Myanmar has a timeless beauty, it feels like something out of a dream. It's one of the last remaining places where you can catch a glimpse of Old Asia.
Ancient temples, unique culture, golden Buddhas, the Shwedagon Pagoda, wonderful people, Inle Lake, Mandalay Hill, Bagan (Pagan) and the Mrauk-U region are the country's main attractions.
Migrant workers taxed by corrupt police in Ye Township – Leyh Mon BurmaNet ... ldquo;Police are waiting at the entrance gate of our village. If they receive information about migrants returning home, they will wait for the migrant workers at the gate. One person has to pay...
Myanmar trade surplus shrinks as gas exports fall Lexington Herald-Leader Myanmar's trade surplus shrank in the first nine months of last year on lower exports of gas, according to official statistics.Figures from the Ministry of National Planning and...
Nargis volunteer sentenced to 10 years imprisonment – Myint Maung BurmaNet An individual arrested while undertaking volunteer relief services for victims of Cyclone Nargis was yesterday sentenced to ten years imprisonment by a court in Rangoon’s outlying district of...
UNICEF to Continue Polio Vaccinations in Burma VOA A report in a weekly Burmese magazine said the United Nations Children's Fund plans to continue its polio vaccination program in Burma this year.
USDA grants loans to farmers – Naw Say Phaw BurmaNet The Union Solidarity and Development Association in Rangoon division is offering agricultural loans to local farmers for this year’s harvest, but some farmers claim the move is intended to...
UMFCCI and Chinese delegation meet BurmaNet Vice-presidents of Union of Myanmar Federation of Chambers of Commerce and Industry U Zaw Min Win, U Aung Lwin, U Thaung Tin and U Mya Han, general secretary U Sein Win Hlaing, central executives...
25% fall in Myanmar’s tourists BurmaNet Myanmar received nearly 25 per cent fewer tourists through its main airport in 2008, official figures showed Tuesday, in a year when a deadly cyclone laid waste to vast swathes of the military-run...
Journals ordered to condemn NLD demonstration – Ahunt Phone Myat BurmaNet Weekly news journals in Burma have been ordered by the state censor board to publish articles criticising National League for Democracy members for staging a demonstration in Rangoon last week.
Detained MPs charged in Insein prison court – Nan Kham Kaew BurmaNet Elected members of parliament Dr Tin Min Htut and Nyi Pu appeared before Insein prison special court yesterday charged with sedition and disrupting the national convention.
Myanmar’s trade with Japan declines 1st-3rd qtrs of 2008 BurmaNet Myanmar’s bilateral trade with Japan in the first nine months of 2008 declined 5.6 percent to $275.98 million, compared to $292.33 million in the same period of 2007, official statistics showed...
2 KGs heroin seized in Cox’s Bazar BurmaNet Bdr men also arrested Faridul Alam of Hila village in Teknaf upazila on charge of smuggling heroin from Myanmar. BDR sources said the jawans arrested Farid along with 1 kgs of heroin worth Tk one...
Burmese killed in Thai nightclub fire – Than Htike Oo BurmaNet The fire that broke out in a Bangkok nightclub, Thailand on New Year’s eve, being celebrated with fireworks, left 64 dead including a Burmese citizen.
The world looks away as Burma mocks democracy – David Scott Mathieson BurmaNet Dictatorships are not known for their sense of humour, nor do they appreciate being laughed at. It came as no surprise then when the ruling military regime in Burma recently sentenced the country’s...
Suu Kyi issues a New Year challenge – Editorial BurmaNet News reports from Rangoon suggest that Burma’s detained democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi commemorated the country’s Independence Day alone at her house—but this time not so quietly.
Burmese Ethnic Political Leader Saw Mara Aung Dies at 91 VOA Burma's veteran pro-democracy politician and physician Saw Mara Aung has died at the age of 91.His colleagues said he passed away at his home in Rangoon on Monday and was buried on Tuesday.The...
Kachin Manaw festival gets off the ground Mizzima News Tuesday, 06 22:08 Chiang Mai (Mizzima) – The week-long Kachin Manaw festival, sacred for the ethnic Kachin people started yesterday in Myitkyinar, the capital of Kachin State.The...
Burmese Buddhist monastery opens in Finland Buddhist Channel The first Burmese Buddhist monastery in Finland was officially consecrated in Kuopio on 3 January by five monks led by Penang abbot U Pannya Wuntha and abbot U Uttara of London’s Sasana...
NCUB Plans to Form Parallel Government in 2009 The Irrawaddy The National Council of the Union of Burma, an umbrella organization of Burmese opposition groups, announced on that it will found a parallel government as part of its action plan...
Japanese literature translation contest to be held in Myanmar People's Daily A Japanese Literature translation contest will be held in two major cities of Myanmar, Yangon and Mandalay, next month, sources with the Embassy of Japan here said Tuesday. The 4th Japanese contest...
S Korean government to provide scholarship to Myanmar students People's Daily The South Korean government will provide scholarship to Myanmar pre-graduate students to help nurture them and promote bilateral ties between the two countries, the local weekly journal Pyi-Myanmar...
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