Saturday, June 30, 2012

Will Reforms End Myanmar Monks' Spiritual Strike?


29-Jun-12
In response to political reforms in Myanmar — also known 
as Burma — the U.S. and other Western countries have eased 
some sanctions targeting the country's former military rulers.

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Burma’s time bomb


Friday, 29 June 2012 12:46 Myat Thu Pan

 (Opinion) – Industrialization has only barely begun yet an epidemic 

of land grabbing has already left thousands of farmers and landowners 

by the wayside in Burma. The lack of an effective judicial system 

is fanning the epidemic, and it is one of a host of serious issues 

that must be addressed before long-term

 

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Thai employers fear exodus of Burmese migrants


Friday, 29 June 2012 12:57 Mizzima News
The idea of Burmese migrant workers eventually returning to their home 
country as its economy improve  is setting off alarms in Thailand, 
which depends on Burmese migrant labour in many industrial sectors.

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Court Detains 7 in Eviction Dispute


29-Jun-12
A court in Rangoon’s Hlaing Tharyar Township briefly detained 
seven people on Thursday in a case involving the eviction of 
149 families from land that they have occupied since 1996.

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Central bank set to secure independent role


29-Jun-12
Burma’s central bank is poised to win independence to set 
monetary policy, its deputy governor said, in what would be 
a major economic reform by a government seeking 
to attract foreign investors.

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Friday, June 29, 2012

Myanmar seeks investors for second Yangon airport


28-Jun-12
YANGON (Reuters) - Myanmar is looking for investors to develop 
a second international airport for the commercial capital, Yangon
on the site of an old Japanese-built air strip from World War Two, 
state media said on Thursday.

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