Burma World News

BURMA'S reformist President, Thein Sein, has cancelled a trip to neighbouring Thailand this week, apparently not wanting to be upstaged by pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi on her first overseas trip in 24 years. There is a buzz of excitement in ...  

Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh meets Tuesday with Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi as he wraps up his three-day visit to strengthen trade and investment links between the two Asian neighbors. Prime Minister Singh met with Burmese ...  

Daily BhaskarPM Manmohan Singh to meet Aung San Suu Kyi todayDaily BhaskarNay Pyi Taw: In what is billed as one of the high-points of his landmark visit to Myanmar, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will meet opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi on Tuesday amid expectations of India conveying its support for further progress in ...India PM Manmohan Singh in historic Burma visitBBC NewsManmohan Singh visits Myanmar amid energy questTimes of...  

BANGKOK: The reformist President of Burma, Thein Sein, has cancelled a trip to Bangkok this week, apparently not wanting to be upstaged by the democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi on her first overseas trip in 24 years. There is a buzz of excitement in ...  

Burma's antithesis personality Aung San Suu Kyi is to attend a World Economic Forum in Bangkok subsequent week, withdrawal Burma for a initial time in twenty-four years. She will attend a limit that takes place from thirty May to 1 June, ...  

BANGKOK - Burma’s opposition said leader Aung San Suu Kyi next week will take her first trip outside the country since 1988. The National League for Democracy said she will attend the World Economic Forum in Bangkok ahead of a tour of Europe. Thailand hosts a large community of Burmese activists and exiles and they are quite excited about her trip. NLD spokesman Nyan Win on Friday said Aung San Suu Kyi will arrive in Bangkok mid-week. He...  

Suu Kyi spent the majority of the past two decades under house arrest during the rule of Burma’s former military junta and while free had refused to travel abroad for fear that she would be refused reentry to her homeland by the generals who considered ...  

Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi will travel outside the country next week for the first time in more than two decades to attend an economic forum in Thailand. A spokesperson for the Nobel laureate's National League for Democracy said Thursday that Aung San Suu Kyi will deliver a speech in Bangkok at the World Economic Forum on East Asia, being held from May 30 to June 1. The long-time democracy activist spent most of the past...  

The government didn't have enough soldiers to suppress both. The solution: ask the Burmese military to deny the Nagas safe haven in return for India turning its back on Suu Kyi. It worked like a dream. Kashmir was saved. The Nagas were so battered by joint ...  

An Indian Prime Minister may be visiting Burma for the first time in 25 years, but it is really Dr Manmohan Singh’s meeting with pro-democracy icon Daw Aung San Suu Kyi which is generating much excitement and speculation. So where will the Prime Minister ...  

Burma pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi will visit Bangkok next week on her first trip overseas in more than two decades to attend the World Economic Forum. The veteran activist also plans to travel to Europe next month, where she will accept in person ...  

Boston.comBurma Holds Two-Day Media Development Conference In Yangon – OpEdEurasia ReviewBy Zin Linn A Conference on Media Development in Burma (Myanmar) was held at Chatrium Hotel in Rangoon (Yangon) Monday and Tuesday, state-owned newspaper New Light of Myanmar said today. The two-day conference was Jointly organized by Ministry of ...Myanmar struggling to handle new surge in visitorsThe Associated Pressall 175 news articles »  

Independent OnlineTen dead in Burma ferry accidentGlobalPost(Kim Maung Win/AFP/Getty Images) A ferry has capsized in Burma, also known as Myanmar, killing ten people and injuring six. The vessel is understood to have capsized as it was trying to dock at a village jetty in the flood-prone Irrawaddy Delta region.Ten die in Burma ferry accidentThe AustralianTen Die in Burma Ferry Accident: State MediaJakarta GlobeFerry sinks in Burma, 10...  

Burma Peace May Rest on Indian and Chinese GreedThe Irrawaddy News Magazine(Photo: Reuters) Burma's ever-repeating cycle of ethnic conflicts, tenuous ceasefires and resumed hostilities have left the country in a quagmire. But after decades of armed insurgencies, it appears economic pressures, in part due to geographical ...and more »  

Democratic Voice of BurmaBurma's 'Resource Curse' Set to Get Worse, Says WatchdogThe Irrawaddy News MagazineBy SAW YAN NAING/ THE IRRAWADDY Thursday, March 22, 2012 With investment in Burma's energy sector set to increase dramatically in the coming years, there is a growing danger that corruption in the country will also worsen, according to a new report ...Burma faces heightened 'resource curse': reportDemocratic Voice of BurmaMyanmar still...