD ‘not invited’ to political conference
A recent meeting of political party leaders to discuss a framework for post-ceasefire dialogue was carried out without Burma’s two biggest parties, giving rise to theories that past rivalries are resurfacing.
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Fresh population data will affect voting: NLD
The NLD says that surprise census results warrant a reexamination of electoral constituencies in Burma.
Lead Story News Pegu Division Rangoon
Oracle monk denies Dhammazedi Bell was found
A Buddhist monk rumoured to have clairvoyant powers who was involved in efforts to retrieve the Great Bell of Dhammazedi from the Rangoon River – has dissociated himself from announcements that the fabled bell had been found.
Burma’s teachers chime in on education reform
The Myanmar Teachers Federation (MTF) joins the long list of students and educators that oppose Burma’s National Education Bill.
Ethnic issues Lead Story News peace process Politics
Political parties gear up for post-ceasefire dialogue
Representatives of 53 political parties met in Rangoon on 13-14 September to discuss the framework for forthcoming political dialogue between Burma’s ethnic armed groups and the central government.
Missing mountaineers: bad weather stalls rescue effort
Following discussions with the Burmese rescue effort, the mission to rescue Aung Myint Myat and Wai Yan Min Thu has been postponed until rainy conditions on the Himalayan mountain subside.
No deal on Pa-O, SSA-S land dispute
Delegates from the Pa-O National Liberation Organisation and the Shan State Army-South/ Restoration Council of Shan State failed to find an agreement on a territory dispute during a day of talks at the SSA headquarters in Loi Taileng on 11 September.
Culture Feature Lead Story News
Burma’s Silver Screens
Decades of isolation crippled the country, but managed to preserve some of the unique architecture of Burma’s cinemas. Can they survive the construction boom?
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Karen groups call for KNU to reconcile with UNFC
“We would like to see a reconciliation because we cannot attain federalism with Karen people alone. All ethnic groups have to work together if we are to be successful.”
Culture Entertainment Lead Story News Uncategorized
Burmese teams win top three prizes at ASEAN animation contest 2014
The animated short film ‘Don’t Let the Creativity Fall” by the Linn Htet Maw team from Burma is awarded first prize at the Animation Contest for ASEAN,
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The key issue for us is citizenship, says UN deputy chief
Restoring citizenship rights for more than 800,000 stateless people in Arakan State is the “key issue” the United Nations wants resolved.