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    BRIEF – Parliament approves new international loans for infrastructure

    Burma’s parliament on Thursday approved a series of international loans to improve the country’s infrastructure, state media reports. The South Korean Economic Development Cooperation Fund will loan Naypyidaw US$137.83 million[…]

    BUSINESS – GE to help Burma with energy infrastructure

    US-based firm General Electric (GE) will assist Burma in developing an energy infrastructure to address the country’s electricity needs, a Ministry of Electric Power representative said. According to the Myanmar[…]

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    Infrastructure, skilled workforce are keys to Burmese economic growth

    Despite an influx of foreign investment and large resource base, Burma’s exponential growth could be held back by inadequate basic infrastructure and a lack of skilled workers, says an international business analyst.

    News Politics

    Irrawaddy region’s infrastructure exacerbates flooding

    The Irrawaddy region’s parliament may need assistance from the central government to improve faulty infrastructure and provide urgent relief after heavy flooding deluged swathes of central Burma last week

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    The jade scramble: Life at the bottom of the mines

    Three years since the jade trade was revealed to be worth 31 billion dollars, questions still abound about what improvements have been made by Aung San Suu Kyi’s government to share these revenues.

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    Change brewing in Burma’s poppy country?

    There’s been a steady decline in the cultivation of opium poppy in recent years.

    From 2015 to 2017, the production of poppy has decreased from 54,000 hectares to 41,000 hectares, so what’s behind this trend. . .

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    10 years after Sichuan, China transforms quake preparedness, but Asia lags

    One decade after an earthquake killed almost 70,000 people, China’s investment in disaster preparedness means a similar tragedy is unlikely, said experts who urged other Asian nations to follow suit.

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    Mahathir, 92, sworn in as Malaysia’s seventh prime minister

    Mahathir Mohamad was sworn in as Malaysia’s seventh prime minister on Thursday after a stunning election comeback, defeating the coalition that has ruled the nation for six decades since independence from Britain.

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    AirAsia in talks to set up airline in Burma

    Tony Fernandes’ AirAsia Bhd is in talks with a potential partner to open an airline serving Burma, in a move that would help the low-cost carrier cover up to 95 percent of the Southeast Asian travel market.

    Lead Story News Refugees Rohingya

    Floating Island: New home for Rohingya refugees emerges in Bay of Bengal

    Bangladesh is racing to turn an uninhabited and muddy Bay of Bengal island into home for 100,000 Rohingya Muslims who have fled a military crackdown in Burma, amid conflicting signals from top Bangladeshi officials about whether the refugees would end up being stranded there.

    Lead Story Media News

    DVB and four other broadcasters sign with ministry for free-to-air content

    State-owned Myanmar Radio and Television and five content providers including DVB signed an agreement over the weekend to broadcast via digital free-to-air TV channels, in a landmark first for Burma’s media landscape.

    ASEAN Drugs International Relations Lead Story News

    US slaps sanctions on Laos Golden Triangle ‘casino’ in bid to break up narco-empire

    The US Treasury Department has slapped sanctions on a gambling empire hacked from the Laotian jungle which it said was involved in drug, human and wildlife trafficking and child prostitution.

    Lead Story News Rohingya

    UN says 100,000 Rohingya in grave danger from monsoon rains

    Over 100,000 Rohingya refugees huddled in squalid, muddy camps in Bangladesh will be in grave danger from landslides when the mid-year monsoon season begins, a UN humanitarian report says.

    Lead Story News Rohingya

    Burma finalises Rohingya repatriation plans as doubts mount

    Burma was making final preparations to take back the first batch of Rohingya Muslims who had fled conflict in troubled Rakhine State, state media said on Saturday.

    Analysis Ethnic issues Lead Story Peace Process

    Resolving northern stalemate is key to peace in Burma

    Insofar as the Union government’s agenda for ethnic reconciliation is concerned, there is little doubt that the north, where the most powerful rebel armies operate, holds the key to a permanent negotiated settlement.

    International Relations Lead Story News

    Japan’s Abe offers $1 billion in rural aid to Burma

    Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Tuesday pledge up to 117 billion yen ($1.03 billion) of development aid to Burma in a meeting in Manila with Aung San Suu Kyi.

    Arakan International Relations Lead Story News Rohingya

    ‘World can’t just stand idly by,’ America’s top envoy says of Rohingya crisis

    US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said on Wednesday the United States held Burma’s military leadership responsible for its harsh crackdown on the Rohingya Muslim minority.

    Business Lead Story News

    China agrees to 70% share in Kyaukphyu sea port

    Burma had pushed for a bigger slice of the roughly US$7.2 billion deep sea port in western Arakan State.

    International Relations Lead Story News Refugees Rohingya

    Bangladesh to press for Muslim refugees’ return to Burma

    Bangladesh opens talks with neighbouring Burma on Monday with the aim of securing the return home of more than half a million Rohingya Muslim refugees from Burma, most of whom have arrived since late August.

    Business Lead Story News

    Arakan crisis dents Burma’s hopes of Western investment boom

    Western trade and investment in Burma is small, but there were hopes that reforms would prise open an economy stunted by international sanctions and decades of mismanagement under military rule. That now appears to be on hold.

    Lead Story Media News

    DVB, four others to ink partnerships with state broadcaster next month

    The five winners of licences awarded by the Ministry of Information to air their content in a landmark public-private broadcasting partnership, a roster that includes DVB, will sign official agreements with state-owned Myanmar Radio and Television in early October.

    Economy International Relations Lead Story News

    ASEAN economies get a lift from China. Later, they may get the bill

    China is ploughing money into Southeast Asia, but as welcome as all this economic activity is to the region, it could also present political problems, as countries confront China over issues such as its claims in the South China Sea.

    Chin climate change Environment Farmers Lead Story News

    The silent climate burn in Chin State

    Chin State has suffered particularly erratic rainfall, landslides and floods. But new adaptation programs are aiming to prepare farming communities for future changes in the climate and improve food security.

    Arakan Lead Story News Rohingya

    Kofi Annan arrives in Burma as Arakan Commission submits final report

    Exactly a year ago, Suu Kyi appointed the Commission to investigate and recommend solutions to the inter-religious conflict that has wracked the Arakan region for so long.

    Health Lead Story News

    CSOs left to plug mental healthcare gap for former political prisoners

    Former political prisoners are still locked in a battle against depression and anxiety – the aftermath of decades of imprisonment and isolation.

    Arakan Lead Story News Rohingya

    Arakan Commission to submit final report next week

    Kof Annan’s commission will report its recommendations after a year monitoring the inter-religious tensions between Muslims and Buddhists in Arakan State.

    Lead Story News Rangoon

    Suu Kyi’s man in Rangoon under fire over transit deal with China

    Two deals to import 2,000 buses from China have caused a rift within the National League for Democracy, with Rangoon Division lawmakers questioning its cost and accusing Chief Minister Phyo Min Thein of cronyism and a lack of accountability.

    International Relations Lead Story News

    China in talks to sell electricity to Burma amid warming ties

    Energy-hungry Burma is in initial talks to buy electricity from China, according to officials and documents reviewed by Reuters, in the latest sign of warming ties with Beijing under leader Aung San Suu Kyi.

    Farmers Feature Features (OLD) Lead Story News

    Climate of uncertainty fuels anxiety, exodus in Dry Zone

    A changing climate is putting downward pressure on residents in Burma’s Dry Zone, where farming families stretch back generations.

    Lead Story Media News Technology & Science

    Thailand plans cyber network scrutiny, law to toughen online monitoring

    Thailand aims to buy software to strengthen the military government’s ability to track online networks and monitor online activity while planning a cyber law that will expand powers to pry into private communications.

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