Myanmar (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago
The Burmese laugh even in the face of adversity. Further proof of their indefatigable sense of humor is to be found in a Rangoon exhibition of cartoons relating to the Cyclone Nargis disaster and the ...
Myanmar (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago
YANGON, July 24 (AP) - (Kyodo)—The top U.N. humanitarian relief official met Myanmar Prime Minister Gen. Thein Sein on Thursday, the third day of his visit to assess the progress of humanitarian ...
Myanmar (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago
Yangon - United Nations humanitarian chief John Holmes acknowledged Thursday that the international community's relief effort for the victims of Cyclome Nargis in Myanmar was losing millions of dollar...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | yesterday
Yangon - Myanmar relief operations for victims of Cyclone Nargis have made progress since mid-May but much still needs to be done, especially in remote parts of the Irrawaddy Delta, a senior United Nations official announced Wednesday. Significant p...
Myanmar (Free subscription) | yesterday
SINGAPORE (Kyodo) Foreign Minister Masahiko Komura pressed Myanmar Foreign Minister Nyan Win on Tuesday for a thorough investigation into the September slaying of a Japanese journalist in Yangon and a...
Myanmar (Free subscription) | 22/07/2008
John Holmes, United Nations Humanitarian relief chief, on Tuesday arrived in Rangoon and immediately left for Bogale town in cyclone-hit Irrawaddy delta to survey post-cyclone humanitarian assistance,...
Myanmar (Free subscription) | 22/07/2008
In Rangoon, low quality, broken pieces of charcoal now sell for 500 kyat a viss (equivalent to 1.63 kilograms), 600 kyat for medium-grade quality and 800 kyat for high quality. About 1,155 kyat equals...
Japan Times (Free subscription) | 22/07/2008
SINGAPORE (Kyodo) Foreign Minister Masahiko Komura pressed Myanmar Foreign Minister Nyan Win on Tuesday for a thorough investigation into the September slaying of a Japanese journalist in Yangon and also urged the junta to move forward with democratization, a Japanese official said. Komura said Japan will give an additional $21 million in reconstruction aid to cyclone-hit Myanmar. Read the full story...
Myanmar (Free subscription) | 22/07/2008
New Delhi - John Holmes, United Nations Humanitarian relief chief, on Tuesday arrived in Rangoon and immediately left for Bogale town in cyclone-hit Irrawaddy delta to survey post-cyclone humanitarian...
Myanmar (Free subscription) | 22/07/2008
New Delhi – A prominent Burmese political activist Naw Ohn Hla was severely injured in a car accident on Monday afternoon and is admitted to the Rangoon General Hospital (RGH) Emergency Ward, a fell...
Hindu (Free subscription) | 22/07/2008
SINGAPORE: The release of Myanmar’s celebrated democracy campaigner Aung San Suu Kyi from house arrest in Yangon is not on the cards until almost the end of next year. Myanmar’s Foreign Minister Nyan Win had on Sunday made a ...
Myanmar (Free subscription) | 22/07/2008
YANGON, July 22 (AP) - (Kyodo)—U.N. humanitarian chief John Holmes arrived in Myanmar on Tuesday on a three-day official visit to assess the progress of humanitarian relief work in cyclone-affect...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 22/07/2008
Yangon - Investments in Myanmar's energy sector last year amounted to 474 million dollars or 90 per cent of the total foreign direct investment in the country which is the target of economic sanctions, media reports said Tuesday. Myanmar, a pariah st...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 22/07/2008
Yangon - Investments in Myanmar's energy sector last year amounted to 474 million dollars or 90 per cent of the total foreign direct investment in the country which is the target of economic sanctions, media reports said Tuesday. Myanmar, a pariah st...
The Irish Times (Free subscription) | 22/07/2008
Following the crackdown on dissent last year and the devastating cyclone in May, a new generation of Burmese opposition activists are organising underground, a Special Correspondent reports from Rangoon
