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Title: Migrant Information Note Issue #20 - June 2013 (English)
Date of publication: 01 July 2013
Description/subject: "This issue of the IOM Migrant Information Note (MIN) provides an overview of the latest regulations affecting migrant workers in Thailand, including the exemption from work permit fees for victims of human trafficking; the ministerial regulation on contributions to the Migrant Repatriation Fund; details on undergoing health exams and acquiring health insurance for migrant workers, as well as updates on the new locations of the Immigration Bureau’s migrant service centers and the migrant regularization process. Statistics of migrants in Thailand are also presented..."
Language: English
Source/publisher: International Organization for Migration (IOM)
Format/size: pdf (86K)
Date of entry/update: 02 July 2013
ML > Migration > Migration from Burma > Migrant Workers from Burma > Migrant workers' registration in Thailand - texts and guidelines (mostly from IOM)


Title: Current Realities and Future Possibilities in Burma/Myanmar: Options For U.S. Policy (Task Force Report update)
Date of publication: 26 October 2010
Description/subject: "In September 2009, Barack Obama’s administration announced a new U.S. policy direction for relations with Burma/Myanmar. Over the past year, this new course has moved the United States away from previous efforts to isolate Burma’s ruling generals, balancing economic sanctions with “pragmatic engagement” and initiating efforts to expand channels of communication with the military leadership at higher levels of authority. Against this backdrop, the Asia Society established a Task Force on U.S. Policy toward Burma/Myanmar in the fall of 2009 to assess the shift in American policy and provide concrete recommendations for how the United States could best approach this new path of engagement. The Task Force’s report, Current Realities and Future Possibilities in Burma: Options for U.S. Policy, was released in March 2010.1 With elections set to be held on November 7, the first in Burma in 20 years, this update provides an overview of key developments in Burma since the Task Force’s report was published. For reasons outlined here, it is clear that the upcoming elections will not be inclusive or fair. In short, Burma’s military leaders have willfully ignored calls from the international community to allow the full participation of opposition leaders and ethnic minorities in the elections..."
Language: English
Source/publisher: Asia Society
Format/size: pdf (158K)
Date of entry/update: 02 July 2013
ML > Foreign Relations > USA-Burma relations


Title: Overview of Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade - Baseline Study 4 - Myanmar
Date of publication: November 2011
Description/subject: Table of Contents:- 1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY AND MAJOR FINDINGS … 2. HISTORICAL OVERVIEW ... 3. NATIONAL FOREST STRATEGY, POLICIES AND REGULATIONS: 3.1 The Myanmar Selection System and Annual Allowable Cut; 3.2 Forest Law and Policy ; 3.3 Forest Land Categories; 3.4 Community Forestry; 3.5 Impact of Forest Law Enforcement on Local People... 4. DEMAND: DOMESTIC DEMAND AND WOOD EXPORTS: 4.1 Domestic Demand ; 4.2 Exports ... 5. TIMBER SUPPLY: DOMESTIC PRODUCTION AND WOOD IMPORTS: 5.1 Domestic Wood Production; 5.2 Plantation Production... 6. FOREST INDUSTRY: 6.1 Myanmar Timber Enterprise; 6.2 Non-MTE Harvesting; 6.3 Medium-Sized Companies and Traders; 6.4 Value-Added Processing... 7. ILLEGAL TIMBER TRADE AND MYANMAR STANDARDS, NATIONAL CODES, TIMBER CERTIFICATION AND VERIFICATION SYSTEMS: 7.1 Illegal Timber Trade; 7.2 Progress towards Standards, National Codes, Timber Certification and Verification Systems ... 8. STAKEHOLDER ANALYSIS : 8.1 Government; 8.2 Timber Processing Industry: Private Sector and Quasi-Private Sector; 8.3 Civil Society; 8.4 Bilateral Donor Programs... BIBLIOGRAPHY... APPENDIX 1: MYANMAR TIMBER EXPORT PROCESS .
Author/creator: Kevin Woods and Kerstin Canby
Language: English
Source/publisher: Forest Trends for FLEGT Asia Regional Programme
Format/size: pdf (1.6MB-OBL version; 1.78-original)
Alternate URLs: http://www.forest-trends.org/documents/files/doc_3159.pdf
Date of entry/update: 02 July 2013
ML > Law and Constitution > Administration > Environmental laws, decrees, regulations etc. > Laws, decrees, bills and regulations relating to the environment (commentary)
Forests and forest peoples (being reconstructed) > The forests and forest peoples of Burma/Myanmar > The forests of Burma/Myanmar: policy, law and regulations > Burma/Myanmar's forest legislation
Forests and forest peoples (being reconstructed) > The forests and forest peoples of Burma/Myanmar > The forests of Burma/Myanmar: policy, law and regulations > Forest policy in Burma/Myanmar


Title: Karen Refugee Committee Newsletter & Monthly Report, May 2013 (English, Karen, Burmese, Thai)
Date of publication: May 2013
Description/subject: Map of Karen Refugee Camps...Newsletter and Activities report...Monthly Activities Report ...NGO Supporters...Camp Population Report: Registered people in the 7 camps (Mae La; Umphiem; Nu Po; Mae La Oon; Mae Ra Moe; Htam Hin; Don Yang); Unregistered people in the 7 camps; New Arrivals in the 7 camps; Pre-Screening People in the 7 camps; Number of PAB People in the 7 camps; Boarding House Students in the 7 camps; Feeding Figures in the 7 camps; General Population in the 7 camps...Report in English, Karen, Burmese and Thai
Language: English, Karen, Burmese, Thai
Source/publisher: Karen Refugee Committee (KRC)
Format/size: pdf (794K)
Date of entry/update: 02 July 2013
ML > Refugees > Burmese refugees in Thailand -- reports of the refugee committees > Karen Refugee Committee Monthly Reports > Karen Refugee Committee Newsletter & Monthly Reports 2013


Title: "Voice of Burma" No. 924
Date of publication: 23 June 2013
Language: Burmese/ ျမန္မာဘာသာ
Source/publisher: Voice of Burma Information Group
Format/size: pdf (298K)
Date of entry/update: 02 July 2013
RR > Archives > "Voice of Burma" > "Voice of Burma" 2013


Title: "Voice of Burma" No. 925
Date of publication: 30 June 2013
Language: Burmese/ ျမန္မာဘာသာ
Source/publisher: Voice of Burma Information Group
Format/size: pdf (278K)
Date of entry/update: 02 July 2013
RR > Archives > "Voice of Burma" > "Voice of Burma" 2013


Title: "Voice of Burma" No. 922
Date of publication: 09 June 2013
Language: Burmese/ ျမန္မာဘာသာ , English
Source/publisher: Voice of Burma Information Group
Format/size: pdf (303K)
Date of entry/update: 02 July 2013
RR > Archives > "Voice of Burma" > "Voice of Burma" 2013


Title: "Voice of Burma" No. 923
Date of publication: 16 June 2013
Language: Burmese/ ျမန္မာဘာသာ
Source/publisher: Voice of Burma Information Group
Format/size: pdf (307K)
Date of entry/update: 02 July 2013
RR > Archives > "Voice of Burma" > "Voice of Burma" 2013


Title: Karen Refugee Committee Newsletter & Monthly Report, February 2013 (English, Karen, Burmese, Thai)
Date of publication: February 2013
Description/subject: Map of Karen Refugee Camps...Newsletter and Activities report...Monthly Activities Report ...NGO Supporters...Camp Population Report: Registered people in the 7 camps (Mae La; Umphiem; Nu Po; Mae La Oon; Mae Ra Moe; Htam Hin; Don Yang); Unregistered people in the 7 camps; New Arrivals in the 7 camps; Pre-Screening People in the 7 camps; Number of PAB People in the 7 camps; Boarding House Students in the 7 camps; Feeding Figures in the 7 camps; General Population in the 7 camps...Report in English, Karen, Burmese and Thai
Language: English
Source/publisher: Karen Refugee Committee (KRC)
Format/size: pdf (521K)
Date of entry/update: 02 July 2013
ML > Refugees > Burmese refugees in Thailand -- reports of the refugee committees > Karen Refugee Committee Monthly Reports > Karen Refugee Committee Newsletter & Monthly Reports 2013


Title: Karen Refugee Committee Newsletter & Monthly Report, March 2013 (English, Karen, Burmese, Thai)
Date of publication: March 2013
Description/subject: Map of Karen Refugee Camps...Newsletter and Activities report...Monthly Activities Report ...NGO Supporters...Camp Population Report: Registered people in the 7 camps (Mae La; Umphiem; Nu Po; Mae La Oon; Mae Ra Moe; Htam Hin; Don Yang); Unregistered people in the 7 camps; New Arrivals in the 7 camps; Pre-Screening People in the 7 camps; Number of PAB People in the 7 camps; Boarding House Students in the 7 camps; Feeding Figures in the 7 camps; General Population in the 7 camps...Report in English, Karen, Burmese and Thai.
Language: English
Source/publisher: Karen Refugee Committee (KRC)
Format/size: pdf (735K)
Date of entry/update: 02 July 2013
ML > Refugees > Burmese refugees in Thailand -- reports of the refugee committees > Karen Refugee Committee Monthly Reports > Karen Refugee Committee Newsletter & Monthly Reports 2013


Title: Karen Refugee Committee Newsletter & Monthly Report, April 2013 (English, Karen, Burmese, Thai)
Date of publication: April 2013
Description/subject: Map of Karen Refugee Camps...Newsletter and Activities report...Monthly Activities Report ...NGO Supporters...Camp Population Report: Registered people in the 7 camps (Mae La; Umphiem; Nu Po; Mae La Oon; Mae Ra Moe; Htam Hin; Don Yang); Unregistered people in the 7 camps; New Arrivals in the 7 camps; Pre-Screening People in the 7 camps; Number of PAB People in the 7 camps; Boarding House Students in the 7 camps; Feeding Figures in the 7 camps; General Population in the 7 camps...Report in English, Karen, Burmese and Thai.
Language: English
Source/publisher: Karen Refugee Committee (KRC)
Format/size: pdf (792K)
Date of entry/update: 02 July 2013
ML > Refugees > Burmese refugees in Thailand -- reports of the refugee committees > Karen Refugee Committee Monthly Reports > Karen Refugee Committee Newsletter & Monthly Reports 2013


Title: "The New Light of Myanmar" Monday 1 July, 2013
Date of publication: 01 July 2013
Description/subject: DOMESTIC NEWS: Union A&I Minister oversees rice research farmlands, thriving groundnut plantations...President U Thein Sein’s radio message on air...Government targets today’s youth to be good and able citizens...Bogyoke Aung San Market to see major repair works while another Bogyoke market (open air market) being improved...Fire drill conducted in Natmauk...Anti-DHF measures carried out in Kyauktaw...International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking organized...Educative talks on DHF organized...Ambulance donated to Myinmu social services group...Monywa honey production affected by climate change...Timber extraction elephant poached in Mawlaik...Child protection course concludes in Dawei...Biodiversity conservation carried out in Htamanthi Wildlife Sanctuary...Illegal timber seized in States and Regions...Tree planting hails Myanmar Women’s Day...Danger of drug, child law, traffic enforcement talked in Pyawbwe...Weather Forecast for 1st Dekad (10-days) of July 2013..... EXTERNAL RELATIONS: President U Thein Sein sends felicitations to Governor-General, Prime Minister of Canada...Asia Highway linking Kawthoung-Myeik with Myawady-Tamu-Imphal to emerge in 2018...KOICA donates teaching aids to kindergarten...Myanmar-Japan Legal Research Center to be opened at Yangon University...Malaysia Palm Oil Exhibition opens...Three ancient Pyu cities to be included in World Heritage List...Union FM felicitates Canadian Counterpart...MoU signing ceremony for main sponsor in 27th SEA Games held..... "PERSPECTIVES": "More fun for tourists"..... ARTICLES: "Conservation of urban heritages in Yangon" Byline: Maung Maung Myint Swe Photo: Tin Soe (Myanma Alinn)..."Myanmar’s Leadership Needed on ASEAN Illegal Wildlife Trade" Moe Thuzar Soe..."Lagunpyin project to add 4 million gallons of water per day to supply water to Yangon" Byline: Maung Maung Myint Swe Photo: Tin Soe (Myanma Alinn)
Language: English
Source/publisher: News and Periodicals Enterprise, Ministry of Information, Union of Myanmar
Format/size: pdf (2.7MB)
Date of entry/update: 01 July 2013
RR > Print and broadcast media produced by the Government of Burma/Myanmar > Full, original versions of "The New Light of Myanmar", "Kyemon" and "Myanmar Alin" > "The New Light of Myanmar" 2013


Title: BURMA BULLETIN ISSUE 78 - JUNE 2013
Date of publication: June 2013
Description/subject: KEY STORY: • Rohingya IDPs one year on; • Rohingya discriminated against; • UN slams Naypyidaw; • More Muslims attacked, jailed; • Regime backs U Wirathu; • U Wirathu proposes restrictions... INSIDE BURMA: • Kachin conflict rages on; • Limited aid for Kachin IDPs; • Shan State clashes continue; • Regime-KNPP agreement; • Land confiscation protests... HUMAN RIGHTS: • Arrests and imprisonment... DISPLACEMENT: • Rohingya push backs continue; • Rohingya refugees in Thailand; • Mass arrests in Malaysia; • Trafficking in Burma; • 7th largest source of refugees... INTERNATIONAL: • EU Parliament resolution... ECONOMY: • Workers protest low wages; • Telecoms licenses awarded; • Burma-China pipelines... OTHER BURMA NEWS... REPORTS.
Language: English
Source/publisher: ALTSEAN-Burma
Format/size: pdf (189K)
Alternate URLs: http://www.altsean.org/Reports/Burma%20Bulletin/BBJune13.php
Date of entry/update: 01 July 2013
ML > Activism and Advocacy (groups from Burma, solidarity groups, campaigns, publications) > Online publications by Burma solidarity groups > ALTSEAN-Burma archive


Title: Countries at risk - violations of trade union rights - extracts on Burma/Myanmar
Date of publication: 2013
Language: English
Source/publisher: International Trade Union Confederation
Format/size: pdf (109K)
Alternate URLs: http://www.ituc-csi.org/IMG/pdf/survey_ra_2013_eng_final.pdf
Date of entry/update: 01 July 2013
ML > Human Rights > Labour Rights > Labour rights: reports of violations in Burma > Forced Labour > Non-ILO Reports on forced labour, including forced portering, in Burma


Title: A NEW DAWN FOR EQUITABLE GROWTH IN MYANMAR? Making the private sector work for small - scale agriculture
Date of publication: 04 June 2013
Description/subject: "The new wave of political reforms have set Myanmar on a road to unprecedented economic expansion, but, without targeted policy efforts and regulation to even the playing field, the benefits of new investment will filter down to only a few, leaving small - scale farmers – the backbone of the Myanmar economy – unable to benefit from this growth. If Myanmar is to meet its ambitions on equitable growth, political leaders must put new policies and regulation to generate equitable growth at the heart of their democratic reform agenda. These must address power inequalities in the markets, put small - scale farmers at the centre of new agricultural investments, and close loopholes in law and practice that leave the poorest open to land - rights abuses"
Language: English
Source/publisher: Oxfam
Format/size: pdf (266K-OBL version; 314K-original)
Alternate URLs: http://www.oxfam.org/sites/www.oxfam.org/files/ib-equitable-growth-myanmar-040613-en.pdf
Date of entry/update: 01 July 2013
ML > Development and sustainability > Development in Myanmar - general articles
Development and sustainability > Rural development in Burma/Myanmar
Land > Land in Burma > Law/policy on land in Burma/Myanmar
Agriculture > Agricultural policy


Title: New Energy Architecture: Myanmar
Date of publication: June 2013
Description/subject: "...This report is structured as follows. First, the New Energy Architecture methodology is outlined. In Step 1, the performance of the country’s current energy architecture is assessed. Step 2 describes the setting of the objectives of the New Energy Architecture. Step 3 outlines insights to support the development of a New Energy Architecture, and highlights potential risks in achieving this. Step 4 then discusses the need for leadership and multistakeholder partnerships to support the implementation of a New Energy Architecture in Myanmar..."
Language: English
Source/publisher: World Economic Forum, Asian Development Bank (ADB), Accenture
Format/size: pdf (4.2MB-OBL version; 5.3MB-original)
Alternate URLs: http://www.adb.org/sites/default/files/pub/2013/new-energy-architecture-mya.pdf
Date of entry/update: 01 July 2013
ML > Economy > Economy: general, analytical, statistical > Analyses and programmes by international financial institutions etc. > Asian Development Bank (ADB) and its watchers (Burma/Myanmar)
Economy > Infrastructure > Energy > Energy -- general


Title: Advancing Myanmar’s Transition: A Way Forward for U.S. Policy
Date of publication: 16 February 2012
Description/subject: Executive Summary: "In January 2012, an Asia Society delegation visited Burma/Myanmar to engage in a Track II dialogue with the Myanmar Development Resources Institute (MDRI), a newly created, independent think tank based in Yangon. The MDRI participants in the dialogue include advisors with a mandate to provide policy advice in the areas of political, economic, and legal affairs to President Thein Sein and his government. The goal of this informal dialogue is to establish an ongoing channel of communication between experts from both countries and to explore opportunities to advance U.S.–Myanmar relations during a particularly fluid and fragile period of transition in Myanmar. The Asia Society group includes specialists in the areas of political affairs, rule of law, democracy building, economic development, and environmental sustainability. In addition to the Track II meetings with presidential advisors, our group held in-depth discussions with senior officials in the following ministries: Foreign Affairs, Culture, Commerce, Environmental Conservation and Forestry, Health, Science and Technology, Education, and Information. Our group also met with business leaders; members of civil society; representatives from the National League for Democracy (NLD), including Aung San Suu Kyi; and a wide array of community activists, including minority nationalities. This effort builds on the work carried out by Asia Society’s Task Force on U.S. Policy toward Burma/Myanmar, as well as seminal meetings convened by Asia Society in New York in September 2011 that brought together for the first time policy makers from Myanmar, the United States, and the broader international community to informally discuss prospects for reform in Myanmar. This report provides our assessment of the nature of the changes that are under way in Myanmar and the challenges and vulnerabilities that the country faces. We conclude by recommending measures that the United States can undertake at this critical moment to encourage, support, and advance the institutionalization of sustainable democracy in Myanmar."
Author/creator: Priscilla Clapp and Suzanne DiMaggio
Language: English
Source/publisher: Asia Society
Format/size: pdf (262K)
Alternate URLs: http://www.burmalibrary.org/docs15/Asia_Soc-us_policy_myanmar_report-2012-02.pdf
Date of entry/update: 01 July 2013
ML > Foreign Relations > USA-Burma relations


Title: Sustaining Myanmar’s Transition: Ten Critical Challenges
Date of publication: 24 June 2013
Description/subject: "...Transitions are never smooth, and it is likely that the situation on the ground in Myanmar will get messier before it gets better, especially as we start to see winners and losers in the process. Economic development will be uneven, investment will not be broad based, disputes over land rights will not do all that it can to be a reliable partner to Myanmar as the country works to ensure that current positive trends continue to 2015 and beyond..."
Author/creator: Priscilla Clapp and Suzanne DiMaggio
Language: English
Source/publisher: Asia Society
Format/size: pdf (321K-OBL version; 375K-original)
Alternate URLs: http://www.burmalibrary.org/docs15/Asia_Society-2013-06-Sustaining_Myanmars_Transition-red.pdf
Date of entry/update: 01 July 2013
ML > Foreign Relations > USA-Burma relations


Title: Legal Review of Recently Enacted Farmland Law and Vacant, Fallow and Virgin Lands Management Law - Improving the Legal & Policy Frameworks Relating to Land Management in Myanmar
Date of publication: November 2012
Description/subject: "The Farmland Law and the VFV Law were approved by Parliament on March 30th, 2012. There have been a few improvements compared to previous laws such as recognition of non-rotational taungya as a legitimate land-use and recognition that farmers are using VFV lands without formal recognition by the Government. However overall the Laws lack clarity and provide weak protection of the rights of smallholder farmers in upland areas and do not explicitly state the equal rights of women to register and inherit land or be granted land-use rights for VFV land. The Laws remain designed primarily to foster promotion of large-scale agricultural investment and fail to provide adequate safeguards for the majority of farmers who are smallholders. In particular tenure security for farmland remains weak due to the Government retaining power to rescind farm land use rights leaving smallholders vulnerable to dispossession of their land-use rights. In addition there remains some unnecessary de-facto government control over the crop choices of farmers. In particular it is recommended that recognition of land-use rights under customary law and the creation of mechanisms for communal registration of land-use rights, be included in the Farmland and VFV Laws. There needs to be a comprehensive process of re-classifying land in the country to reflect land-use changes resulting from conversion of forests and VFV land into agricultural land, loss of agricultural land due to development projects, urban expansion and population growth. This will serve to reduce land conflict in the countryside and provide genuine tenure security for smallholders. Furthermore the specific and independent rights of women must be explicitly stated in the Laws. Added to this the fundamental principle of free, prior and informed consent should be enshrined, especially in regard to removal of land-use rights in the national interest. It is also necessary that the Government works in partnership with civil society and farmers associations to revise the Farmland and VFV Laws..."
Author/creator: Robert B. Oberndorf, J. D.
Language: English
Source/publisher: Forest Trends, Food Security Working Group’s Land Core Group
Format/size: pdf (236K)
Alternate URLs: http://www.burmalibrary.org/docs15/Legal_Review_of_Farmland_Law&VFV_Land_Law.pdf
Date of entry/update: 01 July 2013
ML > Law and Constitution > Administration > Land, property and planning > Laws, decrees, bills and regulations relating to land, property and planning (commentary)
Land > Land in Burma > Law/policy on land in Burma/Myanmar


Title: "The New Light of Myanmar" Thursday 27 June, 2013
Date of publication: 27 June 2013
Description/subject: HLUTTAW MEETINGS: Pyithu Hluttaw Speaker, Hluttaw committee chairmen, secretaries, commission members meet...No plan to hold by-elections for constituencies with few vacant seats [Pyithu Hluttaw]...Proposal on free medical services discussed [Amyotha Hluttaw]..... GOVERNMENT MEETINGS: It needs to be aware of stoppage of current reform processes due to blame, criticism: President U Thein Sein.....OTHER DOMESTIC NEWS: President U Thein Sein attends work coord meeting on agriculture sector development...Noteworthy amounts of rainfall (26-6-2013)...Race boats in Monywa Township maintained in the memory of boat racing in old days...More than 10-foot crocodile captured alive in Pazundaung creek...Young man run over, killed by express train near Toungoo railway station...Head-on collision hurts six passengers in Kyaukdaga Township...Lacquerwares selling good in Pakokku pagoda festival...Library opened in Pyawbwe...Bridge on inter-village road being repaired in Yamethin Tsp...MEB grants stipends to offspring of staff...Cash, stationery donated to Hngetawsan youth rehab centre...Educative talk on consequences of drug abuses organized...Haul of narcotic drugs incinerated to mark International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking...Golden Jubilee Myanma Gems Emporium continues for 12th day...USDP members, trainees of MDRI visit Pyithu Hluttaw...Students in Loilem fed with milk...Fund-raising music concert for development of Inlay Region...A man with cable seized in Kywepwe of Ottwin Tsp...41 oxen, cow seized before illegal trading...Peaceful coexistence and amity among all religions discussed in Myawady...Stipends, stationery provided to students...Action taken against reckless Myitkyina, 26 June—A driver in Hmawby Tsp...Veteran mountaineers, sponsors honoured..... EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Myanmar, Indonesia organize workshop on democratic transition...South Korean company proposes to build Yangon-Dala Bridge...Foreign currency exchange rate on the increase...MSI organizes international education fair...East-West Center Journalists’ Exchange Group in Myanmar...Int’l Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking observed...... "PERSPECTIVES": "The need of structural reform in education"
Language: English
Source/publisher: News and Periodicals Enterprise, Ministry of Information, Union of Myanmar
Format/size: pdf (2.5MB)
Date of entry/update: 30 June 2013
RR > Print and broadcast media produced by the Government of Burma/Myanmar > Full, original versions of "The New Light of Myanmar", "Kyemon" and "Myanmar Alin" > "The New Light of Myanmar" 2013


Title: "The New Light of Myanmar" Friday 28 June, 2013
Date of publication: 28 June 2013
Description/subject: HLUTTAW MEETINGS: Suspending of telecom licenses could lose trust of foreign investors, tarnish county’s image [Pyithu Hluttaw]...Private entrepreneurs allowed to export finished jade and gem products [Amyotha Hluttaw, 3rd day]..... OTHER DOMESTIC NEWS: Vice-President Dr Sai Mauk Kham addresses work coord meeting of Rakhine State Peace and Stability and Development Implementation Central Committee...Implementation of Mingala-Mandalay Central Business District Project gaining momentum...Stove fire reduces house to ashes in Dagon Myothit (North)...Street brawl between driver, pedestrian leaves factory staff hurt...Artifacts assumed to be from Pyu era unearthed in Paung Township...Transport of illegal teak, hardwood and forest products interrupted...Shwedwingon police meet townselders...MCDC donates vehicle to traffic police...Tatkon police seek advice from townselders...Free traditional medical care provided to villagers in Patheingyi Tsp...Pyay erects billboard to hail Myanmar Women’s Day...MMCWA CECs meet Bago volunteers...Outstanding matriculation students in Nay Pyi Taw honoured...Public announcement for remonstration...Myanmar Gazette...All National Races Democracy Party (Kayah State) applies for registration as political party...Complaint Mechanism opened in Nay Pyi Taw...Talks on environmental conservation held in Kamayut Tsp...Educative talks on crime reduction held in Yedashe...One BEPS upgraded in Meiktila Tsp...Opium seized in Tachilek...Motherless baby elephant gets new mother..... EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Myanmar, US ink Economic and Technical Cooperation Agreement...Senior General Min Aung Hlaing tours Red Square...Senior General Min Aung Hlaing visits KBP Instrument Design Bureau in Tyla...Telenor Mobile Communications and Ooredoo selected as Successful Applicants in the Nationwide Telecommunications Licence Award Process...Pyithu Hluttaw Deputy Speaker receives Chinese guests...Sitagu Sayadaw pays fines for Myanmar workers...Mandalay police charges four with illegal recruitment...Four teams visit Pyithu Hluttaw...Trade deficit in April/May...Union Attorney-General meets guests of MSF from Holland...Senior General Min Aung Hlaing visits No 2 Armoured Corps, receives Chairman of Russia-Myanmar Friendship Association, President of Novel Oil Company and Chairman of Russia-Myanmar Military Technical Cooperation Joint Commission...Republic of the Union of Myanmar Information Team Press Release No (9/2013) Press release about granting telecommunications operator licence..... "PERSPECTIVES": "Customer protection"
Language: English
Source/publisher: News and Periodicals Enterprise, Ministry of Information, Union of Myanmar
Format/size: pdf (2.6MB)
Date of entry/update: 30 June 2013
RR > Print and broadcast media produced by the Government of Burma/Myanmar > Full, original versions of "The New Light of Myanmar", "Kyemon" and "Myanmar Alin" > "The New Light of Myanmar" 2013


Title: "The New Light of Myanmar" Saturday 29 June, 2013
Date of publication: 29 June 2013
Description/subject: HLUTTAW MEETINGS: Clarifications at Oslo Forum contribute a lot to the State and the people: Pyithu Hluttaw Speaker [Pyithu Hluttaw 7th Session, 4th day]...Proposal on compilation of analyses of rates submitted [Amyotha Hluttaw, 7th Session, 4th day] [p16].....OTHER DOMESTIC NEWS: It needs to establish modern rice mills across the country: President U Thein Sein [p1]...Farmers prefer power-tiller to traditional use of cattle in farming process...Waterway users in Pyapon get life jacket drill...Man died from being run over by tractor-trailer...Rollover crash of Mandalay- Muse passenger bus in Hsipaw...Man charged with murder of his own brother, sister-in-law...Drunkard leaps to death off four-storey balcony...Eight-year-old boy fatally struck by motorbike...Ancient box on display at Yamethin monastery [P7]...Talks commemorate Mandalay university co-founder’s birthday[P7...Vehicle upside down in Tachilek [P7...Antinarcotics police attacked by grenade...Saw-Kyaukhtu road section to be upgraded to tarred one...UEC Chairman, members participate in tree planting ceremony...Kayah Nationality Democracy Party applies for registration as political party...Public announcement for remonstration...Seminar on Preventing Hate Speech in Myanmar; Divergent Voices in a New Democracy held...8th Computer Technology Exhibition held in Monywa...Farming rights certificates issued to farmers...Monsoon tree planting hails Myanmar Women’s Day...Cultural papers read...Construction of Kyaukse Dam inspected...Ward administrators from Shan State visit Hluttaw session...Earthquake news...Statement of the Ministry of Religious Affairs on cover story of Time magazine 1 July issue, Volume 182, No. 1 designing monk U Wirathu’s photo on front cover..... EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Senior General Min Aung Hlaing meets scholars from Myanmar Tatmadaw, visits Maritime Academy, JSC Admiralty Shipyards[p1]...Myanmar pipeline to start gas supply to China...Prizes for 4th SEA Pencak Silat Championships presented...Japan helps Myanmar improve Myanma rail transportation...Myanmar has opened up a number of opportunities to foreign investors: President U Thein Sein...Seminar on Preventing Hate Speech in Myanmar; Divergent Voices in a New Democracy held...Union H&T Minister receives Secretary- General of World Tourism Organization...Union Education Minister meets Chinese Cultural Attaché...Statement of the Ministry of Religious Affairs on cover story of Time magazine 1 July issue, Volume 182, No. 1 designing monk U Wirathu’s photo on front cover..... "PERSPECTIVES": "What D-learning brings"
Language: English
Source/publisher: News and Periodicals Enterprise, Ministry of Information, Union of Myanmar
Format/size: pdf (2.7MB)
Date of entry/update: 30 June 2013
RR > Print and broadcast media produced by the Government of Burma/Myanmar > Full, original versions of "The New Light of Myanmar", "Kyemon" and "Myanmar Alin" > "The New Light of Myanmar" 2013


Title: "The New Light of Myanmar" Sunday 30 June, 2013
Date of publication: 30 June 2013
Description/subject: DOMESTIC NEWS: Plenary meeting of 47-member State Sangha Maha Nayaka Committee on 14-15 July...Moderate earthquake hits outside Myanmar...Nan Htet Htet Lin wins Physique Championship...Waso cane-ball demonstration in Thanlyin...Chin United FC wins MNL-2 (First Division) 2013 title...Billboard set up to mark Myanmar Women’s Day...Tow Truck in action for undisciplined vehicles in Mandalay...Urban wards in Kawthoung see sanitation work...Old lake being repaired in Indaigyi Village in Magway Township...Well sunk in Nantsiaung...Mawlamyine Youth Training School celebrates golden jubilee...Agricultural loans disbursed to farmers in Mohnyin Tsp...Hlinethaya residents voice concerns over lake pollution...Mahaaungmye BEMS upgraded...Musical Cosmetic with Living Expo on 1 July...Loans disbursed to trishaw drivers...Educative talks on traffic rules organized...Monywa police raids mini cinema exclusive for couples...Talks on DHF given in Nay Pyi Taw Zeyathiri Township...Edexcel launches education consultation...School buildings handed over at Magway University...International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking marked in Mohnyin...Firefighters demonstrate skill in Thabeikkyin...Talks on environmental conservation held in Magway...APBLCC (Yangon West District) holds traffic rules course...Farmers educative field at Shwedaung research and quality cotton farm...Action taken against those hoisting State Flag upside down...Police opens file against snatcher in Latha Township...Engaging Parliamentarians in the Anti-Corruption Agenda held..... EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Senior General Min Aung Hlaing visits Summer Palace and Museum of King Tsar...Buddha tooth relic and golden shrine handed over...Myanmar-Japan Legal Research Center to be opened at Yangon University...Chinese Sayadaw donates stationery, sports gear in NyaungU...Press meet between cabinet members and local and foreign media..... "PERSPECTIVES": "Food safety whistleblowers"..... ARTICLES: "Implementation of Hanthawady International Airport Project to start soon" Byline: Thaw Zet Photo: Khin Maung Win (Kyemon)..."The World’s Largest Marble Book of a Skyscraper’s Height" Maha Saddhamma Jotika dhaja Sithu Dr. Khin Maung Nyunt
Language: English
Source/publisher: News and Periodicals Enterprise, Ministry of Information, Union of Myanmar
Format/size: pdf (2.6MB)
Date of entry/update: 30 June 2013
RR > Print and broadcast media produced by the Government of Burma/Myanmar > Full, original versions of "The New Light of Myanmar", "Kyemon" and "Myanmar Alin" > "The New Light of Myanmar" 2013


Title: Anger and anxiety in multi-ethnic Myanmar
Date of publication: 28 June 2013
Description/subject: "...The proposed ideas of U Wirathu and his ‘969’ movement to boycott Muslim businesses and restricting marriage of Buddhist women to men of Muslim faith are unconstitutional and ill-conceived. It is a well-known fact that there is a widespread anxiety and anger in Buddhist communities. This anxiety and anger drives the growing support for U Wirathu and his 969 movement. The threat perception in regard to Islam and its impact on Myanmar’s society cannot be simply dismissed as primordial hatred or psychologized as self-victimization as if it were a matter of a collective psychological development disorder. To avoid a further escalation and overcome this crisis, it is important to acknowledge the existence of anger and anxieties in Buddhist communities and to understand the underlying economic, social, and cultural problems. Only when the root problems are understood, can they be factored into sustainable, peaceful, and political solutions..."
Author/creator: Dr. Tun Kyaw Nyein & Dr. Susanne Prager Nyein
Language: English
Source/publisher: "Mizzima"
Format/size: pdf (204K), html
Alternate URLs: http://www.mizzima.com/opinion/contributor/9598-anger-and-anxiety-in-multi-ethnic-myanmar
Date of entry/update: 29 June 2013
ML > Religious violence (under construction) > Anti-Muslim violence - General articles and analysis


Title: 
Language: English
Format/size: pdf (204K). html
Alternate URLs: http://www.mizzima.com/opinion/contributor/9598-anger-and-anxiety-in-multi-ethnic-myanmar
Date of entry/update: 28 June 2013
ML > Religious violence (under construction) > Anti-Muslim violence - General articles and analysis


Title: "The New Light of Myanmar" Wednesday 26 June, 2013
Date of publication: 26 June 2013
Description/subject: HLUTTAW SESSIONS: Seventh regular session of First Pyithu Hluttaw kicks off - It needs to promulgate fair laws which people should and can follow: Pyithu Hluttaw Speaker...Seventh regular session of First Amyotha Hluttaw starts.....OTHER DOMESTIC NEWS: More efforts with added momentum to implement reform processes needed - President U Thein Sein addresses Republic of the Union of Myanmar Project Commission meeting...Health education given in Nay Pyi Taw...Yangon Children Hospital under major repair...New transformers installed in Lashio urban wards...Apartment blaze in Kaba-Aye Villa...Ayeyawady dolphin study tour concludes successfully...Riverbank erosion looms in Tanawgyun Village, Waw Tsp...Mandalay Pharmacology University organizes extempore talks contest...Farming rights certificates presented in Indaw Township...Educative talks on traffic rules organized...MWAF presents cash, stationery to students in Singaing Tsp...Inter-village road opened in Naungtaya...Car plunges off road in Myawady...Central Committee for Drug Abuse Control (CCDAC) Chairman, Union Home Affairs Minister Lt-Gen Ko Ko’s Message for 2013 International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking (26, June 2013...Five more private dailies granted...Peaceful coexistence and amity among all religions discussed in Myawady...2nd Myanmar Senior PGA Championship 2013 in Mandalay..... EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, Russian Defence Minister General of the Army Sergey K Schoigu hold talks...More homecomings of Myanmar workers soon...New generation Judo athletes recruited for SEA Games...Deputy Attorney-General meets Londonbased media...Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services Senior General Min Aung Hlaing visits JSC RAC MiG plant...Buddha Tooth Relic Sayadaw donates farm equipment... .. "PERSPECTIVES": "Lead the nation into a better way of life"....."NO ROOM FOR DOPE PUSHERS" Maung Hlaing
Language: Eng;sh
Source/publisher: News and Periodicals Enterprise, Ministry of Information, Union of Myanmar
Format/size: pdf (2.7MB)
Date of entry/update: 26 June 2013
RR > Print and broadcast media produced by the Government of Burma/Myanmar > Full, original versions of "The New Light of Myanmar", "Kyemon" and "Myanmar Alin" > "The New Light of Myanmar" 2013


Title: Myanmar: Public service media needed but proposed bill inadequate (English)
Date of publication: 26 June 2013
Description/subject: "Establishing a genuine public service media is desperately needed in Myanmar to provide an independent, impartial and balanced source of information, and to encourage pluralism. Unfortunately, the proposed bill on public service media would if adopted continue state control of the media and the disenfranchisement of ethnic minorities. ARTICLE 19 urges parliament to make significant changes before adopting it..."
Language: English
Source/publisher: Article 19
Format/size: pdf (102K), html (40K)
Alternate URLs: http://www.article19.org/resources.php/resource/37123/en/myanmar:-public-service-media-needed-but-p...
Date of entry/update: 26 June 2013
ML > Law and Constitution > Civil and political rights > Opinion and expression > Laws, decrees, bills and regulations relating to opinion and expression (commentary)


Title: Public Service Media Bill (English)
Date of publication: June 2013
Description/subject: Public Service Media Bill (2013, Union Parliament Bill) - 1375 Year, Month Day (2013 Year, Month Day) - Preamble: "The Union Parliament enacts this law in order to promote political, economic and social interests of the people as well as to transform the State-owned media into independent Public Service Media...".....See the Article 19 analysis of this bill in Laws, decrees, bills and regulations relating to opinion and expression (commentary)
Language: English
Source/publisher: Hluttaws via Article 19
Format/size: pdf (147K)
Alternate URLs: http://www.article19.org/resources.php/resource/37123/en/
Date of entry/update: 26 June 2013
ML > Law and Constitution > Civil and political rights > Opinion and expression > Laws, decrees, bills and regulations relating to opinion and expression (texts)


Title: Myanmar: Public service media needed but proposed bill inadequate (Burmese)
Date of publication: 26 June 2013
Language: Burmese/ ျမန္မာဘာသာ
Source/publisher: Article 19
Format/size: html (73K)
Date of entry/update: 26 June 2013
ML > Law and Constitution > Civil and political rights > Opinion and expression > Laws, decrees, bills and regulations relating to opinion and expression (commentary)


Title: Public Service Media Bill (Burmese)
Date of publication: June 2013
Description/subject: Public Service Media Bill - (2013, Union Parliament Bill) - 1375 Year, Month Day (2013 Year, Month Day) - Preamble "The Union Parliament enacts this law in order to promote political, economic and social interests of the people as well as to transform the State-owned media into independent Public Service Media..."
Language: Burmese/ ျမန္မာဘာသာ
Source/publisher: Hluttaws
Format/size: pdf (114K)
Alternate URLs: http://www.article19.org/data/files/medialibrary/37123/Public-service-media-bill-MY.pdf
Date of entry/update: 26 June 2013
ML > Law and Constitution > Civil and political rights > Opinion and expression > Laws, decrees, bills and regulations relating to opinion and expression (texts)


Title: "The New Light of Myanmar" Sunday 23 June, 2013
Date of publication: 23 June 2013
Description/subject: DOMESTIC NEWS: Taxation system should have transparency...Car catches fire in Mawlu of Indaw Tsp...Brake-failed Hilux hits motorbike in Bago...Biker meets her tragic end while overtaking tractor-trailer...Suspect for housemaid’s death faces nine-year prison sentence...Unattended mosquitorepellent coil kills old woman in bed...State Chief Minister visits food poisoned victims...Mandalay Region Chief Minister meets youths...Kachin state E&I minister meets local people...School uniforms, stationery provided to primary school children...Child born on board express bus...Free medical care provided in Ponnagyun Tsp...British director to give screenplay lectures in Myanmar...Agricultural loans disbursed to farmers in Lewe...Encircled zedis of Shwedagon Pagoda to be renovated...Anti-DHF activities being carried out across the nation...YCDC to construct recycle power plant, incinerator...Free traditional medical treatment given to people...Mobile library gives service to readers...Illegal trafficking of cows, oxen seized in Mawlu...One dead, six injured in Kyaikto car accident...Stimulant tablets seized in Kyaikto...Workshop on experience sharing in conflict management held...Mass walk activity marks International Olympic Day...Low pressure area formed over northwest Bay of Bengal...Noteworthy amounts of rainfall (22-6-2013)...1370 jade lots sold out at 8th day of Golden Jubilee MGE..... EXTERNAL RELATIONS: President U Thein Sein sends felicitations to PM of the Grand Duchy, HRH the Grand Duke of Luxembourg...Lawkamarazein or Kuthodaw Inscription Shrines included in UNESCO world heritage...Foreign companies seeking Myanmar market shares in Taunggyi...Asia Foundation donates publications for libraries...SEA Game billboard erected in Kawthoung...Workshop on experience sharing in conflict management held...Union FM sends felicitations to his counterpart of Grand Duchy of Luxembourg...Myanmar Scout Squad meets ASEAN Scouts Association for Regional Cooperation..... "PERSPECTIVES": "Milk for Schools"..... ARTICLES: "Mega city in north of Yangon" Byline: Maung Thitsar..."Nayone full moon day commemorates Mahasamaya Sutta Day" Maha Saddhamma jotika dhaja Sithu Dr. Khin Maung Nyunt
Language: English
Source/publisher: News and Periodicals Enterprise, Ministry of Information, Union of Myanmar
Format/size: pdf (3.2MB)
Date of entry/update: 25 June 2013
RR > Print and broadcast media produced by the Government of Burma/Myanmar > Full, original versions of "The New Light of Myanmar", "Kyemon" and "Myanmar Alin" > "The New Light of Myanmar" 2013


Title: "The New Light of Myanmar" Monday 24 June, 2013
Date of publication: 24 June 2013
Description/subject: DOMESTIC NEWS: Wind gusts touch down in ward of North Okkalapa Township...Kalay sees thriving rubber plantations...MAB disburses agricultural loans to Magway farmers...Agricultural loan disbursement in Momeik started...Agricultural loans disbursed in Myeik...Students in Rakhine State village cut of from school over security concerns...Stationery donated to schoolchildren...Car goes into traffic shack...Talks on media on 29 June...Four bridges on Hlaingbwe-Paingkyon Road commissioned into service...MWAF organizes legal affairs and cultural talks...Low pressure still persists...TROPHY AWARDED...TRISHAWL LICENCE RENEWED...SANITATION CARRIED OUT [photos]...Plan to build e-library worth K 90 million in HRD Yamethin...WAO members donate blood in Dawei...“CC” taxies licence plate prefix to be issued this month...Arrival-departure terminal to open for highway express buses in August...Pyawbwe Township People’s Hospital facilitated with ECG...Farmers get loans in Kalewa...Beef, gram, fish donated to victims at relief camps...Golden Jubilee Myanma Gems Emporium continues...Education of Career-2013 from 5-8 July..... EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Mutual understanding and sympathy served as sound foundations of bilateral relations: Vice-President U Nyan Tun [at meeting with PRC delegation]...More Myanmar workers in Malaysia back home...Shan State (South) targets economic development through increased productivity of SMEs...Award winners in international maths challenge arrives back...Talks on media on 29 June...Buddha Tooth Relic Temple monks donate drinking water well to Thabaung Township...Pyithu Hluttaw Speaker receives Chinese State Councilor...Senior General Min Aung Hlaing leaves for Russian Federation..... "PERSPECTIVES": "In a way that benefits the people"
Language: English
Source/publisher: News and Periodicals Enterprise, Ministry of Information, Union of Myanmar
Format/size: pdf (2.2MB)
Date of entry/update: 25 June 2013
RR > Print and broadcast media produced by the Government of Burma/Myanmar > Full, original versions of "The New Light of Myanmar", "Kyemon" and "Myanmar Alin" > "The New Light of Myanmar" 2013


Title: "The New Light of Myanmar" Tuesday 25 June, 2013
Date of publication: 25 June 2013
Description/subject: DOMESTIC NEWS: 35-year-old man of extraordinary height found at Hton Pauk Chai Village in Natmauk Township...Nay Pyi Taw FC, Ayeyawady FC draw 3-3...Kyaukpadaung Township sees daily traffic rule enforcement...Education Ministry doubles basic education stipends...Stationery donated to monastic education school...Cooperative society formed in Mandalay...Riot police get drill in Meiktila...International Olympic Day sports activities held...Jade lots sold through competitive bidding system...Republic of the Union of Myanmar Union Election Commission Nay Pyi Taw Announcement No. 17/2013 1st Waning of Nayon, 1375 ME (24 June, 2013) Six Defence Services Personnel Amyotha Hluttaw Representatives substituted...Republic of the Union of Myanmar Union Election Commission Nay Pyi Taw Announcement No. 16/2013 1st Waning of Nayon, 1375 ME (24 June, 2013) Four Defence Services Personnel Pyithu Hluttaw Representatives substituted...Natural disaster prevention talks in Kungyangon Tsp...DaikU Township gets RC bridge...Volunteers donate stationery, nutritious snacks in Mawlu...Coordination meeting between township administrator and supportive committee for township/ward development held in Thingangyun...Repaving of Myoma road in Pakokku...Free private school launched in Natmauk...Community-based child rights protection groups meet...Handing over ceremony of Buddha Tooth Relic and Golden Chamber held...Lapadaungtaung Copper Mine Investigation Report Implementation Committee holds coord meeting..... EXTERNAL RELATIONS: President U Thein Sein sends messages of felicitations to Croatian President, Prime Minister...President U Thein Sein felicitates Slovenian Counterpart, Prime Minister...Thanks to Industrial Zone Project, Kyaukpyu region could see development...New ATR 72-600 airplane for AIR KBZ lands at Yangon Airport...Myanmar holds Malaysia (B) team to a draw in front of home crowd...Humanitarian aids distribution discussed...Myanmar Foreign Correspondents Club meets...Union FM felicitates Croatian Counterpart...Union FM sends felicitations to Slovenian Counterpart...Four RCC bridges put into service in Hlaingbwe...Handing over ceremony of Buddha Tooth Relic and Golden Chamber held...Diagnostic Workshop on Agriculture Sector held..... "PERSPECTIVES": "Long live the Dhamma!"
Language: English
Source/publisher: News and Periodicals Enterprise, Ministry of Information, Union of Myanmar
Format/size: pdf (3.5MB)
Date of entry/update: 25 June 2013
RR > Print and broadcast media produced by the Government of Burma/Myanmar > Full, original versions of "The New Light of Myanmar", "Kyemon" and "Myanmar Alin" > "The New Light of Myanmar" 2013


Title: The Law Amending the Myanmar Registration of Ships Act - Law No. 4/2003 (English)
Date of publication: 14 March 2003
Description/subject: The State Peace and Development Council - The Law Amending the Myanmar Registration of Ships Act - (The State Peace and Development Council Law No. 4/2003) - The 12th Waxing Day of Taboung, 1364 M.E. (14th March 2003)
Language: English
Source/publisher: State Peace and Development Council (SPDC)
Format/size: pdf (78K)
Date of entry/update: 24 June 2013
ML > Law and Constitution > Administration > Laws, decrees, bills and regulations relating to the Economy > Transport > Laws, decrees, bills and regulations relating to transport (texts)


Title: The State Budget Law, 2003 - SPDC Law No. 6/2003 (English)
Date of publication: 28 March 2003
Description/subject: The State Peace and Development Council - The State Budget Law, 2003 - (The State Peace and Development Council Law No. 6/2003) The 11th Waning Day of Taboung, 1364 M.E. (28th March, 2003)
Language: English
Source/publisher: State Peace and Development Council (SPDC)
Format/size: pdf (92K)
Date of entry/update: 24 June 2013
ML > Law and Constitution > Administration > Laws, decrees, bills and regulations relating to the Economy > Laws, decrees, bills and regulations relating to the national budget > Laws, decrees, bills and regulations relating to the national budget (texts)


Title: The State Supplementary Appropriation Law, 2003 - SPDC Law No. 5/2003 (English)
Date of publication: 15 March 2003
Description/subject: The State Peace and Development Council - The State Supplementary Appropriation Law, 2003 - (The State Peace and Development Council Law No. 5/2003)- The 31st Waxing Day of Taboung, 1364 M.E. (15th March 2003)
Language: English
Source/publisher: State Peace and Development Council (SPDC)
Format/size: pdf (60K)
Date of entry/update: 24 June 2013
ML > Law and Constitution > Administration > Laws, decrees, bills and regulations relating to the Economy > Laws, decrees, bills and regulations relating to the national budget > Laws, decrees, bills and regulations relating to the national budget (texts)


Title: The Law Amending the Myanmar Maternal and Child Welfare Association Law - SPDC Law No. 7/2003 (English)
Date of publication: 22 April 2003
Description/subject: The State Peace and Development Council - (The State Peace and Development Council Law No. 7/2003) - The 6th Waning Day of Tagu, 1365 M.E. 65 M.E. (22nd April 2003)
Language: English
Source/publisher: State Peace and Development Council (SPDC)
Format/size: pdf (52K)
Date of entry/update: 24 June 2013
ML > Law and Constitution > Other areas of law > Children and the law > Laws, decrees, bills and regulations relating to children (texts)


Title: The Dawei Special Economic Zone Law - SPDC Law 17-2011 (English and Burmese)
Date of publication: 27 January 2011
Description/subject: Chapters: Title and Definition... Objectives... Dawei Special Economic Zone... Formation of the Management Committee of the Dawei Special Economic Zone and Functions and Duties thereof... Special Privileges of Investor... Specific Duties of Developer or Investor... Land Use... Banks and Finance Management and Insurance Business... Management and Inspection of Commodities by Customs Department...Quarantine Inspection and Confinement so as not to spread Contagious Disease... Matters relating to Labour... Miscellaneous.
Language: English
Source/publisher: State Peace and Development Council (SPDC)
Format/size: pdf (1MB)
Date of entry/update: 24 June 2013
ML > Law and Constitution > Administration > Laws, decrees, bills and regulations relating to the Economy > Laws, decrees, bills and regulations relating to business (owned/administered by the State, cooperatives, foreign or national entities) > Laws, decrees, bills and regulations relating to business (owned/administered by the State, cooperatives, foreign or national entities (texts)


Title: The State Budget Law, 2001 - SPDC Law No. 4/2001 (English)
Date of publication: 28 March 2001
Description/subject: The State Peace and Development Council The State Budget Law, 2001 (The State Peace and Development Council Law No. 4/2001) The 5 th Waxing Day of Hnaung Tagu, 1362 M.E. ) (28th March, 2001)
Language: English
Source/publisher: State Peace and Development Council (SPDC)
Format/size: pdf (347K)
Date of entry/update: 23 June 2013
ML > Law and Constitution > Administration > Laws, decrees, bills and regulations relating to the Economy > Laws, decrees, bills and regulations relating to the national budget > Laws, decrees, bills and regulations relating to the national budget (texts)


Title: Incident Report: Forced recruitment in Thaton District #1, May 2012
Date of publication: 29 May 2013
Description/subject: The following incident report was written by a community member who has been trained by KHRG to monitor human rights abuses. The community member who wrote this report described that on May 29th 2012, villagers were ordered to be recruited for a one-year service by Moe Nyo, a fomer DKBA leader now serving as a company commander in the BGF Battalion #1014, in order to form a new people's militia group. The cost to avoid service was 50,000 kyat per month, which the villagers reported having difficulties with raising. Some villagers who refused to serve, but lacked the money to opt-out and responded to the order by fleeing their village. This report has been summarized along with three other Incident Reports received from this area in: "BGF Battalion #1014 forced labour and forced recruitment, April to May 2012," KHRG, May 2013.
Language: English
Source/publisher: Karen Human Rights Group (KHRG)
Format/size: pdf (91K), html
Alternate URLs: http://www.khrg.org/khrg2013/khrg13b26.html
Date of entry/update: 22 June 2013
ML > Economic oppression, Extortion, Robbery
Human Rights > Labour Rights > Labour rights: reports of violations in Burma > Forced Labour > Non-ILO Reports on Forced Recruitment in Burma
Internal armed conflict > Internal armed conflict in Burma > Armed conflict in Burma - conflict in particular States > Armed conflict in Karen State > Armed groups operating in Karen State (military activities and impact on villagers) > Border Guard Forces (BGF)


Title: BGF Battalion #1014 forced labour and forced recruitment, April to May 2012
Date of publication: 31 May 2013
Description/subject: This report is based on information submitted by a community member in June 2012 describing events occurring in April and May 2012.[1] The information described the activities of BGF Battalion #1014, which operates along the border of Thaton and Papun districts. According to the community member, the group that is based out of Hpa-an Township, in Thaton District, has committed different abuses against the villagers who are in Hpa-an Township. Between April and May 2012, the Battalion forced local villagers from Meh K'Na Hkee village tract to clear plantation land for two companies, from whom the Battalion officers received money. In Kyon Mon Thweh village tract, villagers were required to serve as soldiers in a local militia.
Language: English
Source/publisher: Karen Human Rights Group (KHRG)
Format/size: pdf (42K)
Alternate URLs: http://www.khrg.org/khrg2013/khrg13b29.html
Date of entry/update: 22 June 2013
ML > Human Rights > Labour Rights > Labour rights: reports of violations in Burma > Forced Labour > Non-ILO Reports on Forced Recruitment in Burma
Internal armed conflict > Internal armed conflict in Burma > Armed conflict in Burma - conflict in particular States > Armed conflict in Karen State > Armed groups operating in Karen State (military activities and impact on villagers) > Border Guard Forces (BGF)


Title: Thaton Situation Update: Hpa-an Township, January to June 2012
Date of publication: 31 May 2013
Description/subject: This report includes a situation update submitted to KHRG in June 2012 by a community member describing events occurring in Thaton District, during the period between January to June 2012. Specifically, it describes villagers' education, their livelihood and explains how some of the villagers who have to go and work in other countries because of the lack of opportunities in their area. This report also presents detailed information about companies that have cooperated with KSDDP leaders (formerly DKBA) and BGF Battalion #1014 soldiers to confiscate land for rubber and teak plantations and, consequently, have forced the civilians to clear and plant tress in the plantation without providing wages. Also reported, is forced recruitment committed by one former DKBA leader, Moe Nyo. This report describes changes in the activity of the Tatmadaw and contains information on the villagers' concerns about Tatmadaw troop movement following the 2012 ceasefire.
Language: English
Source/publisher: Karen Human Rights Group (KHRG)
Format/size: pdf (54K), html
Alternate URLs: http://www.khrg.org/khrg2013/khrg13b28.html
Date of entry/update: 22 June 2013
ML > Human Rights > Various Rights > Business and Human Rights (Burma/Myanmar-related)
Human Rights > Labour Rights > Labour rights: reports of violations in Burma > Forced Labour > Non-ILO Reports on Forced Recruitment in Burma


Title: Incident Report: Forced recruitment in Thaton District #2, May 2012
Date of publication: 31 May 2013
Description/subject: The following incident report was written by a community member who has been trained by KHRG to monitor human rights abuses. The community member who wrote this report described an incident that occurred on May 29th 2012 in Kyoh Moh Thweh village tract, Hpa-an Township, Thaton District, where a group of BGF Battalion #1014 soldiers forcibly recruited villagers for a people’s militia. This report also includes information about the consequent problems the villagers endured related to this forced recruitment, such as having to pay money in lieu, or fleeing the area in order to avoid recruitment. In response to previous forced recruitment efforts, the community member reported that several villagers fled the area in order to avoid the forced service. This report has been summarized along with three other Incident Reports received from this area in: “Border Guard #1014 forced labour and forced recruitment, April to May 2012,” KHRG, May 2013.
Language: English
Source/publisher: Karen Human Rights Group (KHRG)
Format/size: pdf (119K)
Alternate URLs: http://www.khrg.org/khrg2013/khrg13b27.html, html
Date of entry/update: 22 June 2013
ML > Human Rights > Labour Rights > Labour rights: reports of violations in Burma > Forced Labour > Non-ILO Reports on Forced Recruitment in Burma
Internal armed conflict > Internal armed conflict in Burma > Armed conflict in Burma - conflict in particular States > Armed conflict in Karen State > Armed groups operating in Karen State (military activities and impact on villagers) > Border Guard Forces (BGF)


Title: Environment Conservation Law - Pyidaungsu Hluttaw Law No. 9/2012 (English)
Date of publication: 30 March 2012
Language: English
Source/publisher: Pyidaungsu Hluttaw
Format/size: pdf (58K)
Date of entry/update: 22 June 2013
ML > Politics and Government > Burma/Myanmar's Legislature > Pyidaungsu Hluttaw (Union Assembly) > Pyidaungsu Hluttaw (meeting in plenary): - proceedings > Pyidaungsu Hluttaw: Laws and bylaws proposed and/or adopted in 2012
Law and Constitution > Administration > Environmental laws, decrees, regulations etc. > Laws, decrees, bills and regulations relating to the environment (texts)
Law and Constitution > Administration > Land, property and planning > Laws, decrees, bills and regulations relating to land, property and planning (texts)


Title: Google search results for "international relations - conservative"
Language: English
Source/publisher: Google
Format/size: html
Date of entry/update: 21 June 2013
ML > Foreign Relations > International Relations


Title: "The New Light of Myanmar" Friday 21 June, 2013
Date of publication: 21 June 2013
Description/subject: DOMESTIC NEWS: Arrangements made to review existing laws including the Constitution: Pyithu Hluttaw Speaker...More than K 1.4 million stolen from hotel bedroom in Chaungtha...Construction Ministry holds prize-giving ceremony...Airport police struck, killed by taxi...Speedster meets his end in motorbike crash...20-year-old cyclist killed in crash with container truck...Tamway’s 155th street sees inundation after heavy downpour...Tachilek honours first-ever five-distinction winner...Yangon industrial zone warehouse demand soars...Heavy rains inundate Meiktila market circular road...Trees planted as greening wind in Kyaukme activities in Ayadaw...Stone bowl in NyaungU donated by Lord Kinwun’s offspring...Trees, lamp-posts fell, buildings damaged in stormy wind in Kyaukme...Monsoon agricultural loans disbursed to local farmers in Sagaing Township...Golden Jubilee Myanmar Gems Emporium continues for sixth day...Union Ministers meet entrepreneurs in Kayah State...Nyaunglebin upgrades BEMS Branch...Mobile team sends seized commodities to ST Branch...Hopang gets new two-storey school building...Poverty alleviation tasks in Pakokku District...Blood donation ceremony held at Central Women’s Hospital...Drug addict rehabilitation course conducted in Mandalay...Farming rights certificates issued in Yebyu...Second round of Union-Level Peace Talks between Union Peace-making Work Committee and KNPP concludes...Union Peace-Making Committee, KNPP agree to push ahead with nationwide ceasefire accord...Clarification of the Daily Eleven newspapers’ announcement [re amendment of 1982 Citizenship Law]..... EXTERNAL RELATIONS: CB Bank donates cash for Myanmar citizens in Malaysia...CB Bank donates cash for Myanmar citizens in Malaysia...Pyithu Hluttaw Speaker receives Thai guests...UK minister meets press after four-day visit...PowerEdge VRTX – Converged IT solution designed for remote and small office environment...Union Attorney-General receives guests from Asia Foundation...Delegation from OCSC pays visit to UCSB...British Minister of State for International Development, Deputy Border Affairs Minister inspect rehabilitation tasks in Rakhine State...Myanmar exporters enjoy exemption of EU’s GSP..... "PERSPECTIVES": "Corporate Social Responsibility"..... ARTICLE: "Central economic zone project under implementation for development of Muse" Byline: Thein Zaw Oo (Shweli)
Language: English
Source/publisher: News and Periodicals Enterprise, Ministry of Information, Union of Myanmar
Format/size: pdf (2MB)
Date of entry/update: 21 June 2013
RR > Print and broadcast media produced by the Government of Burma/Myanmar > Full, original versions of "The New Light of Myanmar", "Kyemon" and "Myanmar Alin" > "The New Light of Myanmar" 2013


Title: Google search results for "international relations - liberal"
Language: English
Source/publisher: Google
Format/size: html
Date of entry/update: 21 June 2013
ML > Foreign Relations > International Relations


Title: Google search results for "globalisation"
Language: English
Source/publisher: Google
Format/size: html
Date of entry/update: 21 June 2013
ML > Foreign Relations > International Relations


Title: "The New Light of Myanmar" Saturday 22 June, 2013
Date of publication: 22 June 2013
Description/subject: DOMESTIC NEWS: Noteworthy amounts of rainfall (21-6-2013)...Man found dead in Maesai creek in Tachilek...Man discovered hanged in hospital toilet in Tachilek...Bayintnaung Flyover construction project gaining momentum...Damaged roads near Bayintnaung junction given temporary repair works...No one hurt in Lanmadaw car crash...Three family members die after having toad, mushroom dinner...Private school founders to be transparent and straightforward: Union Minister...Essay contest hails Myanmar Women’s Day...Milk feeding ceremony held in Tachilek...Suspects involved in swords, knives seizure in Meiktila arrested...Outstanding youth’s experience recounted in Monywa...Free WiFi Internet access at Myingyan District IPRD...138th Anniversary of Kayinni National Day held...Plan underway to build Yangon-Dala Bridge across Yangon River...1550 jade lots sold at 7th day Golden Jubilee Myanma Gems Emporium..... EXTERNAL RELATIONS: President U Thein Sein accepts credentials of Ambassador of the Republic of India...President U Thein Sein accepts credentials of Chilean Ambassador...Commerce Ministry conducts advanced, basic courses on Intl’s trading...Young Myanmar golfer wins junior golf championship for two straight years...Mandalay stadium construction nearing completion...Industrial crops course conducted...Truck plunges off Yangon- Mandalay highway...Mongpyat farmers concerned over possible drought...Cash and kind provided to fire victims...Yangon Region WAO organizes literary talks...Union FM receives Chilean, Indian ambassadors...Private school founders to be transparent and straightforward: Union Minister...Preparations for body building contest inspected...Announcement The XXVII SEA Games will be hosted in Nay Pyi Taw, Yangon, Mandalay and Ngwehsaung from 11 to 22 December, 2013..... "PERSPECTIVES":"Clean Yangon"..... ARTICLE: "COLOURFUL PAPERS FOR COLOURFUL MYANMAR" Maung Hlaing
Language: English
Source/publisher: News and Periodicals Enterprise, Ministry of Information, Union of Myanmar
Format/size: pdf (3MB)
Date of entry/update: 21 June 2013
RR > Print and broadcast media produced by the Government of Burma/Myanmar > Full, original versions of "The New Light of Myanmar", "Kyemon" and "Myanmar Alin" > "The New Light of Myanmar" 2013


Title: TomDispatch
Description/subject: See the current material but also the Archive...The list of "What We're Reading" (lower right-hand) has useful links to global issues.
Language: English
Source/publisher: TomDispatch
Format/size: html
Date of entry/update: 20 June 2013
ML > Foreign Relations > International Relations


Title: "The New Light of Myanmar" Thursday 20 June, 2013
Date of publication: 20 June 2013
Description/subject: DOMESTIC NEWS: Union Peace-making Work Committee, KNPP hold peace talks for second time...Unattended electric iron sparks house fire in Pakokku...Knowledge on traffic rules disseminated in University of Technology (Toungoo)...Foresters interrupt illegal teak, hardwood and forest products flow...Educative talks on traffic rules given in Pakokku...Inter-village road to benefit local people in Hopang...Unemployed young man dies after drinking pesticide...Young man fatally wounded in water slide pool stabbing...Woman passenger sustains head injury after falling off vehicle...Farming rights certificates presented in Mohnyin District...Toungoo market gets abundent supply of Djenkol beans...Regional plan duties assigned in Pauk Tsp...Kachin State minister meets farmers...Exercise books donated for schoolchildren...Tree planting ceremony held in Taungtha...Library opened in Indaw Township...Smuggled goods seized by mobile team in Waw Township...Free spoken English course conducted in Myeik...Pirate CDs seized in Pyinmana...Motorbike rider shot dead...IPRD provides WiFi FoC...Meeting on copyright law (draft) held...Mandalay youths donate blood for Central Women’s Hospital...Saw Township Forest Dept opens BEPS...Talks on combating illegal trading in timber, environmental conservation held in Indaw...Firemen of over 25 years’ service honoured in Htigyaing...Meiktila MADB provides loans to farmers...Walking aid products donated to hospital, rural health centre...DHF campaign launched in Kawkareik...Golf accessories presented...Golden Jubilee Myanma Gems Emporium continues for 5th day..... EXTERNAL RELATIONS: President U Thein Sein receives Speaker of Thai Parliament and Thai House of Representatives and party...Dawei Deep Sea Port project brings equal benefit to Myanmar, Thailand: Pyidaungsu Hluttaw Speaker - Myanmar will see more economic development in future as world economy moves to Asia: Speaker of Thai Parliament...ROK to offer loans of 500 million USD to Myanmar...President U Thein Sein receives ROK Deputy Prime Minister Mr. Hyun Oh-Seok...Thai delegation visits Uppatasanti Pagoda, Gems Museum...Union Attorney-General attends “Recent Development of Myanmar and Challenges it Faces—from the Legal and other Perspectives” workshop in Japan...Globetrotters visit Myanmar via Mae Sot of Thailand...Pyithu Hluttaw Speaker Thura U Shwe Mann holds talks with senators, representatives in US...Myanmar-EU Forum Nay Pyi Taw, 17-18 June 2013 Joint Press Release..... "PERSPECTIVES": "Schools, failing or succeeding?".....LETTER TO THE EDITOR: "Voice"
Language: English
Source/publisher: News and Periodicals Enterprise, Ministry of Information, Union of Myanmar
Format/size: pdf (2.6MB)
Date of entry/update: 20 June 2013
RR > Print and broadcast media produced by the Government of Burma/Myanmar > Full, original versions of "The New Light of Myanmar", "Kyemon" and "Myanmar Alin" > "The New Light of Myanmar" 2013


Title: Improving Food Security Research and Analysis Capacity in Burma (Myanmar)
Description/subject: Project Overview...Research Reports...Policy Presentations...MDRI Background and Papers ...Data [not much there]...Links [useful set of links to individual articles and papers, web portals with onward links to information on Myanmar (Burma)and networks]
Source/publisher: Michigan State University
Format/size: html
Date of entry/update: 20 June 2013
ML > Food Security > Food Security - general > Food Security - international and regional reports
Food Security > Food Security in Burma/Myanmar > Food Security in Burma - general reports and statistics


Title: Ethnic working group presents draft framework for political negotiations
Date of publication: 20 June 2013
Description/subject: "After being shrouded in secrecy for months, it was disclosed at a recent meeting in Chiangmai that the long-awaited draft framework for the planned nationwide political dialogue had been presented to the Myanmar Peace Center (MPC) that serves as a technical advisory body for the government last month... Included in the draft entitled “Comprehensive National Peace and Ceasefire Agreement” are: A 15-point common principles (including Panglong Agreement, non-secession and inclusivity) * A 14-point nationwide ceasefire accord (including establishment of Military Code of Conduct, Joint Ceasefire Committee and liaison offices) * A 6-point framework agreement for political dialogue (including setting up of a joint National Dialogue Steering Committee and holding of National Dialogue Conference) * A 9-point transitional arrangement (including time frame, empowerment of vulnerable groups and land reform issues)... * Scope of participation (900 participants from government, political parties and ethnic armed movements) * A 9-point dialogue issues (including constitutional reforms, security reforms, land issues, drug eradication, IDP/refugee issues, language and cultural nights and media issues) *Military Code of Conduct (as drafted by the Karen National Union).....[Link to the text of the agreement at the foot of the article]
Language: English
Source/publisher: Shan Herald Agency for News (S.H.A.N.)
Format/size: html, pdf
Date of entry/update: 20 June 2013
ML > Internal armed conflict > Internal armed conflict in Burma > Peace Processes, ceasefires and ceasefire talks (documents, reports and studies)


Title: Comprehensive Union Peace & Ceasefire Agreement Burma/Myanmar, 8 April 2013 (English & Burmese text)
Date of publication: 20 June 2013
Description/subject: Comprehensive Union Peace & Ceasefire Agreement, Burma/Myanmar, 8 April 2013 [made public, 20 June 2013)... CONCEPT DRAFT 1: Based on the: - Ceasefire Agreements between the Government and Ethnic Armed Groups (Nov. 2011-Dec. 2012) - Preliminary Framework Agreement (Dec. 2012), - Statement of Ethnic Nationalities 2012 Conference, - Consultations with EAG’s leadership (Jan – April 2013), - Statement from Civil Society Forum for Peace 2012.
Language: English, Burmese/ ျမန္မာဘာသာ
Source/publisher: Shan Herald Agency for News (S.H.A.N.)
Format/size: pdf (97K)
Alternate URLs: http://www.burmalibrary.org/docs15/2013-06-Comprehensive-union-peace-ceasefire-agreement-bu.html
http://www.burmalibrary.org/docs15/2013-06-Comprehensive-union-peace-ceasefire-agreement-en.pdf
Date of entry/update: 20 June 2013
ML > Internal armed conflict > Internal armed conflict in Burma > Peace Processes, ceasefires and ceasefire talks (documents, reports and studies)


Title: To Hopeland and Back (Part II) #1
Date of publication: 18 June 2013
Description/subject: "So I am back in Chiang Mai, which is the town that I have been in and out of since 1971, and where I have lived and worked since 1996, I have returned from an 8-day sojourn, 9-12 June, to Burma. I have come to call the country Hopeland, as it is a place full of hopes and dreams after more than 60 years of nightmares. I traveled to Hopeland on the invitation of Lt.-Gen. Yawdserk, who was invited by U Aung Min, Vice Chairman of the Union Peacemaking Work Committee (UPWC). The following events were organized by our hosts:..."
Language: English
Source/publisher: Shan Herald Agency for News (S.H.A.N.)
Format/size: html
Date of entry/update: 20 June 2013
ML > Internal armed conflict > Internal armed conflict in Burma > Peace Processes, ceasefires and ceasefire talks (documents, reports and studies)


Title: To Hopeland and back (Part II) #2
Date of publication: 19 June 2013
Description/subject: "Day One (9 June 2013): One of the obvious reasons the armed opposition has refused to enter government-controlled territory is because one is, at least psychologically, disadvantaged over one’s counterpart in the control of a situation. Many, like the Sri Lankan government and the Tamil Tigers, have therefore conducted their negotiations outside the country. Chairman Yawdserk however has adopted a different approach. He insisted that the first meeting, in 2008, must be held in a third country where each side would have an equal chance to put the feelers out on the other before deciding on the course of action to be taken..."
Language: English
Source/publisher: Shan Herald Agency for News (S.H.A.N.)
Format/size: html
Date of entry/update: 20 June 2013
ML > Internal armed conflict > Internal armed conflict in Burma > Peace Processes, ceasefires and ceasefire talks (documents, reports and studies)


Title: Z Communications
Description/subject: " Welcome to Z Communications This is what we call a splash page, or brief introductory page, for new people first coming to the site. Rolling over the links to the left changes the text in the viewing area to let you read a little about each major component of ZCom you may be interested in. If you click any link to the left, you can go straight to that part of ZCom. Most users bookmark ZNet as the most comprehensive and efficient way to access our offerings regularly. However, if you are using a mobile phone or tablet to access us, we recommend using ZMobile. It is more suited to small monitors!"
Language: English
Source/publisher: Z Communications
Format/size: html
Date of entry/update: 20 June 2013
ML > Foreign Relations > International Relations


Title: "The New Light of Myanmar" Wednesday 19 June, 2013
Date of publication: 19 June 2013
Description/subject: DOMESTIC NEWS: Senior General Min Aung Hlaing attends first monsoon tree-planting ceremony...Farmers team of Letpadaungtaung region tour Meiktila grape farm...Mobile team exposes illegal commodities in Waw...Divorced husband seriously injures wife...Talks on technique of growing paddy through GAP...Over speed vehicle hits lamp-post in Dabayin...Hino hits Dyna bus, leaving one dead in Sagaing...Cash donated to schoolchildren in Meiktila relief camps...Expansion of Mandalay detour under way...Newly upgraded school opened...Expansion of Mandalay detour under way...Ywangan Township committees meet for private sector development...Free Wifi Internet access available in NyaungU...CSCs issued to eligible citizens...Driver killed in passenger bus crash...Republic of the Union of Myanmar Union Election Commission, Nay Pyi Taw - Announcement No. 15/2013 - Two Defence Services Personnel Region Hluttaw and State Hluttaw Representatives substituted...Golden Jubilee Myanmar Gems Emporium continues for 4th day...Trainees from Youth Participation in Governance course visit Hluttaws...Book on Universal Declaration on Human Rights (Myanmar version) introduced...Anti-DHF campaign undertaken in Twantay...Workshop on artificial material held...Cash and kind donated to families in Meiktila...Stimulant tablets worth about K 20 million seized in Nawnghkio...Fire at J-Donuts Shop in Myenigon...Power Nets distributed in Aungbyupyin Village...Immigration & Population Ministry clarifies over “the government is planning to amend the 1982 Myanmar Citizenship Law” covered by the Daily Eleven Newspaper - The Earth cannot swallow a race to extinction, but another race can..... EXTERNAL RELATIONS: President U Thein Sein meets officials from milk donor companies...Muse attracts foreigners, locals with SEA Agriculture Games poster...Union NPED Minister back home from ASEAN-US Road Show...No plan to hire Myanmar white elephant to Thailand...Cash donation for protection of Myanmar workers in Malaysia...Republic of the Union of Myanmar, Press Release of Ministry of Labour, Employment and Social Security - “ILO Conference lifts all remaining restrictions on Myanmar”...EU-Myanmar trade cooperation discussed...Vice-President U Nyan Tun arrives back from Thailand - Holding Myanmar-Thai-Japan tripartite meeting for seeking ways for practical implementation steps as quickly as possible crucial...Myanmar delegation attends Myanmar-Thai- Japan tripartite meeting...Mandalay Region Chief Minister meets Chinese Ambassador...SEA Games billboard erected...Cash donated to schoolchildren in Meiktila relief camps...Notice to FEC holders...Myanmar-EU Forum held for first time...Central Committee for ASEAN Chairmanship and establishment of ASEAN Community meets...Book on Universal Declaration on Human Rights (Myanmar version) introduced...Vice-President Dr Sai Mauk Kham attends opening ceremony of School Milk Program..... "PERSPECTIVES": "Towards quality education"
Language: English
Source/publisher: News and Periodicals Enterprise, Ministry of Information, Union of Myanmar
Format/size: pdf (2.7MB)
Date of entry/update: 19 June 2013
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Title: "The New Light of Myanmar" Tuesday 18 June, 2013
Date of publication: 18 June 2013
Description/subject: DOMESTIC NEWS: Wartime bomb unearthed in Insein...Wrecked warplane discovered in dense forest of Bago Yoma...Thazi bailey bridge collapses under weight of 12-wheeled truck carrying bulldozer...One woman died, one other injured after colliding with vehicle during their trishaw ride...More than K 2.5 million worth of narcotic drugs seized in Tachilek...Health, education officials visit relief camps in Sittway Tsp...Myanmar Journalists Association opens new office...Nay Pyi Taw Traffic Police Corps grant stipends to offspring of members...Blood donated to mark World Blood Donors Day...Ayeyawady River erodes riverside village, Mann creek inundation destroys crops in Minbu Tsp...DHF campaign undertaken in Letpadan...Loans disbursed to vendors in Pyapon...Pakokku fire outbreak claims no life, but property...Prize presentation for inter-major football tournament of Dawei Technological University...Respect paying ceremony held in Twantay Tsp...Stipends for 2013-14 academic year granted in Thaton...Preventive measures against DHF carried out in Dagon Seikkan...Bovine diseases control in Khamaukgyi Township...Work coordinated to hold International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking...Reckless motorcyclist hits stationary passenger bus...Work coordination meeting of Central Committee and Work Committees for holding Hluttaw meetings held...Gems Emporium continues for third day..... EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Vice-President U Nyan Tun and party visit Map Ta Phut industrial estate, Amata City and Amata Nakorn indus..trial estate in Thailand...Huawei taking lead in Internet infrastructure auction...Myanmar, EU discuss promotion of bilateral relations...Opening of Training of Trainers for Civil Service from CLMV countries held...ASEAN Senior Officials on Culture and Arts hold special meeting...Thai parliamentary delegation arrives in Myanmar...OESC meeting focuses on migrant workers issue in Malaysia...Remote Sensing and Geographic Information System (GIS) course opened...Talks on danger of cultural invasion given in Yinmabin Township...Pyithu Hluttaw Speaker meets Myanmar community in San Francisco...Cash and kind donated for Myanmar workers in Malaysia..... "PERSPECTIVES": "Monsoon diseases"
Language: English
Source/publisher: News and Periodicals Enterprise, Mini..stry of Information, Union of Myanmar
Format/size: pdf (3MB)
Date of entry/update: 18 June 2013
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Title: Muslims in Burma - a set of articles
Description/subject: Articles (undated, some duplication) about Muslims in Myanmar: Present Application of Islamic Family Law in Myanmar... Application of Islamic Family Law during Colonial Era... The Application of Islamic Law during Myanmar Kings Era... Muslim in Pro-independent and after Independent of Myanmar... MUSLIMS IN MYANMAR AT BRITISH COLONIAL ERA... MUSLIM IN RAKHINE REAGION... MUSLIM IN THIRD MYANMAR EMPIRE... MUSLIM IN SECOND MYANMAR EMPIRE... MUSLIM IN FIRST MYANMAR EMPIRE.. MUSLIM IN PRE-HISTORIC MYANMAR... Muslims in Pre- Historic Myanmar... DEVELOPMENT AND APPLICATION OF ISLAMIC FAMILY LAW IN MYANMAR
Author/creator: Marlar
Language: English
Source/publisher: Peer Articles
Format/size: html
Date of entry/update: 18 June 2013
ML > Non-Burman and non-Buddhist groups > Muslims in Burma


Title: Landmine explosion and death of villagers in Papun District
Date of publication: 13 May 2013
Description/subject: "This report is based on information submitted by community members in March 2013 describing events occurring in Papun District in February 2013. On February 11th 2013, a landmine exploded in K'Ter Tee village tract, Dwe Lo Township, Papun district. A total of five villagers were killed in the explosion, three of whom were under the age of 18. The villagers were hit by the landmine while transporting sand in a car for the Green Hill Company, a company affiliated with BGF Battalions #1013 and #1014. The group who planted the landmine is unknown. While no groups have taken responsibility for the incident, Green Hill Company paid 300,000 kyat (US $341) to the family of each victim, alongside the manager of the Company, Ko Myo, personally contributing 200,000 kyat (US $227) to each family. This and other landmine incidents received by KHRG between August 2012 and March 2013 were published in a Briefer; see "Landmines shatter peace for villagers in eastern Burma," April 2013.
Language: English
Source/publisher: Karen Human Rights Group (KHRG)
Format/size: pdf (283K), html
Alternate URLs: http://www.khrg.org/khrg2013/khrg13b22.html
Date of entry/update: 18 June 2013
ML > Internal armed conflict > Internal armed conflict in Burma > Landmines > Reports and maps covering anti-personnel landmines and Burma/Myanmar


Title: Papun Situation Update: Bu Tho Township, November 2012 to January 2013
Date of publication: 24 May 2013
Description/subject: "This report includes a situation update submitted to KHRG in February 2013 by a community member describing events occurring in Papun District, during the period between November 2012 and January 2013. The community member discusses abuses that happened during the period, such as how private construction workers collected stones near P--- villagers' farmland without the consent of the local community. Consequently, there is an increased threat of flooding that could affect more than 20 or 30 acres of farmland from the damage to natural water barriers caused by the stone collection. Also discussed, is how frontline soldiers from Tatmadaw Light Infantry Battalion (LIB) #434, which is based at Pa Heh army camp, forced four villagers from H--- village to porter unknown cargo between Papun town and Hsaw Bgeh Der. The community member also raised problems regarding destruction of the natural environment, such as how irregular rainfall and pests are damaging paddy crops."
Language: English
Source/publisher: Karen Human Rights Group (KHRG)
Format/size: pdf (270K), html
Alternate URLs: http://www.khrg.org/khrg2013/khrg13b23.html
Date of entry/update: 18 June 2013
ML > Human Rights > Various Rights > Business and Human Rights (Burma/Myanmar-related)


Title: Incident Report: Land confiscation and forced labour in Thaton District, April 2012
Date of publication: 27 May 2013
Description/subject: The following incident report was written by a community member who has been trained by KHRG to monitor human rights abuses, which describes an incident that occurred on April 25th 2012, when BGF soldiers forced villagers from T--- village, Meh K'Na Hkee village tract, Hpa-an Township, Thaton District, to clear plantations owned by Thein Lay Myaing and Shwe Than Lwin companies, which were located on land confiscated from the villagers. The report identifies the perpetrators as Thein Lay Myaing and Shwe Than Lwin companies, KSDDP and a company affiliated with BGF Battalion #1014, commanded by Tin Win and based out of Law Pu village in Hpa-an Township. This report has been summarized along with three other Incident Reports received from this area in: "BGF Battalion #1014 forced labour and forced recruitment, April to May 2012," KHRG, May 2013.
Language: English
Source/publisher: Karen Human Rights Group (KHRG)
Format/size: pdf (125K), html
Alternate URLs: http://www.khrg.org/khrg2013/khrg13b24.html
Date of entry/update: 18 June 2013
ML > Internal armed conflict > Internal armed conflict in Burma > Armed conflict in Burma - conflict in particular States > Armed conflict in Karen State > Armed groups operating in Karen State (military activities and impact on villagers) > Border Guard Forces (BGF)
Human Rights > Various Rights > Business and Human Rights (Burma/Myanmar-related)
Human Rights > Labour Rights > Labour rights: reports of violations in Burma > Forced Labour > Non-ILO Reports on forced labour, including forced portering, in Karen (Kayin) State


Title: Incident Report: Forced labour in Thaton District, April 2012
Date of publication: 28 May 2013
Description/subject: "The following incident report was written by a community member who has been trained by KHRG to monitor human rights abuses. The community member who wrote this report described an incident that occurred on April 24th 2012, where soldiers from BGF Battalion #1014 ordered the villagers of T---, W---, V--- and X---, in Hpa-an Township, Thaton District, to do forced labour on plantation land that they had confiscated for private companies, for three weeks without providing any pay, food or tools. The information was learned when the community member interviewed Saw B---, a 36 year-old chairman from W--- village. This report has been summarized along with three other Incident Reports received from this area in: “Border Guard #1014 forced labour and forced recruitment, April to May 2012,” KHRG, May 2013."
Language: English
Source/publisher: Karen Human Rights Group (KHRG)
Format/size: pdf (123K), html
Alternate URLs: http://www.khrg.org/khrg2013/khrg13b25.html
Date of entry/update: 18 June 2013
ML > Human Rights > Labour Rights > Labour rights: reports of violations in Burma > Forced Labour > Non-ILO Reports on forced labour, including forced portering, in Karen (Kayin) State
Human Rights > Various Rights > Business and Human Rights (Burma/Myanmar-related)


Title: Bitter pills - Breaking the silence surrounding drug problems in the Mon Community
Date of publication: 19 June 2013
Description/subject: "The Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM) released a report on drug problems in the Mon community, drawing on testimony from 140 individuals. The report aims to give a preliminary account of drug use and trading in Mon populations, exploring issues that range from the causes of rising youth drug use to the New Mon State Party’s (NMSP) recent anti-drugs campaign. HURFOM’s aim is to encourage a new focus on the issue, breaking a long-held silence to call for collaborative action from all relevant authorities...The report highlights that drugs are prevalent in Mon communities, and in particular are being abused by Mon youth. A man from Ye township is recorded as saying, “It is easy to buy drugs. We can buy them at the betel nut shop for around 3,000 to 5,000 kyat per tablet. It is easy to get drugs if you have friends in Koemine or Hnin Sone villages, or in Ye Township.” The report also explains how corruption amongst various authorities has both enabled the rise of drugs in the Mon community and prevented effective action on the issue. According to one 32-year-old community volunteer from Kamarwat village, Mudon Township, “Most people want the drug problem to be dealt with. But who, or which organization, can make it stop when the military and authorities themselves are involved? Most of the people selling drugs are related to military forces, authorities and ceasefire groups.”..."
Language: English
Source/publisher: Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM)
Subscribe: http://rehmonnya.org/upload/Bitterpills.pdf
Format/size: pdf (2.9MB) - 65 pages
Alternate URLs: http://www.burmalibrary.org/docs15/Hurfom-Bitterpills-en.pdf
Date of entry/update: 18 June 2013
ML > Drugs > Drugs and Burma > Drugs: domestic consumption - Burma/Myanmar


Title: "The New Light of Myanmar" Sunday 16 June, 2013
Date of publication: 16 June 2013
Description/subject: DOMESTIC NEWS: Vice-President Dr Sai Mauk Kham attends Golden Jubilee Myanma Gems Emporium opening ceremony...Microfinance provided to township MCWAs of Nay Pyi Taw Council Area...Roads under maintenance in Kengtung...Ngamoeyeik Creek needs re-dredging...Phaungpyin gets rural bridge...Bronze Buddha images seized in Kengtung...Traditional medicine practitioners provide free treatment in Mandalay...Healthcare trainees visit Thawutti rural health centre...Farming rights certificates issued to farmers in Kutkai Tsp...Pyinsalu carries out drainage works...Anti-DHF campaign launched in Kyangin...Medical equipment donated...Shan State Govt to assume duties of mobile team for food safety, combating illegal trading...Pyidaungsu Hluttaw Speaker opens two upgraded schools in Pyawbwe Tsp...Books, stationery, school uniforms donated to Magway nunneries...One BEPS upgraded in Tiddim...Retaining wall under construction in Katha...Health Care Services given at Dagon (East) Industrial Zone...Rehabilitation tasks for fire victims carried out...National plan for township people-centered development workshop held...Shan State Development Affairs Committee members inspect Namhsam Town Hall...Hluttaw experience recounted..... EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Lt-Gen Wai Lwin receives Former World Bank President and Former US Deputy Secretary of Defence...Workshop on Red Cross knowledge dissemination held...7th Myanmar-Bangladesh Foreign Office Consultations held...Myanmar Futsal coach attends Futsal workshop...Special delegation arrives back from Malaysia...Union Foreign Affairs Minister back home...SSMNC Chairman Sayadaw, Union Religious Affairs Minister leave for China...Union FM attends 3rd Ministerial Meeting of Myanmar-Indonesia Joint Commission for Bilateral Cooperation...Legislation for standardization of laws coordination meeting held...Vice-President U Nyan Tun to attend 2nd Joint Committee meeting on Comprehensive Development of Dawei Special Economic Zone and its related project areas...We could address issues of protection of Myanmar workers, actions to be taken against attackers and security of those who want to continue to work there: U Zin Yaw..... "PERSPECTIVES":"Make the world a greener place"..... ARTICLES: "Pulonetonetone wooden bridge in Kawthoung" By: Maung Maung Kyaw Soe (Botany)..."Myanmar Chess Game" Maha Saddhamma Jotika dhaja Sithu Dr. Khin Maung Nyunt...Public Service Media under Democratic Reform-5" Banya Aung
Language: English
Source/publisher: News and Periodicals Enterprise, Ministry of Information, Union of Myanmar
Format/size: pdf (2.6MB)
Date of entry/update: 17 June 2013
RR > Print and broadcast media produced by the Government of Burma/Myanmar > Full, original versions of "The New Light of Myanmar", "Kyemon" and "Myanmar Alin" > "The New Light of Myanmar" 2013


Title: "The New Light of Myanmar" Monday 17 June, 2013
Date of publication: 17 June 2013
Description/subject: DOMESTIC NEWS: Union L & F Minister meets milch cow breeders in Pobbathiri, Zabuthiri Tsps...Monsoon season cultivation starts in Ayadaw...Upgrading of cooperative societies based on microfinance scheme stressed...Yamethin fish farm stabbing: Three dead and one injured...Insein fire reduces four houses to ashes...Yadana Theinga Bridge to be commissioned into service soon...Swa sees more transformers...Yangon to see punitive actions against undisciplined vehicles...MPs visit Yazagyo people’s hospital construction site...Anti-human trafficking knowledge shared in Tachilek...Old staff quarters in Yangon collapses...School milk campaign launched in Mandalay...Tributary in Mandalay dredged for proper drainage...Tree planting ceremonies held in Sagaing Region...Yaunggaw village in Myitkyina Tsp taps stream...Road to BEHS in Dabein upgraded, exercise books donated to 14 schools...24/7 electricity supply resumed...Lamp-posts erected in downtown Ayadaw...Free health care services given to locals in Loilem...Monghsat marks World Environment Day...Rounds of ammunition found in Bago...Stipends provided to students of staff from Kyaukse District Police Force...DRAIN DREDGED:[photo]...Mass participation is needed in dam construction...Eastern hilly area of Pyinmana Township gets inter-village road...Golden Jubilee Myanma Gems Emporium continues for second day..... EXTERNAL RELATIONS: President U Thein Sein felicitates Icelander counterpart, PM...Union SWRR Minister meets UNFPA Resident Representative...Union FM felicitates Icelander counterpart...IRRI distributes flood resistant paddy strains...Victorious Myanmar golfers arrive back home... "PERSPECTIVES": "Broadest public support"..... ARTICLES: "Myanmar seafood exports to go up" Byline: Maung Thitsa Photo: Tin Soe (Myanma Alinn)..."Public Service Media under Democratic Reform-6" Banya Aung [Correction: “Public Service Media under Democratic Reform-5” - 16 June]..."AIR KBZ adds one more ATR 72-600 aircraft to its fleet" Byline: Po Thaw Zin.....
Language: English
Source/publisher: News and Periodicals Enterprise, Ministry of Information, Union of Myanmar
Format/size: pdf (3.4MB)
Date of entry/update: 17 June 2013
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Title: Bridging the HLP Gap - The Need to Effectively Address Housing, Land and Property Rights During Peace Negotiations and in the Context of Refugee/IDP Return
Date of publication: 02 June 2013
Description/subject: Bridging the HLP Gap - The Need to Effectively Address Housing, Land and Property Rights During Peace Negotiations and in the Context of Refugee/IDP Return: Preliminary Recommendations to the Government of Myanmar, Ethnic Actors and the International Community.....Executive Summary: "Of the many challenging issues that will require resolution within the peace processes currently underway between the government of Myanmar and various ethnic groups in the country, few will be as complex, sensitive and yet vital than the issues comprising housing, land and property (HLP) rights. Viewed in terms of the rights of the sizable internally displaced person (IDP) and refugee populations who will be affected by the eventual peace agreements, and within the broader political reform process, HLP rights will need to form a key part of all of the ongoing moves to secure a sustainable peace, and be a key ingredient within all activities dedicated to ending displacement in Myanmar today. The Government Myanmar (including the military) and its various ethnic negotiating partners – just as with all countries that have undergone deep political transition in recent decades, including those emerging from lengthy conflicts – need to fully appreciate and comprehend the nature and scale of the HLP issues that have emerged in past decades, how these have affected and continue to affect the rights and perspectives of justice of those concerned, and the measures that will be required to remedy HLP concerns in a fair and equitable manner that strengthens the foundations for permanent peace. Resolving forced displacement and the arbitrary acquisition and occupation of land, addressing the HLP and other human rights of returning refugees and IDPs in areas of return, ensuring livelihood and other economic opportunities and a range of other measures will be required if return is be sustainable and imbued with a sense of justice. There is an acute awareness among all of those involved in the ongoing peace processes of the centrality of HLP issues within the context of sustainable peace, however, all too little progress has thus far been made to address these issues in any detail, nor have practical plans commenced to resolve ongoing displacement of either refugees or IDPs. Indeed, the negotiating positions of both sides on key HLP issues differ sharply and will need to be bridged; many difficult decisions remain to be made..."
Author/creator: Scott Leckie
Language: English
Source/publisher: Displacement Solutions
Format/size: pdf (1.6MB)
Alternate URLs: http://displacementsolutions.org
http://displacementsolutions.org/landmark-report-launch-bridging-the-housing-land-and-property-gap-in-myanmar/
Date of entry/update: 17 June 2013
ML > Land > Land in Burma > Law/policy on land in Burma/Myanmar
Refugees > Threatened return of Burmese asylum-seekers from Thailand to Burma
Dialogue/reform/transition - from military to civilian rule? > Dialogue/reform/transition - analyses and statements
Law and Constitution > Administration > Land, property and planning > Laws, decrees, bills and regulations relating to land, property and planning (commentary)


Title: Burma falters, backtracks on press freedom - A special report by the Committee to Protect Journalists
Date of publication: 13 June 2013
Description/subject: "The media landscape in Burma is more open than ever, as President Thein Sein releases imprisoned journalists and abolishes the former censorship regime. But many threats and obstacles to truly unfettered reporting remain, including restrictive laws held over from the previous military regime. The wider government’s commitment to a more open reporting environment is in doubt. A CPJ special report by Shawn W. Crispin..."
Author/creator: Shawn W. Crispin
Language: English
Source/publisher: Committee to Protect Journalists
Format/size: pdf (3.7MB)
Alternate URLs: http://www.cpj.org
Date of entry/update: 17 June 2013
ML > Human Rights > Freedom of Opinion and Expression, Right to /Censorship > Freedom of opinion and expression: - the situation in Burma/Myanmar - reports, analyses, recommendations


Title: Tensions and Concerns in Shan State
Date of publication: May 2013
Description/subject: "As the Thein Sein Government’s peace process with its armed ethnic minorities continues, concerns remain in relation to Burma Army activities in Shan State and claims that the UWSA has increased its arsenal and is seeking an autonomous Wa State. Although armed ethnic groups, like the RCSS-SSA, have continually attempted to minimalize the impact of various clashes with the Burma Army, the continuing offensive in Northern Shan State, the on-going conflict in Kachin State, and reports of a possible offensive against the Wa further threatens peace in the area and could result in both the RCSS/SSA and the UWSA being drawn into a much wider conflict..."
Author/creator: Editor: Lian H. Sakhong | Author: Paul Keenan
Language: English
Source/publisher: Burma Centre for Ethnic Studies (Analysis Paper No. 7, May 2013)
Format/size: pdf (184-OBL version; 211K-original))
Alternate URLs: http://www.burmaethnicstudies.net/pdf/BCES-AP-7.pdf
Date of entry/update: 17 June 2013
ML > Internal armed conflict > Internal armed conflict in Burma > Armed conflict in Burma - conflict in particular States > Armed conflict in Shan State > Armed conflict in Shan State - general articles
Internal armed conflict > Internal armed conflict in Burma > Burma Centre for Ethnic Studies (BCES)


Title: The Auditor-General Law - SLORC Law No. 5/88 (English)
Date of publication: 28 September 1988
Description/subject: The State Law and Order Restoration Council The Auditor-General Law (The State Law and Order Restoration Council Law No. 5/88) The 3rd Waxing Day of Tawthalin, 1350 M.E. (28th September, 1988
Language: English
Source/publisher: State Law and Order Restoration Council (SLORC)
Format/size: pdf (74K)
Date of entry/update: 16 June 2013
ML > Law and Constitution > Administration > Laws, decrees, bills and regulations relating to the Economy > Laws, bills, rules, regulations and decrees related to money - banking, exchange, taxation etc. > Laws, bills, rules, regulations and decrees related to money - banking, exchange, taxation etc. (texts)


Title: The Dental and Oral Medicine Council Law - SLORC Law No. 5/89 (English)
Date of publication: 10 March 1989
Description/subject: The State Law and Order Restoration Council - The Dental and Oral Medicine Council Law - (The State Law and Order Restoration Council Law No. 5/89) - The 4th Waxing Day of Tabaung, 1350 M.E. (10th March. 1989)
Language: English
Source/publisher: State Law and Order Restoration Council (SLORC)
Format/size: pdf (96K)
Date of entry/update: 16 June 2013
ML > Law and Constitution > Economic, Social and Cultural issues > Health > Laws, decrees, bills and regulations relating to health and medicine (texts)


Title: SLORC Order Having the Force of Law No. 3/88 (English)
Date of publication: 19 September 1988
Description/subject: The State Law and Order Restoration Council - Order Having the Force of Law No. (3/88) - The 9th Waxing Day of Tawthalin, 1350 M.E. (19th September, 1988)
Language: English
Source/publisher: State Law and Order Restoration Council (SLORC)
Format/size: pdf (70K)
Date of entry/update: 16 June 2013
ML > Law and Constitution > Civil and political rights > Martial law decrees, States of Emergency etc. > Martial law decrees, States of Emergency etc. (texts)


Title: SLORC Order Having the Force of Law No. 2/88 (English)
Date of publication: 19 September 1988
Description/subject: The State Law and Order Restoration Council - Order Having the Force of Law No. (2/88) - The 9th Waxing Day of Tawthalin, 1350 M.E. (19th September, 1988) -
Language: English
Source/publisher: State Law and Order Restoration Council (SLORC)
Format/size: pdf (68K)
Date of entry/update: 16 June 2013
ML > Law and Constitution > Civil and political rights > Martial law decrees, States of Emergency etc. > Martial law decrees, States of Emergency etc. (texts)


Title: SLORC Order Having the Force of Law No. 1/88 (English)
Date of publication: 19 September 1988
Description/subject: The State Law and Order Restoration Council - Order Having the Force of Law No. (1/88) - The 9th Waxing Day of Tawthalin, 1350 M.E. (19th September, 1988
Language: English
Source/publisher: State Law and Order Restoration Council (SLORC)
Format/size: pdf (82K)
Date of entry/update: 16 June 2013
ML > Law and Constitution > Civil and political rights > Martial law decrees, States of Emergency etc. > Martial law decrees, States of Emergency etc. (texts)


Title: The Rules Amending the Union of Myanmar Co-operative Societies Rules, 1970 - SLORC Rules No. 1/88 (English)
Date of publication: 08 December 1988
Description/subject: The State Law and Order Restoration Council The Rules Amending the Union of Myanmar Co-operative Societies Rules, 1970 - (The State Law and Order Restoration Council Rules No 1/88) - The 15th Waning Day of Tazaungmon, 1350 M.E. (8th December, 1988
Language: English
Source/publisher: State Law and Order Restoration Council (SLORC)
Format/size: pdf (90K)
Date of entry/update: 16 June 2013
ML > Law and Constitution > Administration > Laws, decrees, bills and regulations relating to the Economy > Laws, decrees, bills and regulations relating to business (owned/administered by the State, cooperatives, foreign or national entities) > Laws, decrees, bills and regulations relating to business (owned/administered by the State, cooperatives, foreign or national entities (texts)


Title: The Law Amending the Union of Myanmar Co-operative Societies Law, 1970 - SLORC Law No. 11/88 (English)
Date of publication: 08 December 1988
Description/subject: he State Law and Order Restoration Council - The Law Amending the Union of Myanmar Co-operative Societies Law, 1970 - (The State Law and Order Restoration Council Law No. 11/88) - The 15th Waning Day of Tazaungmon, 1350 M.E. (8th December, 1988)
Language: English
Source/publisher: State Law and Order Restoration Council (SLORC)
Format/size: pdf (79K)
Date of entry/update: 16 June 2013
ML > Law and Constitution > Administration > Laws, decrees, bills and regulations relating to the Economy > Laws, decrees, bills and regulations relating to business (owned/administered by the State, cooperatives, foreign or national entities) > Laws, decrees, bills and regulations relating to business (owned/administered by the State, cooperatives, foreign or national entities (texts)


Title: Procedures relating to the Union of Myanmar Foreign Investment Law - SLORC Notification No. 11/88 (English)
Date of publication: 07 December 1988
Description/subject: This document includes the forms used in the procedure...Procedures relating to the Union of Myanmar Foreign Investment Law - The Government of the Union of Myanmar Notification No. 11/88 - The 14th waning day of Tazaungmon, I350 B.E (7 December 1988)
Language: English
Source/publisher: State Law and Order Restoration Council (SLORC)
Format/size: pdf (421K)
Date of entry/update: 16 June 2013
ML > Law and Constitution > Administration > Laws, decrees, bills and regulations relating to the Economy > Laws, decrees, bills and regulations relating to business (owned/administered by the State, cooperatives, foreign or national entities) > Laws, decrees, bills and regulations relating to business (owned/administered by the State, cooperatives, foreign or national entities (texts)
Law and Constitution > Administration > Land, property and planning > Laws, decrees, bills and regulations relating to land, property and planning (texts)


Title: The Adaptation of Expressions Law - SLORC Law No. 8/88 (English)
Date of publication: 19 October 1988
Description/subject: The State Law and Order Restoration Council - The Adaptation of Expressions Law - (The State Law and Order Restoration Council Law No. 8/88) - The 9th Waxing Day of Thadingyut , 1350 M.E. (19th October, 1988
Language: English
Source/publisher: State Law and Order Restoration Council (SLORC)
Format/size: pdf (80K)
Date of entry/update: 16 June 2013
ML > Law and Constitution > Civil and political rights > Martial law decrees, States of Emergency etc. > Martial law decrees, States of Emergency etc. (texts)
Law and Constitution > Administration > Laws etc. relating to administration - general (texts)


Title: The Special Limitation Law - SLORC Law No. 9/88 (English)
Date of publication: 07 November 1988
Description/subject: The State Law and Order Restoration Council - The Special Limitation Law - (The State Law and Order Restoration Council Law No. 9/88)- The 13th Waning Day of Thadingyut, 1350 M.E (7th November, 1988)
Language: English
Source/publisher: State Law and Order Restoration Council (SLORC)
Format/size: pdf (66K)
Date of entry/update: 16 June 2013
ML > Law and Constitution > Civil and political rights > Martial law decrees, States of Emergency etc. > Martial law decrees, States of Emergency etc. (texts)
Law and Constitution > Judiciary > Laws, decrees, bills and regulations relating to the judiciary (texts)


Title: The Law Amending the Myanmar Red Cross Society Act, 1959 - SLORC Law No. 7/88 (English)
Date of publication: 12 October 1988
Description/subject: The State Law and Order Restoration Council - The Law Amending the Myanmar Red Cross Society Act, 1959 - (The State Law and Order Restoration Council Law No. 7/88) - 10-12 The 2nd Waxing Day of Thadingyut , 1350 M.E. (12th October, 1988)
Language: English
Source/publisher: State Law and Order Restoration Council (SLORC)
Format/size: pdf (66K)
Date of entry/update: 16 June 2013
ML > Law and Constitution > Civil and political rights > Martial law decrees, States of Emergency etc. > Martial law decrees, States of Emergency etc. (texts)


Title: "The New Light of Myanmar" Friday 14 June, 2013
Date of publication: 14 June 2013
Description/subject: DOMESTIC NEWS: Teak logs found in dredging old lake...DHF campaign undertaken in Tatkon Tsp...Plan to upgrade 20 reading rooms near Bago mountain range...Speed boats under inspection for safety equipment of passengers...Yangon university major repair costs over K 3800 million in 2012-2013...Condo basement parking lot inundated...Yangon University boat team to celebrate 90th birthday...Compensations provided for land grabs...One injured, four vehicles damaged in police car crash...Failed transformer in Dala replaced within hours...Low pressure over Northwest Bay of Bengal...Union minister calls for resilient society...Myanmar Gazette...Students get books, stationery in Ayadaw...District IPRD provides wifi at library...Gangaw Township Cooperative Syndicate meets...Kengtung DAC joins hands with private company in sanitation...Plan to open cultural museum in Lashio...Self-reliant clinic opened in Ayadaw Township...0.002 gram of opium seized in Katha...50th Myanma Gems, Jade and Pearl Emporium Central Committee meets..... EXTERNAL RELATIONS: National workshop on air pollution and acid deposition held...EU lets Myanmar back into preferential trade scheme...Union Health Minister attends World Health Assembly...India Rupee notes seized by mobile team...Myanmar, Thai to promote higher education sector...U Hau Do Suan presents his Credentials to Governor General of Canada...Mekong countries media interaction in coincidence with China-South Asia Expo in Kunming...Union SWRR Minister meets guests of OXFM International [OXFAM?]...50th Myanma Gems, Jade and Pearl Emporium Central Committee meets...Myanmar special delegation encourages Myanmar workers...Five Myanmar workers dead, six injured in separate attacks in Malaysia...Myanmar government to coordinate with Malaysian government to ensure safety of Myanmar workers..... "PERSPECTIVES": "Smokeless tobacco"..... ARTICLES: "Flood preventive measures in Ayeyawady Region under implementation" Byline and Photo: Ko Htwe..."Public Service Media under Democratic Reform (3)" Banya Aung [Correction: “Public Service Media under Democratic Reform (2)” 13 June]
Language: English
Source/publisher: News and Periodicals Enterprise, Ministry of Information, Union of Myanmar
Format/size: pdf (4.2MB)
Date of entry/update: 16 June 2013
RR > Print and broadcast media produced by the Government of Burma/Myanmar > Full, original versions of "The New Light of Myanmar", "Kyemon" and "Myanmar Alin" > "The New Light of Myanmar" 2013


Title: "The New Light of Myanmar" Saturday 15 June, 2013
Date of publication: 15 June 2013
Description/subject: DOMESTIC NEWS: MRTV retransmission station in Panglong Sub-Township launches pilot transmission...School buildings constructed, trees planted in Yedashe Township...Narcotic drugs seized at Mandalay Railway Station...Buses equipped with CCTVs...Oil press can earn family income in Myaing Tsp...Vehicles put under traffic rules...Drowsy driver plunges car into canal...Villages in Ayeyawady Region installed with solar panels...Khawkyuwa suspension bridge opened...YCDC carries out landscaping in Thamagon roundabout...Garment factory worker attempts suicide...Anti-DHF measures carried out in Nay Pyi Taw...Pyinmana Forest Dept gives educative talks on environmental conservation...Ten workers suffocated, lost consciousness by gasifier’s gases...Myanma Airways suspends flights of MA-60 fleet...Talks on retail business at UMFCCI...Strong earthquake hits outside Myanmar...Agricultural sector needs 3 Ps, cooperative societies to achieve quick-win: President...Golden Jubilee Myanma Gems Emporium on 15-27 June...School Environment Day activities...MPT announces low-priced SIM cards sale plan for June...Basic tailoring course concludes in Myitkyina...FDA (branch) opens at Tamu Border Camp...BEHSs in Chin State to get Internet-accessible computers...MEB uplifts banking services to customers...School building handed over in Singaing...Three teak saplings for every Kalay household household (sic)...10th meeting of Committee for implementation of Latpadaungtaung investigation report...FPTP or PR?...Environmental conservation planning for Letpadaungtaung Copper Mines...Low pressure area to South Orissa Coast of India..... EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Myanmar would help foreign investors the most possible degree: President...Modern dental equipment donated...Japanese speaking contest on 30 June...Study Overseas & Career Fair 2013 kicks off...Pyidaungsu Hluttaw Speaker receives guests of UNOHCHR...Data Center launched in Yangon...Preliminary meeting on Improvement of Road Technology held...Senior General Min Aung Hlaing receives former U.S. Deputy Secretary of Defence..... "PERSPECTIVES": "Child labour"..... ARTICLES: "Timber extraction reduced for sustainable forest development" Htway Myint Naing (Sagaing)..."Public Service Media Law under Democratic Reform (4)" Banya Aung
Language: English
Source/publisher: News and Periodicals Enterprise, Ministry of Information, Union of Myanmar
Format/size: pdf (4.3MB)
Date of entry/update: 16 June 2013
RR > Print and broadcast media produced by the Government of Burma/Myanmar > Full, original versions of "The New Light of Myanmar", "Kyemon" and "Myanmar Alin" > "The New Light of Myanmar" 2013


Title: The Political Parties Registration Law - SLORC Law No. 4/88 (English)
Date of publication: 27 September 1988
Description/subject: The State Law and Order Restoration Council Political Parties Registration Law - State LORC Law No. 4/88 27 September 1988
Language: English
Source/publisher: State Law and Order Restoration Council (SLORC)
Format/size: pdf (70K)
Date of entry/update: 15 June 2013
ML > Law and Constitution > Constitutional and parliamentary processes > Laws, decrees and regulations relating to the parliamentary process > Laws, decrees and regulations relating to the parliamentary process (texts)


Title: The Attorney General Law - SLORC Law No. 3/88 (English)
Date of publication: 27 September 1988
Description/subject: The State Law and Order Restoration Council - The Attorney-General Law - (The State Law and Order Restoration Council Law No.3/88) - The 1st Waning Day of Tawthalin, 1350 M.E. (26th September, 1988)
Language: English
Source/publisher: State Law and Order Restoration Council (SLORC)
Format/size: pdf (70K)
Date of entry/update: 15 June 2013
ML > Law and Constitution > Judiciary > Laws, decrees, bills and regulations relating to the judiciary (texts)


Title: The Judiciary Law - SLORC Law No. 2/88 (English)
Date of publication: 27 September 1988
Description/subject: The State Law and Order Restoration Council - The Judiciary Law - (State Law and Restoration Law No. 2/88) - September 26 th, 1988)
Language: English
Source/publisher: State Law and Order Restoration Council (SLORC)
Format/size: pdf (73K)
Date of entry/update: 15 June 2013
ML > Law and Constitution > Judiciary > Laws, decrees, bills and regulations relating to the judiciary (texts)


Title: Law on the elections commission for holding democratic multi-party general elections - SLORC Law No 1/88 (English)
Date of publication: 21 September 1988
Description/subject: State Law and Order Restoration Council - Law on the elections commission for holding democratic multi-party general elections - State Law and Order Restoration Council Law No 1/88 - 11th day of the waxing moon of Tawthalin 21st September 1988
Language: English
Source/publisher: State Law and Order Restoration Council (SLORC)
Format/size: pdf (55K)
Date of entry/update: 15 June 2013
ML > Law and Constitution > Constitutional and parliamentary processes > Laws, decrees and regulations relating to the parliamentary process > Laws, decrees and regulations relating to the parliamentary process (texts)


Title: The Political Parties Registration Rules - Multi-party Democracy General Elections Commission Rules No. 1 of 1988 (English)
Date of publication: 28 September 1988
Description/subject: The Multi-party Democracy General Elections Commission - The Political Parties Registration Rules - (Multi-party Democracy General Elections Commission Rules No. 1 of 1988)- The 3rd Waning Day of Tawthalin, 1350 M.E. (28th September, 1988)..... contains the forms used to register a political party
Language: English
Source/publisher: State Law and Order Restoration Council (SLORC)
Format/size: pdf (253K)
Date of entry/update: 15 June 2013
ML > Law and Constitution > Constitutional and parliamentary processes > Laws, decrees and regulations relating to the parliamentary process > Laws, decrees and regulations relating to the parliamentary process (texts)


Title: Foreign Investment Law - Pyidaungsu Hluttaw Law No. 21/2012 (Burmese)
Date of publication: 02 November 2012
Language: Burmese/ ျမန္မာဘာသာ
Source/publisher: Pyidaungsu Hluttaw
Format/size: pdf (81K, 741K (Kyemon version)
Alternate URLs: http://www.burmalibrary.org/docs14/Foreign_Investment_Law-21-2012-bu.pdf
Date of entry/update: 15 June 2013
ML > Law and Constitution > Administration > Laws, decrees, bills and regulations relating to the Economy > Laws, decrees, bills and regulations relating to business (owned/administered by the State, cooperatives, foreign or national entities) > Laws, decrees, bills and regulations relating to business (owned/administered by the State, cooperatives, foreign or national entities (texts)
Politics and Government > Burma/Myanmar's Legislature > Pyidaungsu Hluttaw (Union Assembly) > Pyidaungsu Hluttaw (meeting in plenary): - proceedings > Pyidaungsu Hluttaw: Laws and bylaws proposed and/or adopted in 2012


Title: Law relating to the Fishing Rights of Foreign Fishing Vessels - SLORC Law No. 11/89 (English)
Date of publication: 02 April 1989
Description/subject: The State Law and Order Restoration Council - Law relating to the Fishing Rights of Foreign Fishing Vessels - (the State Law and Order Restoration Council Law No. 11/89) - 12th Waning Day of Tabaung, 1350 B.S. (2nd April, 1989)
Language: English
Source/publisher: State Law and Order Restoration Council (SLORC)
Format/size: pdf (443K)
Date of entry/update: 14 June 2013
ML > Law and Constitution > Administration > Laws, decrees, bills and regulations relating to the Economy > Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries > Laws, decrees, bills and regulations relating to agriculture, forestry and fisheries (texts)


Title: The Law Amending the Pyithu Hluttaw Election Law - SLORC Law No. 12/90 (English)
Date of publication: 15 May 1990
Description/subject: The State Law and Order Restoration Council - The Law Amending the Pyithu Hluttaw Election Law - (The State Law and Order Restoration Council Law No. 12/90) - The 7th Waning Day of Kason, 1352 M.E. (15th May, 1990)
Language: English
Source/publisher: State Law and Order Restoration Council (SLORC)
Format/size: pdf (58K)
Date of entry/update: 14 June 2013
ML > Law and Constitution > Constitutional and parliamentary processes > Laws, decrees and regulations relating to the parliamentary process > Laws, decrees and regulations relating to the parliamentary process (texts)


Title: The Myanmar Tourism Law - SLORC Law No. 13/90 (English)
Date of publication: 20 June 1990
Description/subject: The State Law and Order Restoration Council - The Myanmar Tourism Law - (The State Law and Order Restoration Council Law No. 13/90) - The 13th Waning Day of Nayon, 1352 M.E. (20th June, 1990).....Repealed by The Myanmar Hotel and Tourism Law (SLORC Law No. 14/93)
Language: English
Source/publisher: State Law and Order Restoration Council (SLORC)
Format/size: pdf (72K)
Date of entry/update: 14 June 2013
ML > Law and Constitution > Administration > Laws, decrees, bills and regulations relating to the Economy > Tourism > Laws, decrees, bills and regulations relating to tourism (texts)


Title: The Law Amending the Gambling Law - SLORC Law No. 14/90 (English)
Date of publication: 29 June 1990
Description/subject: The State Law and Order Restoration Council- The Law Amending the Gambling Law - (The State Law and Order Restoration Council Law No. 14/90) - The 8th Waxing Day of Waso, 1352 M.E. (29th June, 1990)
Language: English
Source/publisher: State Law and Order Restoration Council (SLORC)
Format/size: pdf (59K)
Date of entry/update: 14 June 2013
ML > Law and Constitution > Criminal law > Criminal law (texts) > Other crime-related laws (texts)


Title: The Myanmar Agricultural and Rural Development Bank Law - SLORC Law No. 17/90 (English)
Date of publication: 06 July 1990
Description/subject: The State Law and Order Restoration Council - The Myanmar Agricultural and Rural Development Bank Law - (The State Law and Order Restoration Council Law No. 17/90) - The Fullmoon Day of Waso, 1352 M.E. (6th July, 1990)
Language: English
Source/publisher: State Law and Order Restoration Council (SLORC)
Format/size: pdf (76K)
Date of entry/update: 14 June 2013
ML > Law and Constitution > Administration > Laws, decrees, bills and regulations relating to the Economy > Laws, bills, rules, regulations and decrees related to money - banking, exchange, taxation etc. > Laws, bills, rules, regulations and decrees related to money - banking, exchange, taxation etc. (texts)


Title: The National Archive and Mawgun Law - SLORC Law No. 18/90 (English)
Date of publication: 13 September 1990
Description/subject: The State Law and Order Restoration Council - The National Archive and Mawgun Law - (The State Law and Order Restoration Council Law No. 18/90) - The 10th Waning Day of Tawthalin, 1352 M.E. (13th September, 1990)
Language: English
Source/publisher: State Law and Order Restoration Council (SLORC)
Format/size: pdf (69K)
Date of entry/update: 14 June 2013
ML > Law and Constitution > Economic, Social and Cultural issues > Libraries, archives, research etc. > Laws, decrees, bills and regulations relating to libraries, archives, research etc. (texts and commentaries)


Title: The Law relating to the Nurse and Midwife - SLORC Law No. 19/90 (English)
Date of publication: 17 October 1990
Description/subject: The State Law and Order Restoration Council - The Law relating to the Nurse and Midwife - (The State Law and Order Restoration Council Law No. 19/90) - 14th Waning Day of Thadinkyut, 1352 M.E. (17th October, 1990
Language: English
Source/publisher: State Law and Order Restoration Council (SLORC)
Format/size: pdf (72K)
Date of entry/update: 14 June 2013
ML > Law and Constitution > Economic, Social and Cultural issues > Health > Laws, decrees, bills and regulations relating to health and medicine (texts)


Title: The Myanmar Maternal and Child Welfare Association Law - SLORC Law No. 21/90 (English)
Date of publication: 09 November 1990
Description/subject: The State Law and Order Restoration Council - The Myanmar Maternal and Child Welfare Association Law - (The State Law and Order Restoration Council Law No. 21/90) - 8th Waning Day of Tazaungmon, 1352 M.E. (9th November, 1990)
Language: English
Source/publisher: State Law and Order Restoration Council (SLORC)
Format/size: pdf (70K)
Date of entry/update: 14 June 2013
ML > Law and Constitution > Other areas of law > Children and the law > Laws, decrees, bills and regulations relating to children (texts)


Title: The Law Amending the Partnership Act - SLORC Law No. 1/89 (English)
Date of publication: 18 January 1989
Description/subject: The State Law and Order Restoration Council - The Law Amending the Partnership Act - (The State Law and Order Restoration Council Law No.1/89) The 12th Waxing Day of Pyatho, 1350 M.E. (18th January, 1989)
Language: English
Source/publisher: State Law and Order Restoration Council (SLORC)
Format/size: pdf (84K)
Date of entry/update: 14 June 2013
ML > Law and Constitution > Administration > Laws, decrees, bills and regulations relating to the Economy > Laws, decrees, bills and regulations relating to business (owned/administered by the State, cooperatives, foreign or national entities) > Laws, decrees, bills and regulations relating to business (owned/administered by the State, cooperatives, foreign or national entities (texts)


Title: The Law Amending the Myanmar Companies Act - SLORC Law No. 2/89 (English)
Date of publication: 21 January 1989
Description/subject: The State Law and Order Restoration Council The Law Amending the Myanmar Companies Act (The State Law and Order Restoration Council Law No. 2/89) The 15th W axing Day of Pyatho, 1350 M.E. (21st January, 1989)
Language: English
Source/publisher: State Law and Order Restoration Council (SLORC)
Format/size: pdf (70K)
Date of entry/update: 14 June 2013
ML > Law and Constitution > Administration > Laws, decrees, bills and regulations relating to the Economy > Laws, decrees, bills and regulations relating to business (owned/administered by the State, cooperatives, foreign or national entities) > Laws, decrees, bills and regulations relating to business (owned/administered by the State, cooperatives, foreign or national entities (texts)


Title: The Law Amending the Myanmar Medical Act, 1957 - SLORC Law No.3/89 (English)
Date of publication: 24 January 1989
Description/subject: The State Law and Order Restoration Council - The Law Amending the Myanmar Medical Act, 1957 - (The State Law and Order Restoration Council Law No.3/89) - The 3rd Waning Day of Pyatho, 1350 M.E. (24th January, 1989)
Language: English
Source/publisher: State Law and Order Restoration Council (SLORC)
Format/size: pdf (76K)
Date of entry/update: 14 June 2013
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