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Burmese SIM card sales brought in about US$ 112 million during the past month, according to ministry figures.Read Full Story

Browse >Home / Around The World / Is Myanmar, or Burma, On The Road To Democracy? You Must Be JokingApril 6, 2012 Tweet Daw Sun writes from Rangoon: Myanmar, formerly known as Burma, has now supposedly entered the modern world. Ms Aung San Sui Kyi, widow and long-term democracy champion, and some other members of her National League of Democracy have been elected to parliament. Rumours circulated that the ruling élite was prepared to stuff the ballot boxes, if it appeared Aung was in...Read Full Story

During my three years living in Tokyo, my traveling in exotic Asian countries mantra consisted of walking the fine line between daringly exploring places where no man or woman had been before (in hindsight, probably for good reasons) and staying in cushy hotels hotels so that I could nurse my wounds  In light of my impending vacation to India’s Rajhastan next week, I thought that I would indulge in some nostalgia and recount parts of my misspent youth’s Asian adventures and misadventures as...Read Full Story

Here in Myanmar (Burma), where political change has been numbingly slow for a half-century, a new leadership is trying to embrace rapid transition from within. The government has freed political prisoners, held elections (with more on the way), begun economic reform, and is intensively courting foreign investment. Understandably, the international community, which has long punished Myanmar’s authoritarian regime with sanctions, remains cautious. Reforms are being introduced so fast that even...Read Full Story

By Zin Linn Concerning the inhumane war in Kachin state, many people do not believe that the Burmese government has been going along a right reform path. As the government’s soldiers are violating various human rights on the Kachin frontline, many people start slamming the inconsistent peace policy of the Thein Sein regime. During Ban [...] To continue reading this article, click on the headline.Read Full Story

Burmese authorities are clamping down news about the resignation offer by hardline vice president Tin Aung Myint Oo, according to media reports, …Read Full Story

All dictatorships start in the same way: with promises of a radiant future that make up for the sinister present of misery, fear, gags and blood. And they usually all end alike: the dictator is eventually killed, like Gaddafi, is judged like Mubarak, or flees like Ben Ali. There is, however, a rare type of dictatorship that is harder to predict – the ones that dismantle themselves: Spain after Franco, Chile after Pinochet, Poland under Jaruzelski. Will Burma after Thein Sein be added to that...Read Full Story

Rangoon and Mandalay will hold a business conference combining entrepreneurs from Europe and Asia, local media reported …Read Full Story

The vice-president of Burma, a military hardliner who also served under the brutal regime of dictator Than Shwe, has stepped down from his post, according to a news report.Read Full Story

By Peter Aung Burma will field a confirmed four athletes in the upcoming London Olympics, according to the government’s Sports and Physical Education Department. A senior SPED official told DVB that the athletes would compete in shooting, archery and rowing events. Representing the country is Maung Kyu for shooting, Nay Myo Aung for archery and [...] To continue reading this article, click on the headline.Read Full Story