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Title: Extreme Measures: Torture and Ill Treatment in Burma since the 2010 Elections (English report; Burmese video)
Date of publication: 28 May 2012
Description/subject: Executive Summary: "This report documents the Government of Burma’s torture and ill treatment against its own people since the 2010 elections. This report demonstrates that the Burmese government continues to commit these abuses despite being bound to international human rights treaties and norms. Furthermore, the lack of domestic legislation prohibiting torture, the absence of an independent judiciary, and an ineffective Human Rights Commission contribute to a climate where torture and ill treatment are perpetrated with impunity. From January to December 2011 alone, ND-Burma’s member organizations documented 371 cases of human rights violation across the country of which 83 cases, or 22 percent constitute torture and ill treatment. Torture and ill treatment in Burma takes place in two distinct places: (1) in detention centers where political prisoners are interrogated and held, and (2) in ethnic nationality areas where the Burmese military is present. Torture of political prisoners generally takes place shortly after an individual is arrested during interrogations. It can, along with ill treatment, continue for years – even decades – while political prisoners serve inordinately long sentences. In ethnic nationality areas torture seldom takes place in formal detention centers but is meted out in military bases or remote rural villages. Shan State and Kachin State are particularly hard hit. Evidence gathered by ND-Burma shows that torture and ill-treatment in ethnic areas often takes place within the context of other human rights violations, including arbitrary arrest, forced labor, forced portering, confi scation of property, restriction of movement, and sexual violence. The report makes a number of recommendations to the Government of Burma and the international community. Chief among these are calls for the adoption of legislation guaranteeing basic rights for the people of Burma, particularly the internationally recognized right to be free from torture and ill-treatment, and laws that ensure that the perpetrators of these crimes face justice. There are also calls for more education, training and public awareness about torture in order to prevent future violations as well as calls to institute safeguards and programs that guarantee that victims have available, credible, accessible remedies to deal with torture should it take place. This report also raises concerns regarding the new National Human Rights Commission, including its lack of full independence, its inability to investigate crimes committed by the military, and its failure to comply fully with best practices for national human rights commissions as described in the Paris Principles. Torture and ill treatment have a ripple effect, with potentially long lasting negative consequences for individuals, families and society as a whole. This report serves as a reminder to the Government of Burma and the international community that significant hurdles remain for Burma to emerge as a functioning democracy that respects the Rule of Law and the rights of the people of Burma, particularly ethnic nationalities."
Language: English (Burmese press release and video)
Source/publisher: Network for Human Rights Documentation - Burma (ND-Burma)
Format/size: pdf (1.5MB, report; 135K - press release;
Alternate URLs: http://nd-burma.org/video/documentary/item/92-extreme-measures.html
http://www.burmalibrary.org/docs13/Extreme_Measures-MA-bu.pdf
Date of entry/update: 28 May 2012
ML > Human Rights > Torture > Torture: reports of use in Burma


Title: "Voice of Burma" No. 868
Date of publication: 27 May 2012
Language: Burmese/ ျမန္မာဘာသာ
Source/publisher: Voice of Burma Information Group
Format/size: pdf (318K)
Date of entry/update: 28 May 2012
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Title: Revisiting human rights in Myanmar
Date of publication: 25 May 2012
Description/subject: "On 23 May 2012, Amnesty International concluded its first official visit to Myanmar since 2003. During two missions that year, we spent the vast majority of our time either being escorted to and from meetings with government officials, or privately interviewing 35 political prisoners in Insein, Bago, and Moulmein prisons, where we actually felt most free. For fear of putting civil society at risk, we did not request to speak with those actors, while outreach to ethnic minority representatives was similarly cautious. In contrast, our recent two-week mission to Yangon and Naypyidaw consisted of a very diverse collection of 49 meetings, the majority of which, though confidential, were held in public places. Unfortunately, time did not permit us to travel to an ethnic minority state. We appreciated the opportunity to speak with government officials; political parties and their Members of Parliament; members of the diplomatic community; lawyers and other civil society actors; ethnic minority activists; former political prisoners as well as the families of current political prisoners; and a representative of the National Human Rights Commission. Amidst a myriad of changes taking place in Myanmar, dating back to the late 2010 national elections, these meetings afforded Amnesty a preliminary opportunity to assess Myanmar’s current human rights situation. What has improved since the new government came into power a little more than a year ago? What human rights violations have persisted or even worsened? And what new human rights challenges have the country’s recent reform efforts engendered or brought to the fore? In addition to general impressions, we consider these questions under five broad and sometimes overlapping headings most relevant to Amnesty’s work on Myanmar over the last 25 years..."
Language: English
Source/publisher: Amnesty International (ASA 16/003/2012)
Format/size: pdf (115K)
Date of entry/update: 28 May 2012
ML > Human Rights > Various Rights > Various rights: reports of violations in Burma > Various rights: reports of violations against several ethnic groups


Title: Human Rights Watch World Reports Archive
Language: English
Source/publisher: Human Rights Watch
Format/size: html
Date of entry/update: 27 May 2012
ML > Human Rights > Various Rights > Various rights: reports of violations in Burma > Human Rights Watch World Reports (Burma sections) and Burma page


Title: "The New Light of Myanmar" Saturday 26 May 2012
Date of publication: 26 May 2012
Description/subject: DOMESTIC NEWS: Private entrepreneurs are to try to make sure that public consumers have no burden, buy products easily at a reasonable price, to work together with a view - to improving living conditions of rural people as well as the grassroots - Vice-President Dr Sai Mauk Kham addresses 21st Anniversary Plenary Meeting of UMFCCI...Amyotha Hluttaw National Races Affairs Committee, Region Hluttaw representatives, national race representatives meet...Bohmu Bahtoo road upgraded to four-lane road...Rural development tasks undertaken in Monghsat...Fires brake out in Mandalay Region...Kyaunggon township gets new station hospital...156 shops up for auction by MCDC...Hinthada Township gets new concrete road...Books, cash donated to Sittway Township writers association...Thegon township gets new library...Union Education Minister addresses School Enrollment Day Ceremony...Union Construction Minister meets region and state level officials...Towers of Shweli-Mansan national grid being repaired...Work coordination meeting of Central Census Committee held...H-Pole No. 249 of Namhkam- Muse 66-KV power grid destroyed by KIA...Collective sanitation carried out in Inlay Lake...Khitsan library opens in Myaungmya Township...Inter-township Sittway District administrator’s Cup Men/Women volleyball tournament concludes...Some billboards in Yangon get five-month free of charge...Land reclamation made in Wakema Township...SALE OF CHICKEN EGGS INSPECTED [photo]...Five Star runs Yangon- Kawthoung direct voyage...School Enrollment Day marked in Pyawbye Tsp..... EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Union Transport Minister receives President of ZETA Group and party...Chief Justice of Mandalay Region High Court meets Vice- President of Yunnan Provincial Supreme People’s Court...Myanmar, France to cooperate in parliamentary affairs...Pyithu Hluttaw Committee Chairman meets IMS Asia Programme Head...Memorandum of Discussion on opening of Myanmar-Japan centre inked...Pyithu Hluttaw International Relations Committee Chairman receives German guests...Ayeyawady Region Chief Minister receives guests...CBM Governor receives foreign banks delegations...Vice-President of Yunnan Provincial Supreme People’s Court concludes visit...Vietnamese delegation visits MRTV in Nay Pyi Taw...MWEA members leave for Malaysia...Chairman of Constitutional Tribunal of the Union arrives back from Seoul...Deputy Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services Commander-in-Chief (Army) receives American military attachés to Myanmar..... "PERSPECTIVES": "The country of smiles"
Language: English
Source/publisher: News and Periodicals Enterprise, Ministry of Information, Union of Myanmar
Format/size: pdf (2.6MB)
Date of entry/update: 26 May 2012
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" 2012


Title: AIDSdatahub - Myanmar profile
Description/subject: Well-organised page, links to many important documents
Language: English
Source/publisher: AIDSdatahub
Format/size: html, pdf
Alternate URLs: http://aidsdatahub.org
Date of entry/update: 26 May 2012
ML > Health > Threats to Health > Diseases > Communicable (infectious) diseases > HIV/AIDS


Title: HIV/AIDS - Myanmar Country Review, December 2011
Date of publication: December 2011
Description/subject: Key charts and summaries
Language: English
Source/publisher: HIV & AIDS Data Hub for Asia and the Pacific
Format/size: pdf (1.4MB)
Date of entry/update: 26 May 2012
ML > Health > Threats to Health > Diseases > Communicable (infectious) diseases > HIV/AIDS


Title: US Department of State Trafficking in Persons Reports
Description/subject: This page links to the US DOS reports from 2001...Browse to Country Narratives then to the alphabetical list. Burma is listed as Tier 3 -- the most serious cases
Language: English
Source/publisher: US Department of State
Format/size: html
Date of entry/update: 26 May 2012
ML > Trafficking > Trafficking: global, regional and national reports


Title: Amnesty International Annual Report 2012 (events of 2011) - Myanmar section
Date of publication: 24 May 2012
Description/subject: "The government enacted limited political and economic reforms, but human rights violations and violations of international humanitarian law in ethnic minority areas increased during the year. Some of these amounted to crimes against humanity or war crimes. Forced displacement reached its highest level in a decade, and reports of forced labour their highest level in several years. Authorities maintained restrictions on freedom of religion and belief, and perpetrators of human rights violations went unpunished. Despite releasing at least 313 political prisoners during the year, authorities continued to arrest such people, further violating their rights by subjecting them to ill-treatment and poor prison conditions..."....Background....Internal armed conflict ....Forced displacement and refugees....Forced labour....Freedom of religion or belief....Impunity....International scrutiny
Language: English
Source/publisher: Amnesty International
Format/size: html
Date of entry/update: 25 May 2012
ML > Human Rights > Various Rights > Various rights: reports of violations in Burma > Amnesty International annual reports (Myanmar section) from 1994


Title: "The Myanmar Times" May 21-27, 2012, Volume 32, No. 627
Date of publication: 27 May 2012
Description/subject: NEWS: Obama nominates ambassador; Car import rule changes spark rush at state-run banks; It’s time to show some respect for each other; Vietnam dodges responsibilities on rare wildlife; Concerns over national press council role ahead of June 30; Free remaining political prisoners, urges Clinton; U Thein Sein makes pledge on North Korea military ties; Sampan ban leaves villagers jobless; ‘The government must change its attitude towards media’; VP has ‘become a monk’: govt official; MRCS launches family link-up service; Qatar to resume flights on October 3; The hluttaw flexes its muscles; Factories set deadline for workers; Three parties prepare for national conferences; By-elections show desire for change, president tells cabinet; Delayed FDI law set for July debut; DKBA waiting for national peace conference; Hotel zone approved at Inle Lake...BUSINESS & PROPERTY: Central Bank adds further effort to securities exchange formation; Africa shakes up B&P market; Buyers warned on odometer fraud; Fish farmer ruined after tender bungle; Agents hit out over misuse of company names; Showroom demand drives rentals; YCDC ups contractor deposit fee; Mogadishu enjoys building boom after decades of war; After six-year decline, US housing prices a cause for optimism...TECHNOLOGY: Facebook share fall flat in market debut; President U Thein Sein set to operate a personal website? Yahoo chief executive resigns...TIMEOUT: Making it big in Yangon; ‘Dictator’ invades Cannes Filmfest; Sculptors afraid of losing their wood; MMPO presents list of grievances; Pakokku Literary winners named; Lady Gaga too sexy for Indonesia: police; New Delhi jailhouse inmates rock to live music therapy...TRAVEL...EVENTS FLASH: Car expo; Photo contest; Male models; Free art classes; Song contest...YOUR STARS...FLIGHT SCHEDULES...TEA BREAK
Language: English
Source/publisher: Myanmar Consolidated Media Co. Ltd
Format/size: html
Date of entry/update: 25 May 2012
RR > Private sector publications produced under censorship restrictions > Weekly magazines > "The Myanmar Times" > "The Myanmar Times" (English) 2012


Title: Obama Administration declares Burma open to U.S. mining investment
Date of publication: 18 May 2012
Description/subject: U.S. mining and exploration companies can now officially join their Australian, Canadian, Chinese, European, French, Thai and Korean counterparts in the rush to develop Burma's mineral riches. RENO (MINEWEB) -
Author/creator: Dorothy Kosich
Language: English
Source/publisher: Mineweb
Format/size: html
Date of entry/update: 25 May 2012
ML > Economy > Industry > Extractive industries > Mining > Minerals and Mining - General


Title: US greenlights investment by energy, mining, banking firms
Date of publication: 17 May 2012
Description/subject: "...Clinton said Washington would issue a general license to permit U.S. investments across Myanmar's economy, and U.S. energy, mining and financial service companies were all now free to look for opportunities in the nation formerly known as Burma..."
Author/creator: Andrew Quinn and Paul Eckert
Language: English
Source/publisher: Reuters
Format/size: html
Date of entry/update: 25 May 2012
ML > Economy > Industry > Extractive industries > Mining > Minerals and Mining - General


Title: Coping and Adaptation against Decreasing Fish Resources :Case Study of Fishermen in Lake Inle, Myanmar
Date of publication: March 2012
Description/subject: Abstract: "Fishermen depend on Lake Inle in Myanmar for their livelihood. However, the lake has been undergoing environmental degradation over the years. Adding to the long-term decrease in the catch because of this degradation, these fishermen faced extremely low water levels in 20 I 0, which they had previously not experienced. Based on field surveys, this paper aims to reveal how fishermen adapted and coped with the changing environment as well as the sudden shock of the abnormally low water levels"....Keywords: coping, adaptation, resource, fishermen
Author/creator: Ikuko OKAMOTO
Language: English
Source/publisher: Institute for Developing Economies (IDE DISCUSSION PAPER No. 329
Format/size: pdf (183K)
Date of entry/update: 25 May 2012
ML > Economy > Agriculture, forestry and fisheries > Fisheries


Title: "The New Light of Myanmar" Friday 25 May 2012
Date of publication: 25 May 2012
Description/subject: DOMESTIC NEWS: Pyithu Hluttaw National Races Affairs and Internal Peace-making Committee meets with Hluttaw representatives, national race representatives of Rakhine State...MYANMAR GAZETTE...CASH DONATED; RESPECTS PAID TO THE ELDERS; FIRE PREVENTIVE MEASURES INSPECTED; BOOKS DONATED; CASH DONATED [photos]...Writers association formed in Pazundaung Township...Fire drill demonstrated in Magway Region...Collective blood donation of Myittamon group held...Relief aids provided to victims in Pindaya Township...Ministry of Sports opens Judo coaches/ referees training course...YaungchiU library opens in Bilin Township...Stakes driven for construction of schools in Muse...Seminar on innovative LPG/CNG engine control application on automobiles engines on 27 May...Extempore talks and essay competitions held in Magway...Tour guide licenses to be renewed...Refresher course for drivers and bus conductors on 25 Ma...ICT development course for heads of middle schools opens...Yamethin sees thriving groundnuts, beans...Six-year-old boy dead in Insein Township...Myeik District Police Force presents cash assistance for offspring of policemen...Chin State sanitation activities launched...Mon State sanitation activities launched...Double Strong Cup kicks off...Workshop on awareness of landmine dangers opened in Taunggyi..... EXTERNAL RELATIONS: President U Thein Sein felicitates Argentinian counterpart...No backsliding in Myanmar’s reforms - Political reform without economic reform cannot bring success to political system - Pyithu Hluttaw Speaker Thura U Shwe Mann visits European countries...Union Foreign Minister felicitates Argentinian counterpart...Dy Home Affairs Minister meets Chairman of Korea Development Company and Adviser of Saenurs ruling party...Vietnamese delegation visits MRTV...Dy NPED Minister attends 68th ESCAP meeting...Bago Region Chief Minister, Singaporean guest discuss investment opportunities...Union Transport Minister meets Chairman of Japan-based Nisshin Transportation Co....Chiefs of ASEAN Police Force meet journalists...Union Commerce Minister receives Representative of MITSUI & Co., Ltd...Liuzho City Mayor meets UMFCCI Vice-President...UMFCCI officials meet Ambassador of Spain...Union Ministers receive former Singaporean Foreign Minister and party...Economists suggest reform strategies for Myanmar...Workshop on awareness of landmine dangers opened in Taunggyi..... "PERSPECTIVES": "Healthy living"..... ARTICLE: "Following the mood of today" SOE TINT
Language: English
Source/publisher: News and Periodicals Enterprise, Ministry of Information, Union of Myanmar
Format/size: pdf (2.5MB)
Date of entry/update: 25 May 2012
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" 2012


Title: "Myanmar Alin" Tuesday 22 May 2012
Date of publication: 22 May 2012
Language: Burmese/ ျမန္မာဘာသာ
Source/publisher: News and Periodicals Enterprise, Ministry of Information, Union of Myanmar
Format/size: pdf (2.9MB)
Date of entry/update: 25 May 2012
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" > "Myanmar Alin" > "Myanmar Alin" 2012


Title: "Myanmar Alin" Wednesday 23 May 2012
Date of publication: 23 May 2012
Language: Burmese/ ျမန္မာဘာသာ
Source/publisher: News and Periodicals Enterprise, Ministry of Information, Union of Myanmar
Format/size: pdf (2.3MB)
Date of entry/update: 25 May 2012
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" > "Myanmar Alin" > "Myanmar Alin" 2012


Title: "Myanmar Alin" Thursday 24 May 2012
Date of publication: 24 May 2012
Language: Burmese/ ျမန္မာဘာသာ
Source/publisher: News and Periodicals Enterprise, Ministry of Information, Union of Myanmar
Format/size: pdf (2.3MB)
Date of entry/update: 25 May 2012
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" > "Myanmar Alin" > "Myanmar Alin" 2012


Title: "Myanmar Alin" Friday 25 May 2012
Date of publication: 25 May 2012
Language: Burmese/ ျမန္မာဘာသာ
Source/publisher: News and Periodicals Enterprise, Ministry of Information, Union of Myanmar
Format/size: pdf (2.2MB)
Date of entry/update: 25 May 2012
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" > "Myanmar Alin" > "Myanmar Alin" 2012


Title: "The Mirror" ("Kyemon") Tuesday 22 May 2012
Date of publication: 22 May 2012
Language: Burmese/ ျမန္မာဘာသာ
Source/publisher: News and Periodicals Enterprise, Ministry of Information, Union of Myanmar
Format/size: pdf (346K)
Date of entry/update: 25 May 2012
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 Mirror" ("Kyemon") > "The Mirror" ("Kyemon") 2012


Title: "The Mirror" ("Kyemon") Wednesday 23 May 2012
Date of publication: 23 May 2012
Language: Burmese/ ျမန္မာဘာသာ
Source/publisher: News and Periodicals Enterprise, Ministry of Information, Union of Myanmar
Format/size: pdf (403K)
Date of entry/update: 25 May 2012
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 Mirror" ("Kyemon") > "The Mirror" ("Kyemon") 2012


Title: "The Mirror" ("Kyemon") Thursday 24 May 2012
Date of publication: 24 May 2012
Language: Burmese/ ျမန္မာဘာသာ
Source/publisher: News and Periodicals Enterprise, Ministry of Information, Union of Myanmar
Format/size: pdf (453K)
Date of entry/update: 25 May 2012
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 Mirror" ("Kyemon") > "The Mirror" ("Kyemon") 2012


Title: "The Mirror" ("Kyemon") Friday 25 May 2012
Date of publication: 25 May 2012
Language: Burmese/ ျမန္မာဘာသာ
Source/publisher: News and Periodicals Enterprise, Ministry of Information, Union of Myanmar
Format/size: pdf (461K)
Date of entry/update: 25 May 2012
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 Mirror" ("Kyemon") > "The Mirror" ("Kyemon") 2012


Title: New rights, old wrongs in Myanmar
Date of publication: 25 May 2012
Description/subject: "Amid myriad changes taking place in Myanmar, Amnesty International concluded its first official visit to the country in nearly a decade on May 23. Our two-week mission consisted of a diverse collection of 49 meetings with government officials, political parties and their members of parliament; members of the diplomatic community; lawyers and other civil society actors; ethnic minority activists; former political prisoners as well as the families of current political prisoners; and a representative of the National Human Rights Commission. The mission provided a preliminary opportunity to assess Myanmar's current human-rights situation, which Amnesty International has monitored for the past 25 years. What has improved since the new government came into power a little more than a year ago? What human rights violations have persisted or even worsened? And what new human-rights challenges have the country's recent reform efforts engendered or brought to the fore?...Our delegation was sometimes reminded that "Rome wasn't built in a day". To the extent that the only thing less desirable than a lack of legal reform is legal reform poorly done, this reminder was well-received. The same is true to varying degrees on matters of accountability; the full realization of social, economic, and cultural rights; and the determination of who is a political prisoner and who is not. Capacity is limited and the development of certain "human-rights infrastructure" is advisable before particular changes are made. But insofar as prisoners of conscience can be readily identified and set free, and as attacks against civilians can stop in response to clear orders, it takes less than a day to undertake some important human-rights changes. Myanmar should continue to improve its human-rights record accordingly."
Author/creator: Benjamin Zawacki and Donna Jean Guest
Language: English
Source/publisher: Amnesty International via "Asia Times Online"
Format/size: html; pdf (69K)
Alternate URLs: http://www.burmalibrary.org/docs13/Ben+Donna-report-2012-05-23.pdf
Date of entry/update: 25 May 2012
ML > Human Rights > Various Rights > Various rights: reports of violations in Burma > Various rights: reports of violations against several ethnic groups


Title: US State Dept. - Burma: Country Report on Human Rights Practices - 2011
Date of publication: 25 May 2012
Description/subject: EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: "Burma’s government is headed by President Thein Sein; the military-run State Peace and Development Council was officially dissolved in 2011, although former and active military officers continued to wield authority at each level of government. In November 2010 the then-military regime held the country’s first parliamentary elections since 1990, which were neither free nor fair. The government’s main party, the ruling Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP), claimed an overwhelming majority of seats in the national parliament and state/regional assemblies. Military security forces report to military channels, and civilian security forces, such as the police, report to a nominally civilian ministry headed by an active-duty military general. Significant developments during the year included the emergence of a legislature that allowed opposition parties to contribute substantively to debates; democratic reforms such as the amendment of laws allowing opposition parties to register and Aung San Suu Kyi to announce her bid for Parliament; the release of hundreds of political prisoners; the relaxation of a number of censorship controls, the opening of some space in society for the expression of dissent; and an easing of restrictions on some internal and foreign travel for citizens. Significant human rights problems in the country persisted, including military attacks against ethnic minorities in border states, which resulted in civilian deaths, forced relocations, sexual violence, and other serious abuses. The government also continued to detain hundreds of political prisoners. Abuses of prisoners continued, including the alleged transfer of civilian prisoners to military units. These units reportedly were often engaged in armed conflict in the border areas where they were forced to carry supplies, clear mines, and serve as human shields. Government security forces were responsible for extrajudicial killings, rape, and torture. The government detained civic activists indefinitely and without charges. The government abused some prisoners and detainees, held persons in harsh and life-threatening conditions, routinely used incommunicado detention, and imprisoned citizens arbitrarily for political motives. The government infringed on citizens’ privacy and restricted freedom of speech, press, assembly, association, religion, and movement. The government impeded the work of many domestic human rights nongovernmental organizations (NGOs). International NGOs continued to encounter a difficult--although somewhat improved--environment. Recruitment of child soldiers, discrimination against ethnic minorities, and trafficking in persons--particularly of women and girls--continued. Forced labor, including that of children, persisted. The government generally did not take action to prosecute or punish those responsible for human rights abuses, with a few isolated exceptions. Abuses continued with impunity. Rampant corruption and the absence of due process undermined the rule of law. Ethnic armed groups also committed human rights abuses, including forced labor and recruitment of child soldiers.
Language: English
Source/publisher: US Department of State (Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor)
Format/size: pdf (193K-OBLversion; 166K-original)
Alternate URLs: http://www.state.gov/documents/organization/186475.pdf
Date of entry/update: 25 May 2012
ML > Human Rights > Various Rights > Various rights: reports of violations in Burma > US State Dept. - reports on human rights in Burma


Title: "The New Light of Myanmar" Tuesday 22 May 2012
Date of publication: 22 May 2012
Description/subject: DOMESTIC NEWS: Consecration ceremony of bronze Buddha Image and golden throne held...EP-2 Minister inspects diesel-fired power station in Kengtung...Noteworthy amounts of rainfall (21-5-2012)...Significant Day Temperatures (21-5-2012)...1486th Anniversary of Prophet Day marked...Books for rural libraries in Pyawbwe...Monmyat Cooperatives Ltd provides cash assistance to member fire victims...Specialists give educative talks on health in Shwepyitha...Farm, Forest and Agriculture Course opens in Yesagyo...Sein Gay Har provides care to unhealthy aged in Seesar home...Educative talks on establishing rural house and environmental conservation held...Physical Education Science (Mandalay) selects trainees...Meeting of MNL Committee and Club Owners held...Union Hotels and Tourism Minister meets hoteliers of small, medium licensed hotels...Sagaing Region Chief Minister attends opening ceremonies of hospital, monastery building...Toll gates along Yangon- Mandalay Highway (Nay Pyi Taw-Mandalay section) inspected...Ceremony to give guidance on bone marrow transplant held...KIA armed group blows up two trucks...Tournament organization course for table tennis (2012) concludes...Union A&I Minister inspects cotton, sugarcane, paddy plantations...Coord meeting for maintenance of Ayeyawady river water system and utilization of water way...Thutapadaytha library opens in Thongwa Township...Writers association formed in Hline Township...Workshops on capacity building of staff held in Putao...Faked eggs sold in Myitkyina...Pyigyimyatshin car market faces nosedive...Fire breaks out in Amarapura Township...Yesagyo Township sees Palethwe hybrid paddy plantation...Food poisoning occurs in Einme Township...Oxygen concentrator donated to Kawlin Township People’s Hospital...Public request for decreased power supply (sic)...Self-reliant suspension bridge opened in Htilin Township..... EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Union Mines Minister attends China-ASEAN Mining Cooperation Forum and Promotion Exhibition...Chinese cultural troupe stages entertainment show in Mandalay...UMFCCI, Chinese guests discuss signing of MoU...Chief Justice of Yangon Region High Court receives Vice-President of Yunnan Provincial Supreme People’s Court...Dy H & T Minister receives Jhon Swire Investment Group Director...Commandant of NDSI of Royal Thai Armed Forces Headquarters arrives...Trainees from Malaysia Armed Forces Defence College (MAFDC) Course No. 32/2012 arrive...Correction...MMCWA President receives Thai ambassador’s wife...Myanmar military delegation leaves for Kunming...Union F&R Minister receives Japanese and Thai guests...Union minister receives foreign guests..... "PERSPECTIVES": "Help civil servants say no to bribery"
Language: English
Source/publisher: News and Periodicals Enterprise, Ministry of Information, Union of Myanmar
Format/size: pdf (2.5MB)
Date of entry/update: 24 May 2012
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" 2012


Title: "The New Light of Myanmar" Wednesday 23 May 2012
Date of publication: 23 May 2012
Description/subject: DOMESTIC NEWS: UEC meets parties participated in 2012 by-elections...Noteworthy amounts of rainfall (22-5-2012)...Myoma Gonsaung library opens in Pyawbwe Township...Phoe Yarzar Library opened in Yebyu Tsp...Traffic rules inspected in Indaw Township...LinyaungU library opens in Kayan Township...Mon Myat Micro Credit Cooperatives Ltd holds AGM...Educative talks for young ladies given in Kawthoung...Talks on control of human trafficking in Mingala Taungnyunt Township...Myanma traditional cane ball competition held in Thaton...RMGCC 3rd Anniversary golf tournament on 26 May...BOOKS AND STATIONERY DONATE: [photo]...UNIFORMS PROVIDED [photo]...Trainees of Primary Teachership Training Course seek Chief Minister’s advice...Coordination meeting on passing of Intellectual Property Rights Law held...Pyithu Hluttaw, Amyotha Hluttaw Committees meet officials on Yangon tour...Coordination meeting of sports clubs in Mandalay Region held...Meeting on raising reading habit held in Tamway Township...Tiger Myanmar Amateur Open Golf Championship 2012 on 5-8 June...24/7 electricity supply in Tangyan Township...Coordination meeting on disposal of rubbishes held in Thingangyun Tsp...Think Tank Meeting on development of Myanma Football held...Educative talks on cultivation of teak plantations given in Letpadan...Writers association formed in Kyauktaw Township...Pyinnyabeikman library opens in Hlegu Township...Writers association formed in Nyaungdon Township...Thaikchaung villagers get electricity...Pantanaw Towship gets one more station hospital..... EXTERNAL RELATIONS: President U Thein Sein receives police chiefs of ASEAN and heads of police force of dialogue partners countries...Union Minister meets project managers of FMInternational Oy Finnmap Co, NIRAS Co...Dy Education Minister meets Vice- President of Japanese Science Council...UMFCCI Vice-Presidents, CEC meeting with Mr You Jianhua of China NGO Network for International Exchanges and party [photo]...Union Commerce Minister meets Ghanaian Ambassador...Deputy Home Affairs Minister receives Chairman of US-ASEAN Economic Council and party...Diplomats explore Kawthoung, Dawei...Union Foreign Affairs Minister pays official visit to the United States of America...Swire Investment Group eyes investment in Myanmar...Governor of Central Bank of Myanmar meets foreign guests...Union Electric Power No. 2 Minister receives Chinese, Thailand-based guests...IMF ready to help Myanmar’s reforms...Dy H&T Minister receives Thai delegation...32nd ASEANAPOL Conference opened...Union Foreign Affairs Minister attends High-level Thematic Debate on State of World Economy..... "PERSPECTIVES": "Knowledge-based industries"
Language: English
Source/publisher: News and Periodicals Enterprise, Ministry of Information, Union of Myanmar
Format/size: pdf (2.8MB)
Date of entry/update: 24 May 2012
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Title: "The New Light of Myanmar" Thursday 24 May 2012
Date of publication: 24 May 2012
Description/subject: DOMESTIC NEWS: Noteworthy amounts of rainfall (23-5-2012)...Self-reliant concrete steel trust bridge in Mohnyin to open soon...UMFCCI’s disaster risk reduction talks on 2 June...Kayin State Chief Minister undertakes regional development tasks in Kyar-in- Seikkyi Township...Pyin-nya-nyan library opens in Kayan Township...Maw Naychi library opens in Muse Township ...Mandalay Region Chief Minister addresses meeting for effective reforms in regional development tasks...National Sanitation Week launched in Myitkyina...Application for registration as political party submitted...Kawa Creek-crossing bridge opened in Kyaikhto Tsp...Union Information and Culture Minister organizes novitiation ceremony in Pale Tsp...Aye Mya Thaya new village opened in Kunchangon Tsp...U-5 pediatric centre opened at Mitta Sanye Clinic of MMCWA...Public notice for Remonstration (Shan Nationalities League for Democracy)...Union NPED Minister calls for careful planning...Distribution of electricity with new generators...Reconstruction of Sedawgyi dam complete...Emergency Ambulance Foundation to be set up...COLLECTIVE BLOOD DONATION [photo]...OXYGEN CONCENTRATOR DONATED [photo]...Talks on cooperatives knowledge given in North Okkalapa Township...Cooperatives Agriculture and Livestock Course opens in Ayeyawady Region...Pachakalo BEHS (branch) gets new building...Private schools running granted...Private schools running granted..... EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Indian Prime Minister and wife to pay a State visit to Myanmar...President U Thein Sein accepts credentials of Ambassador of Republic of Ghana...President U Thein Sein accepts credentials of Ambassador of Slovak Republic...ATR aircraft for domestic flights...Chief of Armed Forces Training receives Commandant of National Defence Studies Institute (NDSI)...TEIN3 Workshop aims to develop research and education network in Myanmar...Preparatory meeting for MOH-UNFPA Country Programme (2012-2015) held...Myanmar UCSB delegation observes CSOs and Universities of PRC...Myanmar-Thai economic discussion on 28 May...Export earnings of fishery sector reaches over 78 million USD...KBZ Bank, SMBC Bank ink MoU on technical cooperation...Union Transport Minister meets Keppel Group Chairman...Union A&I Minister receives Indian, Dutch Ambassadors...Myanmar, Vietnam to cooperate in banking sector...Union Minister receives foreign guests...Union Energy Minister receives Vice President of Shell Eastern Petroleum Ltd...Union F & R Minister meets MDRI, President’s economic advisor, economists...India to assist bordering regions in infrastructural development...Union Minister receives Netherland, Chinese guests...President U Thein Sein accepts credentials of Ambassador of Kingdom of Netherlands...Myanmar goodwill delegation arrives back..... "PERSPECTIVES": "Role of parents and teachers in ensuring better future for children".....ARTICLE: "HONOUR TO HONOUR DUE" BY BA THAN
Language: English
Source/publisher: News and Periodicals Enterprise, Ministry of Information, Union of Myanmar
Format/size: pdf (2.8MB)
Date of entry/update: 24 May 2012
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" 2012


Title: "Voice of Burma" No. 867
Date of publication: 20 May 2012
Language: Burmese/ ျမန္မာဘာသာ
Source/publisher: Voice of Burma Information Group
Format/size: pdf (315K)
Date of entry/update: 23 May 2012
RR > Archives > "Voice of Burma" > "Voice of Burma" 2012


Title: The Conservation of Water Resources and Rivers Law
Date of publication: 02 October 2006
Description/subject: The Union of Myanmar The State Peace and Development Council... The Conservation of Water Resources and Rivers Law... (The State Peace and Development Council Law No. 8/2006) ...The 11th Waxing Day of Thadingyut, 1368 ME (2nd October, 2006)
Language: English
Source/publisher: State Peace and Development Council
Format/size: pdf (25K)
Date of entry/update: 23 May 2012
ML > Law and Constitution > Civil and administrative law > Environmental laws and decrees > Environmental laws and decrees (texts)


Title: Catalyst for Conflict - Investments cause renewed war, threatening Ta'ang communities in northern Burma
Date of publication: 22 May 2012
Description/subject: "Despite recent ceasefire agreements and talk of reform in Burma, since January 2012 ethnic Ta'ang areas of northern Burma have experienced increasing militarization and conflict. Fierce battles have broken out in areas that have not seen fighting for over 20 years. Soldiers from the Burma Army have moved from their main bases to live in villages and now regularly patrol local areas, increasing abuses against local populations including killings, beatings, forced labor, and extortion. The military expansion is directly linked to securing Chinese mega projects. Pipelines that will take oil and gas from Burma to China are currently being built in Ta'ang areas. China is also building two mega dams on the Shweli, the most important river for the Ta'ang, while loggers are cutting down precious teak forests in Ta'ang areas to export timber to China. Control over natural resources and abuses by the Burma Army are at the heart of local grievances in both Kachin and Shan states where conflict has erupted. in July 2011, a new army, the Ta'ang National Liberation Army (TNLA), was formed under the Palaung state Liberation Front (PSLF) to protect the Ta'ang people. in March this year, pro-government militias in Mantong were given Burma Army weapons to fight the TNLA, using a divide and rule tactic which creates conflict among the Ta'ang people. As fighting and abuses increase, local people are fleeing for their safety. Since December 2011, over 1,000 have become internally displaced, sheltering in Nam Kham and Mantong. Many have also fled to China, particularly young men avoiding forced conscription and portering. This has had devastating impacts on the annual tea harvest, a critical economic activity for the Ta'ang. People in northern Shan State, especially in rural areas, have failed to benefit from the much talked about reform in central Burma. Investments are increasing conflict and abuses while not providing benefit to local people.
Language: English, Burmese
Source/publisher: Ta'ang Students and Youth Organization
Format/size: pdf (English: 1.2MB-OBL version; 1.61MB-original; Burmese: 1.3MB-OBL version; 4.44MB-original)
Alternate URLs: http://www.burmalibrary.org/docs13/Catalyst_for_Conflict(bu)-red.pdf
http://www.palaungland.org/media/Report/catalystforconflict/English.pdf
http://www.palaungland.org/media/Report/catalystforconflict/Burmese.pdf
www.palaungland.org
Date of entry/update: 23 May 2012
ML > Non-Burman and non-Buddhist groups > Ethnic groups in Burma (cultural, political) > Single Groups > Palaung (Ta'ang)
Civil War > The Civil War in Burma (under reconstruction) > Civil war, development and investment


Title: "The New Light of Myanmar" Monday 21 May 2012
Date of publication: 21 May 2012
Description/subject: DOMESTIC NEWS: Second Union level peace talks between Union Peace-making Work Committee and RCSS/SSA held...Maintenance of Shwesangyoung bridge, Pathein- Monywa road, Nay Pyi Taw-Taungnyo-Myothit- Kanpya (Magway) road inspected...Union Transport Minister visits Botahtaung Jetty, Pansodan-Dalla ferry ticket counter, IWT Delta Division...Prophet Day marked...Refresher course for issuance of Sama registration for doctors opens...Road accident stemmed from failure to observe traffic rules leaves five dead, 12 wounded...Tour guide entrance exam held...Pathein Expo-2012 kicks off...Union A & I Minister visits 66-acre Palethwe hybrid paddy plantation in Ottwin...Those who handed over ancient cultural objects rewarded...Kutkai-Karlaing rural tarred road commissioned into service in Kutkai...Talk on Media & The Public to be held at MFF on 26 May...Literary talks given, books donated...Traffic rules checked in KhinU Township...Saplings nurtured in Hsipaw to conserve environment...New library building opened in Twantay Township...Pyinnyatagon library opened in Ottwin Township...Township Writers Association formed in Maubin...Mawlamyinegyun gets school shelter...Library multiplier course (1/2012) opens in Dagon Myothit (South)...Fire drill demonstrated in Tachilek...Student-centered approach teaching method course opens in Labutta...Respect-paying ceremony of Ponnagyun (BEHS) alumni...Self-reliant wooden bridge built in Mawlu model village...New delivery ward opens in Shwegu Township...Educative talks on landscapes held in Minhla...International Nurses Day observed in Thanbyuzayat...Linyaungyi library opens in Kungyangon Township...Myanma Airways changes domestic flight fare rates...First aid course opens in Yesagyo...Cash donated for education fund in Mawlamyine...Farming faces shortage of farm workers...Union Sports Minister encourages athletes in training..... EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Union CPT Minister attends Korea Communications Conference...33rd Asia Pacific Junior Golf Championship concludes..... "PERSPECTIVES": "Geographical opportunity"
Language: English
Source/publisher: News and Periodicals Enterprise, Ministry of Information, Union of Myanmar
Format/size: pdf (2.4MB)
Date of entry/update: 21 May 2012
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" 2012


Title: "Myanmar Alin" Sunday 20 May 2012
Date of publication: 20 May 2012
Language: Burmese/ ျမန္မာဘာသာ
Source/publisher: News and Periodicals Enterprise, Ministry of Information, Union of Myanmar
Format/size: pdf (2.3MB)
Date of entry/update: 21 May 2012
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" > "Myanmar Alin" > "Myanmar Alin" 2012


Title: "Myanmar Alin" Monday 21 May 2012
Date of publication: 21 May 2012
Language: Burmese/ ျမန္မာဘာသာ
Source/publisher: News and Periodicals Enterprise, Ministry of Information, Union of Myanmar
Format/size: pdf (2.1MB)
Date of entry/update: 21 May 2012
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" > "Myanmar Alin" > "Myanmar Alin" 2012


Title: "The Mirror" ("Kyemon") Sunday 20 May 2012
Date of publication: 20 May 2012
Language: Burmese/ ျမန္မာဘာသာ
Source/publisher: News and Periodicals Enterprise, Ministry of Information, Union of Myanmar
Format/size: pdf (366K)
Date of entry/update: 21 May 2012
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Title: "The Mirror" ("Kyemon") Monday 21 May 2012
Date of publication: 21 May 2012
Language: Burmese/ ျမန္မာဘာသာ
Source/publisher: News and Periodicals Enterprise, Ministry of Information, Union of Myanmar
Format/size: pdf (335K)
Date of entry/update: 21 May 2012
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 Mirror" ("Kyemon") > "The Mirror" ("Kyemon") 2012


Title: Undertain Ground: Landmines in eastern Burma
Date of publication: 21 May 2012
Description/subject: "Analysis of KHRG's field information gathered between January 2011 and May 2012 in seven geographic research areas indicates that, during that period, new landmines were deployed by government and non-state armed groups (NSAGs) in all seven research areas. Ongoing mine contamination in eastern Burma continues to put civilians' lives and livelihoods at risk and undermines their efforts to protect against other forms of abuse. There is an urgent need for humanitarian mine action that accords primacy to local protection priorities and builds on the strategies villagers themselves already employ in response to the threat of landmines. In the cases where civilians view landmines as a potential source of protection, there is an equally urgent need for viable alternatives that expand self-protection options beyond reliance on the use of mines. Key findings in this report were drawn based upon analysis of seven themes, including: New use of landmines; Movement restrictions resulting from landmines; Marking and removal of landmines; Forced labour entailing increased landmine risks; Human mine sweeping, forced mine clearance and human shields; Landmine-related death or injury; and Use of landmines for self-protection."
Language: English
Source/publisher: Karen Human Rights Group (KHRG)
Format/size: pdf (2.8MB-OBL version; 4.3MB-original), html
Alternate URLs: http://www.khrg.org/khrg2012/khrg1201.html
http://www.khrg.org/khrg2012/khrg1201.pdf
Date of entry/update: 21 May 2012
ML > Civil War > The Civil War in Burma (under reconstruction) > Landmines > Reports and maps covering anti-personnel landmines and Burma/Myanmar


Title: "The New Light of Myanmar" Sunday 20 May 2012
Date of publication: 20 May 2012
Description/subject: DOMESTIC NEWS: Vice-President Dr Sai Mauk Kham, wife Daw Nan Shwe Hmon attend ceremony to honour monks who passed Tipitaka Examination...Union Information and Culture Minister meets Myanmar Historical Commission members...Sagaing Region Chief Minister attends launch of water distribution to Sagaing...Four towers from Shweli-Mansan national grid damaged in KIA’s mine blast...Pamphlets on traffic rules distributed on Yangon-Pyay Highway...Mandalay Export & Car Show held in Mandalay...Books, publications donated to library in Zeyathiri Township...Fire breaks out in Myitnge, blazing one house...Nay Pyi Taw FC to open football academy...MLF invites cash, book donations...Farmers of Mandalay Region observes thriving Shwetaung hybrid paddy plantations...Bahan Township Writers Association reconstituted...Oxygen concentrator donated to hospital...Youths to conserve environment in Sagaing...Dagon Myothit (North) Township reconstitutes writers association...New bridges commissioned in Mawlamyinegyun Township...Fischer Random Chess Tournament 28 May-5 June...Agricultural technology course kicks off...Pyinnyadana tuition opened in Nyaunglebin...Mongkhok Sub-Township gets new rural health branch...Social association holds coord meeting...North Okkalapa Township Writers Association reconstituted...Kodukwe Dam, Salu Dam and Shwelaung Dam in Bago Township opened...Specialists render free medical treatment in Kayin State...Auxiliary firefighter refresher course wraps up...National Education Promotion (Higher Education Sector) Seminar opened...Tarung Derajat sport referee and coaching course concludes...Matriculation subjects taught to students before one month ahead of opening schools...Child-centred teaching course opens in Yamethin...Traditional sport tug-of-war held in Yesagyo...Assistance provided to students in Pyapon...Generator launched, library opened in Lewe Township...Vice-President Dr Sai Mauk Kham inspects MITT, Myanmar Maritime University, Thilawa Industrial Zone, Yangon Railway Station...Noteworthy amounts of rainfall (19-5-2012)..... EXTERNAL RELATIONS: MOC General Secretary meets swimmers...Obama nominates ambassador to Myanmar...Tournament Organization Course for Table Tennis 2012 commences...This is a moment for us to recognize that progress which has occurred in last year toward democratization and national reconciliation is irreversible - New steps announced to permit American investment in country and export of US financial services - Let’s all work together to create jobs, opportunity, and support reform..... "PERSPECTIVES": "Lethargy has no place among us"
Language: English
Source/publisher: News and Periodicals Enterprise, Ministry of Information, Union of Myanmar
Format/size: pdf (2.4MB)
Date of entry/update: 20 May 2012
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" 2012


Title: Burma’s Frontier Appeal Lures Shadowy Oil Firms
Date of publication: 09 May 2012
Description/subject: While the major non-American Western oil companies adopt and wait-and-see policy and US firms remain barred by Washington’s sanctions, shadowy oil enterprises are gaining footholds in Burma. Among firms which have recently won licenses to explore for oil and gas are little-known businesses based in Panama, Nigeria and Azerbaijan—countries where corporate accountability can be murky. Not only does the bidding process remain opaque, the pedigree of some of the participants is too..."
Author/creator: William Boot
Language: English
Source/publisher: "The Irrawaddy"
Format/size: html
Date of entry/update: 20 May 2012
ML > Land (under construction) > Land in Burma > Tenure > Tenure insecurity in Burma (including land grabbing)
Economy > Investment in Burma/Myanmar > Foreign investment in oil and gas > Oil and gas - general


Title: "Myanmar Alin" Saturday 19 May 2012
Date of publication: 19 May 2012
Language: Burmese/ ျမန္မာဘာသာ
Source/publisher: News and Periodicals Enterprise, Ministry of Information, Union of Myanmar
Format/size: pdf (2MB)
Date of entry/update: 19 May 2012
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" > "Myanmar Alin" > "Myanmar Alin" 2012


Title: "The Mirror" ("Kyemon") Saturday 19 May 2012
Date of publication: 19 May 2012
Language: Burmese/ ျမန္မာဘာသာ
Source/publisher: News and Periodicals Enterprise, Ministry of Information, Union of Myanmar
Format/size: pdf (317K)
Date of entry/update: 19 May 2012
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 Mirror" ("Kyemon") > "The Mirror" ("Kyemon") 2012


Title: "The Mirror" ("Kyemon") Friday 18 May 2012
Date of publication: 18 May 2012
Language: Burmese/ ျမန္မာဘာသာ
Source/publisher: News and Periodicals Enterprise, Ministry of Information, Union of Myanmar
Format/size: pdf (433K)
Date of entry/update: 19 May 2012
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 Mirror" ("Kyemon") > "The Mirror" ("Kyemon") 2012


Title: "Myanmar Alin" Friday 18 May 2012
Date of publication: 18 May 2012
Language: Burmese/ ျမန္မာဘာသာ
Source/publisher: News and Periodicals Enterprise, Ministry of Information, Union of Myanmar
Format/size: pdf (2.1MB)
Date of entry/update: 19 May 2012
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" > "Myanmar Alin" > "Myanmar Alin" 2012


Title: President's Office website
Description/subject: Beta version
Language: Burmese/ ျမန္မာဘာသာ
Source/publisher: President's Office
Format/size: html
Date of entry/update: 19 May 2012
ML > Politics and Government > Burma/Myanmar's Executive (under construction) > President's Office


Title: "The Myanmar Times" (Burmese) 17 May 2012- Vol. 29, No.569"ျမန္မာတိုင္း(မ္)"အတြဲ ၂၉ ၊ အမွတ္ ၅၆၉ ၊ ၁၇-၅-၂၀၁၂ တြင္ လႊင့္တင္သည္
Date of publication: 17 May 2012
Description/subject: ႏွစ္ရက္ၾကာ ခရီးစဥ္တြင္ ေတာင္ကိုရီးယားသမၼတ ၎လိုလားခ်က္မ်ားကို ထုတ္ေဖာ္ ေျပာၾကားခဲ့... ထိုင္းအစိုးရက မူးယစ္ရာဇာအျဖစ္ စြပ္စြဲခ်က္ အေပၚ ျပည္တြင္း၌အစစ္ေဆးခံရန္ ဒီေကဘီေအေခါင္းေဆာင္ အဆင္သင့္ရိွ... တိုင္းရင္းသားေဒသမ်ားတြင္ ပိုမိုရင္းႏွီးျမႇဳပ္ႏွံသင့္... ဇြန္လကုန္တြင္ သတင္းဂ်ာနယ္မ်ားအားလုံး စိစစ္ေရး ကင္းလြတ္ခြင့္ေပး မည္... ဖေယာင္းသုတ္မႈ တိုင္ၾကားခ်က္မွာ ႐ံုးခြဲမ်ား၏ တင္ျပခ်က္အေပၚ မူတည္တိုင္ၾကားျခင္းဟုဆို... အင္အားႀကီးပါတီသံုးခုက ညီလာခံ က်င္းပ ရန္ စီစဥ္ေန... ဘုရင့္ေနာင္တံတား ျဖတ္သန္းအသုံးျပဳခ သာမန္ တံတားအဆင့္ ႏႈန္းထားအတုိင္း ေလွ်ာ့ခ် သတ္မွတ္ေပး ရန္ ေတာင္းဆုိ... ေရႊနံ႔သာ လယ္ေျမေနရာ တြင္ ႏွစ္ဖက္စလုံးအား လုပ္ကိုင္ခြင့္ ရက္အကန္႔အသတ္မရွိ တားျမစ္ထား... သက္ႀကီးရြယ္အုိ မ်ားအတြက္ ေပၚလစီ ခ်မွတ္ေတာ့မည္... 'အသည္းေအးတဲ့ ဘဲေလး'အကကို ပရိသတ္နဲ႔ မိတ္ဆက္ေပးခဲ့သူ ကြယ္လြန္... ျပည္သူမ်ားက အေျပာင္းအလဲ လိုလားေနေၾကာင္းကုိ ၾကားျဖတ္ ေရြးေကာက္ပြဲက ျပသခဲ့ဟု သမၼတေျပာၾကား... ပထမဆံုး ဖြဲ႕စည္းလိုက္ေသာ အလုပ္သမား အဖြဲ႕အစည္းမ်ားႏွင့္ အိုင္အယ္လ္အို တုိ႔ ေတြ႕ဆံုေဆြးေႏြး... ျခစားမႈမ်ား အား မီဒီယာမ်ားက တိုက္ဖ်က္ရန္ ပိုလန္၀န္ႀကီး တိုက္တြန္း... ေရေၾကာင္းအဖြဲ႕၏ စံစာရင္း၌ အခ်ိန္မီပါရွိေရး သေဘၤာသားမ်ား စိုးရိမ္... အေျပာင္းအလဲကာလမွာ ပိုမိုျပင္ဆင္ထားဖို႔ လိုအပ္လာတဲ့ လူမႈအဖြဲ႕အစည္းမ်ားရဲ႕က႑... စစ္ေဘးသင့္ ကခ်င္ျပည္သူတို႔ မုိးကာလ ရွင္သန္ႏုိင္ေရး ႏုိင္ငံတကာ အဖြဲ႕အစည္းေျခာက္ခု ကြင္းဆင္းၾကည့္႐ႈ... ကြဲကြာေနေသာ မိသားစု၀င္ မ်ား ၾကက္ေျခနီ အသင္းက ရွာေဖြေပးမည္... ပ်ဴၿမိဳ႕ေတာ္သံုးခုအား ကမၻာ့ယဥ္ေက်းမႈ စာရင္းတင္သြင္းျခင္းကုိ ၂၀၁၃ ခုႏွစ္ ေဖေဖာ္၀ါရီလအမီ ေဆာင္ရြက္သြားရန္ စီစဥ္... ျမန္မာ့ႂကြယ္၀မႈမ်ားကို ႏိုင္ငံတကာသို႔ လက္ကမ္းလုိက္ၿပီ... တ႐ုတ္ႏိုင္ငံမွ ရင္းႏွီးျမႇဳပ္ႏွံမႈမ်ား ထပ္မံ ၀င္ေရာက္လာမည္... ရာသီကုန္ခ်ိန္ထိ ေျမပဲဆန္တ႐ုတ္၀ယ္လက္ ရွိမည္မွန္း... ေဇာတိက စီမံကိန္းအတြက္ စာခ်ဳပ္မ်ား ခ်ဳပ္ဆို... ကားတင္သြင္းမႈ မူ၀ါဒအေျပာင္းအလဲေၾကာင့္ ေဈးကြက္အတြင္း အက္ဖ္အီးစီ လဲလွယ္ႏႈန္းမ်ား ျမင့္တက္လာ... ေဈးကြက္တြင္း ကားေဈးႏႈန္း ဆက္လက္ က်ဆင္းဖြယ္ရွိ... လိုင္စင္ရကန္ထ႐ိုက္ လုပ္ငန္းအာမခံေၾကး က်ပ္သိန္း ၅၀၀ သို႔ ေျပာင္းလဲသတ္မွတ္... လိုင္းႏွစ္လိုင္း အင္တာနက္လိုင္းျပည့္၊ အျခားေလးလိုင္း အင္တာနက္ ဆက္လက္ခံ... အခ်ိန္ပိုင္းသာ မီးလာေပမယ့္ မီတာေၾကးကိုမူ ယခင္လမ်ား ထက္ ႏွစ္ဆနီး ပါး ေပးေနရ... ျမန္မာ့႐ိုးရာေရႊထီးလုပ္ငန္း မိ႐ိုးဖလာ လုပ္ငန္းအျဖစ္သာ ရွိေန... 'န' ၊ 'ပ' အကၡရာၿပီးက တကၠစီႏွင့္စီးလုံးငွားယာဥ္ ကားသစ္ လဲခြင့္ မေသခ်ာေသး... ႐ုပ္ရွင္အစည္းအ႐ုံးသစ္မွ ေတာင္းဆုိခ်က္ ရွစ္ခ်က္ကို ျပန္ၾကားေရး၀န္ႀကီး ျပန္လည္ေဆြးေႏြးခဲ့... ေတာင္တ႐ုတ္ပင္လယ္တြင္ စစ္ျပင္ဆင္ျခင္းမရွိဟု တ႐ုတ္ဆို... ဖိလစ္ပိုင္ဆႏၵျပမႈ တ႐ုတ္ႏုိင္ငံသားမ်ားအား သတိေပး... နီေပါႏိုင္ငံတြင္ ေလယာဥ္ပ်က္က်၍ ၁၅ ဦး ေသဆံုး... ၀ါသနာအရင္းခံ ဘန္ကီမြန္း ေဘာလံုးပြဲတြင္ေခ်ာ္လဲ အ႐ုိးအက္... ၿမိဳ႕ေတာ္ ဂ်ကာတာမွ စည္းကမ္းခ်ဳိးေဖာက္၍ ၀င္ေငြ ရွာေနေသာ 'ေဂ်ာ္ကီ' ႏွင့္ ကိုယ္ပိုင္ ယာဥ္ေမာင္းမ်ား... အာဖဂန္ ၿငိမ္းခ်မ္းေရး ညႇိႏႈိင္းေရးမႉး ကဘူးလ္တြင္ ပစ္သတ္ခံလိုက္ရ... အေမရိကန္ သြားမည့္ ေလယာဥ္ကို ေဖာက္ခြဲရန္ အယ္လ္ေကဒါ အဖြဲ႕၏ အၾကံအစည္ပ်က္ျပားသြား... ႏုိင္ငံျခားမွ တိုက္႐ုိက္ရင္းႏွီးျမႇဳပ္ႏွံမႈဟိုတယ္မ်ား ေကာ္မတီ ဖြဲ႕စည္း...
Language: Burmese/ ျမန္မာဘာသာ
Source/publisher: Myanmar Consolidated Media Co.Ltd.
Format/size: html
Date of entry/update: 19 May 2012
RR > Private sector publications produced under censorship restrictions > Weekly magazines > "The Myanmar Times" > "The Myanmar Times" (Burmese) 2012/ ျမန္မာတိုင္းမ္- ၂၀၁၂


Title: Myanmar Steps up Contract Farming
Date of publication: 06 October 2008
Description/subject: "MYANMAR - The development of a contract farming zone in the suburban township of Yangon division is being stepped up, supported by private entrepreneurs. Almost one-third of farms there keep poultry. According to Chinese sources, a state-backed Myanmar newspaper describes the Yangon division special integrated farming zone, set up in Nyaunghnapin village, Hmawby township, as made up of some sub-zones where undertakings including the raising of poultry, growing of beans and pulses, and physic nuts as well as fish breeding, are carried out...."
Language: English
Source/publisher: The Poultry Site
Format/size: html
Date of entry/update: 19 May 2012
ML > Land (under construction) > Land in Burma > Agriculture in Burma > Contract farming


Title: Results of HIV Sentinel Sero-surveillance 2009 Myanmar
Date of publication: May 2010
Description/subject: Table of contents: 1. Background 2. Methodology 3. HIV Antibody Testing 4. Data analysis 5. Findings 5.1. Sample collection 5.2. HIV prevalence by sentinel population 5.3. HIV prevalence by sex and age 5.4. HIV prevalence by place of residence and marital status 5.5. Results of syphilis screening 6. HIV trends over time 6.1. HIV prevalence among low risk population 1992-2009 6.2. HIV prevalence among young population 7. Decentralization of HIV testing 8. Limitations 9. Recommendations 9.1. Recommendations for programme implementation 9.2. Recommendations for surveillance 9.3. Recommendations for research... Annexes
Language: English
Source/publisher: National AIDS Programme Department of Health Ministry of Health
Format/size: pdf (1.1MB)
Date of entry/update: 19 May 2012
ML > Health > Threats to Health > Diseases > Communicable (infectious) diseases > HIV/AIDS


Title: Download Free Burma / Myanmar Maps
Description/subject: About 20 maps of Burma/Myanmar
Language: English
Source/publisher: MapCruzin.com
Format/size: html
Date of entry/update: 19 May 2012
RR > Maps and satellite imagery


Title: "The New Light of Myanmar" Saturday 19 May 2012
Date of publication: 19 May 2012
Description/subject: DOMESTIC NEWS: Formation of Union Peace-making Central Committee [Order No.11/2012]...Formation of Union Peace-making Work Committee [Order No. 12/2012]...Vice-President Dr Sai Mauk Kham inspects sports grounds, Hledan Overpass construction project in Yangon...Dy Construction Minister inspects roads, bridges works...Plenary meeting on forming Pabedan Township Writers Association...Motorboats under maintenance before rainy season...Township Writers Association reconstituted in Yankin Township... Cash donated to fund for construction of walls...Workshop on rights of child held in Sittway...Kamayut Township reconstitutes writers association...Respects paid to doyen literati...Self-reliant supply of electricity undertaken in Yedashe Township...EXHIBITION OPENED: Yangon ICT Exhibition [photo]...Child-centred teaching course 12-22 May...Fire destroys two houses in Ye...New tractors transported for state and region governments...Kayah farmers observe Palethwe hybrid paddy plantations in Nay Pyi Taw...Sagaing Region Chief Minister inspects foundry in Monywa...UMFCCI to hold its 21st anniversary in Nay Pyi Taw...How to address climate change in Central Myanmar discussed...UMFCCI to hold talk on 19 May...Fire breaks out in Mahlaing Township...Yamethin Township WJA holds plenary meeting...MDA to hold educative talk...Phu Pwint Wai Library put into service in Hmawby Township...Stake drive for school building in Muse...ROAD INAUGURATED: Self-reliant Khaingthitsa concrete road was opened at the road [photo]...RMGCC 3rd Anniversary Charity golf tournament to kicks off on 26 May...Labutta TV Retransmission Station starts airing programmes through UHF system...Briefing on recounting 22nd AGM of Chin State MCWSC...Educational fund contributed to Mawlamyine MTE...Noteworthy amounts of rainfall (18-5-2012)..... EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Union I&C Minister receives Secretary-General of CNIE and party...Deputy H & T Minister meets JMA Chairman...63rd ASEAN Science and Technology Committee Meeting concludes...Union Minister for Information and for Culture receives representatives of Chinese company...Union F&R Minister receives US, Japanese guests separately...AFC (C) Certificate Coaching Course, MA Referee’s Course commence...Vietnam to invest in rice sector for first time...MWEA member leaves for Thailand...Chairman of Constitutional Tribunal and party leave for ROK..... "PERSPECTIVES": "Adapt or die" [need for State-owned enterprises to become more efficient]..... ARTICLE: "Towards a sound financial system: Regime Change" By San Thein [exchange rates]
Language: English
Source/publisher: News and Periodicals Enterprise, Ministry of Information, Union of Myanmar
Format/size: pdf (2.3MB)
Date of entry/update: 18 May 2012
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" 2012


Title: Burma to rejoin U.N. tourism group
Date of publication: 16 May 2012
Description/subject: "Burma is seeking renewed membership in the United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO ), according to UNWTO Secretary-General Taleb Rifai. He said President Thein Sein officially informed him that Burma wanted to rejoin the organization, as it is in the midst of upgrading its tourism sector..."
Language: English
Source/publisher: Mizzima News
Format/size: html
Date of entry/update: 17 May 2012
ML > Tourism > Tourism in Burma - descriptive/analytical


Title: Institutional Design for Divided Societies: A Blue-print for a multi-ethnic Burma
Date of publication: May 2012
Description/subject: "The retrospective analysis of an institutional breakdown – democratic breakdown – in the union of Burma demonstrates that over six decades of conflict in Burma is rooted in a constitutional arrangement that fails to recognize the existence of ethno-cultural cleavages, resulting in the denial of power to territorially concentrated ethnic national minorities. Therefore, in this article, I argue that an asymmetrical federation with a written constitution is the most viable governance framework for a democratic future Burma due to its multi-ethnic segmental cleavages such as ethnicity, language, religion, culture, and territory. Such a constitutional federation will ensure shared rule for a common Union and self-rule for federating states drawn upon ethnic lines. To contextualize an institutional design for future Burma in a comparative international perspective, I examine the core arguments put forward by the integrationist and accommodationist camps as a theoretical framework within which to discuss the management of societal divisions, including their implications and applicability to Burma. To prove that a constitutional federation that draws together elements of both integrationist and accommodationist theory, I revisit and analyse reasons behind the constitutional crises of Burma, the basis upon which Burma emerged as a country, the composition of its ethnic fragmentations, and competing visions of the Union of Burma itself. With respect to an institutional design for a future Burma, there are two main components in my proposal: a disproportional upper chamber in the union legislature, whereby I envision an equal number of representatives from each constituent state; and separate legislatures and constitutions for each federating unit, dividing power between central and state governments along the line of US states and Canadian provinces. Lastly, I look at the current provisional constitution drafted by leaders of a democratic opposition – seven ethnic national minorities - in anticipation of a future federal Union of Burma..."
Author/creator: Zaceu Lian
Language: English
Source/publisher: Burma Centre for Ethnic Studies (Working Paper No. 1)
Format/size: pdf (377K - OBL version; 868K - original)
Alternate URLs: http://burmaethnicstudies.net/pdf/BCES-WP-1.pdf
Date of entry/update: 17 May 2012
ML > Law and Constitution > Constitutional and parliamentary processes > National and State constitutions, draft constitutions and amendments (commentary)
Civil War > The Civil War in Burma (under reconstruction) > Burma Centre for Ethnic Studies (BCES)


Title: Constitutionalism Before Constitutions: Burma's Struggle to Build a New Order
Date of publication: 2009
Description/subject: "In at least some cases - and Burma is one - seeking trust, integration, and unity in the abstract may be neither useful nor even possible. Instead, a reconciliation process should seek, quite specifically, to find constitutional common ground well before drafting begins; it should be oriented toward developing a shared constitutional vision that will provide the warring sides with reason to commit to the new proposed regime. As the contending sides come to realize that they might share specific and concrete constitutional desires, they also come to realize that cohabitation might be possible. The moral of the story is that constitution making (broadly defined) is part and parcel of the creation of social integrity and not merely its consequence...Part I offers an overview of the constitutional history of Burma to the year 2000. Part II explains the constitutional processes going on today-not only the military government's "roadmap to democracy" but also the democracy movement's alternative process (or processes, depending on your perspective). As will become plain, the two processes are very different: the junta's roadmap has yielded a written constitution that will shortly become the law of the land but which lacks all legitimacy.6 By contrast, the democracy movement's alternative will not become sovereign law anytime soon, but it has set in train social dynamics that might, in the long run, build the conditions necessary for genuine constitutional rule..."
Author/creator: David C. Williams
Language: English
Source/publisher: Indiana University Maurer School of Law Faculty Publications. Paper 492.
Format/size: pdf (740K-OBL version; 2.42K - original)
Alternate URLs: http://www.repository.law.indiana.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1492&context=facpub
Date of entry/update: 17 May 2012
ML > Law and Constitution > Constitutional and parliamentary processes > National and State constitutions, draft constitutions and amendments (commentary)


Title: Council for Democracy in Burma
Description/subject: "The next generation of leadership for a truly democratic Burma."
Language: English
Source/publisher: Council for Democracy in Burma
Format/size: html
Date of entry/update: 17 May 2012
ML > Politics and Government > Federalism, ethnic conflict and the politics of national reconciliation > Federalism, ethnic conflict and the politics of national reconciliation - general studies and sources


Title: "The New Light of Myanmar" Thursday 17 May 2012
Date of publication: 17 May 2012
Description/subject: DOMESTIC NEWS: Press Council to come into existence soon serving as genuine Fourth Estate...Newly recorded maximum temperature in Chauk...63rd Meeting of Committee on Science and Technology kicks off...Application for registration as political party submitted [Asho Chin National Party]...Police Code of Conduct Test held in Yamethin...Union Information and Culture Minister addresses Pakokku Literary Award, Scholarship, Pakokku Library Book Award Presentation Ceremony...Third liaison office of KNU opened in Phayathonzu...Advanced computer course concludes at DBE-1...Free funeral services given in Mandalay...Mawlamyinegyun opens self-reliant rural library...Hinthada Township constitutes writers association...Stake driven for construction of school building in Shwepyitha Township...250 boys initiated into novice hood in Dedaye...Water poured at Bo tree in Falam...Village libraries put into service in Hmawby Township...CRIME REDUCTION TALKED [photo]...Talks on crime free week given in Thingangyun...Self-reliant earthen road constructed in Yedashe Township...Information for trafficking in person...School-based disaster risk reduction opens in Tachilek...Football clubs of Mandalay Region meet...Self-reliant hydropower station launched in Loikaw Township...Significant Day Temperatures (16-5-2012)..... EXTERNAL RELATIONS: President U Thein Sein felicitates His Majesty King of Norway...President U Thein Sein felicitates Norwegian Prime Minister...President U Thein Sein accepts credentials of Turkish Ambassador...Union FM felicitates Norwegian counterpart...Union Health Minister receives UNICEF Director...China-Myanmar Paukphaw Friendship Concert held...Dy CPT Minister receives Executive Director of First Pacific Company...UMFCCI President, ADB Director-General hold talks...Member of Central Politburo of CPC and party conclude visit...Cash donated for social welfare works...UMFCCI Vice-Presidents meet Italy delegation...Mandalay to host women’s football tournament in SEA Games...President U Thein Sein accepts credentials of Pakistani Ambassador...Union Minister for Foreign Affairs back from Singapore..... "PERSPECTIVES": "Use your energy to boost your health"..... ARTICLE: "PAGODAS, MYTH AND MYSTIQUE" BY BA THAN
Language: English
Source/publisher: News and Periodicals Enterprise, Ministry of Information, Union of Myanmar
Format/size: pdf (2.4MB)
Date of entry/update: 17 May 2012
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" 2012


Title: "Myanmar Alin" Thusday 17 May 2012
Date of publication: 17 May 2012
Language: Burmese/ ျမန္မာဘာသာ
Source/publisher: News and Periodicals Enterprise, Ministry of Information, Union of Myanmar
Format/size: pdf (2MB)
Date of entry/update: 17 May 2012
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" > "Myanmar Alin" > "Myanmar Alin" 2012


Title: "Myanmar Alin" Wednesday 16 May 2012
Date of publication: 16 May 2012
Language: Burmese/ ျမန္မာဘာသာ
Source/publisher: News and Periodicals Enterprise, Ministry of Information, Union of Myanmar
Format/size: pdf (2.6MB)
Date of entry/update: 17 May 2012
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" > "Myanmar Alin" > "Myanmar Alin" 2012


Title: "The Mirror" ("Kyemon") Wednesday 16 May 2012
Date of publication: 16 May 2012
Language: Burmese/ ျမန္မာဘာသာ
Source/publisher: News and Periodicals Enterprise, Ministry of Information, Union of Myanmar
Format/size: pdf (358K)
Date of entry/update: 17 May 2012
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 Mirror" ("Kyemon") > "The Mirror" ("Kyemon") 2012


Title: "The Mirror" ("Kyemon") Thursday 17 May 2012
Date of publication: 17 May 2012
Language: Burmese/ ျမန္မာဘာသာ
Source/publisher: News and Periodicals Enterprise, Ministry of Information, Union of Myanmar
Format/size: pdf (379K)
Date of entry/update: 17 May 2012
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Title: Lessons from the Kachin “development” experience (Kachin, English, Burmese)
Date of publication: May 2012
Description/subject: "Burma’s government is using the promise of development as a key component in its current peace negotiations with armed ethnic organizations, proposing ceasefire first, then development, and finally a national political agreement. This process has been tried before in Kachin State with disastrous consequences. This report summarizes findings from seven years of research and demonstrates that the Kachin experience should serve as a warning to other ethnic groups attempting peace through a similar process. Without a political resolution first, there can be no just or sustainable development of Burma..."
Language: English, Kachin, Burmese
Source/publisher: Kachin Development Networking Group (KDNG)
Format/size: pdf (1MB-English; 770K-Burmese; 873K-Kachin)
Alternate URLs: http://www.kdng.org/publication/236-lessons-from-the-kachin-development-experience.html
http://www.burmalibrary.org/docs13/lessons_from_the_kachin_development_experience(bu)-red.pdf
http://www.burmalibrary.org/docs13/lessons_from_the_kachin_development_experience(kachin)-red.pdf
Date of entry/update: 17 May 2012
ML > Development (and mis-development) > Development and the civil war
Civil War > The Civil War in Burma (under reconstruction) > Civil war in Burma - conflict in particular States > Civil war in Burma - Kachin State > Kachin State - ceasefires and ceasefire talks


Title: MYANMAR: Census offers hope to ethnic groups
Date of publication: 16 May 2012
Description/subject: CHIANG MAI, 16 May 2012 (IRIN) - "A recent decision to undertake a national census could prove key to empowering Myanmar’s more than 100 ethnic groups, provided it is inclusive and conducted to international standards. “Potentially, the census would have a very positive affect on the ethnic areas and could serve to support claims for ethnic rights in education, language and culture that in some areas is repressed by the state and military,” David Scott Mathieson, a senior researcher in the Asia division of Human Rights Watch (HRW), told IRIN. The government lists 135 ethnic groups, comprising more than a third of Burma’s 55 million inhabitants, which are grouped into eight national races: Burman, Kachin, Kayah, Karen, Chin, Mon, Rakhine and Shan. The United Nations agreed on 30 April 2012 to assist the Burmese government in conducting its first census in 31 years. The project will start in April 2014, ahead of the next general election in 2015..."
Language: English
Source/publisher: IRIN
Format/size: html
Date of entry/update: 17 May 2012
ML > Non-Burman and non-Buddhist groups > Ethnic groups in Burma: general studies and articles


Title: MYANMAR: Cross-line NGOs in Kachin need support...MYANMAR: Les ONG qui travaillent des deux côtés du conflit ont besoin d’aide
Date of publication: 11 April 2012
Description/subject: Thousands of displaced remain in need... YANGON, 11 April 2012 (IRIN) - "Local NGOs in northern Myanmar with access to both sides of an ongoing conflict between government forces and the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) are playing a key role in addressing the needs of thousands of displaced. There are four local cross-line Burmese NGOs and community-based groups: Karuna Myanmar Social Services (KMSS), the Metta Development Foundation, the Kachin Baptist Convention (KBC) and the Shalom Foundation. “We are working between two warring parties - this is the biggest challenge we face,” Win Tun Kyi, programme coordinator for KMSS, a faith-based group affiliated with the Catholic Church, told IRIN. “It’s already been 10 months [of being displaced] - these people have suffered too much,” said Sai Sam Kham, executive director of Metta, citing food, shelter, water and sanitation, and psychosocial support as the primary needs. The UN estimates that up to 55,000 people have been displaced by fighting inside Myanmar between government forces and the KIA, since the collapse of a 17-year ceasefire between the two sides in June 2011. The KIA has been fighting for greater autonomy from the country’s central government since 1961. Around 20,000 of the displaced are living in government-controlled areas, up to 35,000 more are in KIA-controlled areas; mostly in camps, and another several thousand are believed to be staying with host families across the border in China..."..."...Les organisations non gouvernementales (ONG) locales qui ont accès aux victimes des deux côtés du conflit opposant les forces gouvernementales à l’Armée pour l’indépendance du Kachin (KIA) dans le nord du Myanmar jouent un rôle clé dans la réponse aux besoins de milliers de personnes déplacées. Quatre ONG locales et groupes communautaires birmans interviennent auprès des victimes des deux côtés du conflit : Karuna Myanmar Social Services (KMSS), la Metta Development Foundation, la Kachin Baptist Convention (KBC) et la Shalom Foundation. « Nous sommes pris entre les parties en conflit – C’est le plus grand défi auquel nous sommes confrontés », a dit à IRIN Win Tun Kyi, coordinateur de programme auprès de KMSS, un groupe confessionnel catholique. « Cela fait déjà dix mois [qu’elles sont déplacées] – ces populations ont beaucoup trop souffert », a dit Sai Sam Kham, directeur exécutif de Metta, qui a indiqué que les besoins de bases incluent la nourriture, les abris, l’eau, l’hygiène et les soutiens psychologiques. Les Nations Unies estiment que plus de 60 000 personnes ont été déplacées par les combats entre les forces gouvernementales et la KIA depuis la fin d’un cessez-le-feu vieux de 17 ans entre les deux camps en juin 2011. Depuis 1961, la KIA lutte pour obtenir une plus grande autonomie par rapport au gouvernement central du Myanmar. Quelque 20 000 personnes déplacées vivent dans les zones contrôlées par le gouvernement et jusqu’à 40 000 sont installées dans les zones tenues par la KIA ; la plupart d’entre elles résident dans des camps, et quelques milliers d’autres seraient accueillies par des membres de leur famille en Chine..."
Language: English, Français, French,
Source/publisher: IRIN
Format/size: html
Alternate URLs: http://www.irinnews.org/fr/Report/95278/MYANMAR-Les-ONG-qui-travaillent-des-deux-c%C3%B4t%C3%A9s-du...
Date of entry/update: 17 May 2012
ML > Civil War > The Civil War in Burma (under reconstruction) > Civil war in Burma - conflict in particular States > Civil war in Burma - Kachin State > Kachin State - the humanitarian situation


Title: "The Myanmar Times" May 14 - 20, 2012, Volume 32, No. 626
Date of publication: 20 May 2012
Description/subject: NEWS: Car prices dive after rule change; Zaykabar defies order on farmland; Sad memories of conflict linger on; Positive steps for peace in Kachin but IDPs need more; DKBA defiant over drug claims; U Thein Sein: Myanmar’s next Nobel Peace Prize winner? President reshuffles peace team; Wig factory workers win big wage rise; Speaker, hluttaw representatives visit foreign parliaments over recess; Room rate dispute harming industry; World tourism body, govt set to restart cooperation; IWT raises fares for foreigners; UNICEF regional head to visit this week; A clarion call to prospective donors; Daw Suu gets passport; Words alone will not bring peace: Saboi Jum; INGOs survey needs in Kachin camps; NLD backs away from ‘waxed’ ballot claim; Polish FM urges journalists to tackle corruption; Business travellers to get VOA from June...BUSINESS & PROPERTY: FEC rises after car import notice; Shrimp prices double; PTTEPI signs Zawtika construction work contracts; FDI report outlines opportunities, risks; CNG pipeline near Htantabin fixed after 20 hours; Myanmar needs policy reform for growth: IMF; Insurance industry set for privatisation; Casablanca’s old core crumbles; Indian architect warns of urban breakdown; Lima’s sacred, pre-Inca ruins fall prey to growth...TECHNOLOGY: Slow internet upsets users; Japanese firm Sharp to sell talking robot vacuum cleaner; Yahoo launches probe in CEO credentials flap...TIMEOUT: Photos of Daw Suu Kyi to go on display; Indonesian Islamists threaten to prevent Lady Gaga concert; Dancers gather to mark U Po Sein anniversary; New Iggy Pop album shuns ‘humiliating’ record labels; Hollywood gives up the explosion, embraces the implosion; Monroe beckons film world to Cannes...TRAVEL...SPORT: AFC run ends for Myanmar clubs...EVENTS FLASH: Trade and car expo; Solo art show; Group art show; Photo contest; Male model contest; Free art classes; Song contest...YOUR STARS...FLIGHT SCHEDULES: ["Subject to change without notice"]...TEA BREAK
Language: English
Source/publisher: Myanmar Consolidated Media Co. Ltd
Format/size: html
Date of entry/update: 17 May 2012
RR > Private sector publications produced under censorship restrictions > Weekly magazines > "The Myanmar Times" > "The Myanmar Times" (English) 2012


Title: Why ceasefires fail in Myanmar
Date of publication: 18 May 2012
Description/subject: "In northern Myanmar, government troops continue to push into the heartland of the ethnic Kachin armed opposition. Next month, the renewed conflict will mark its first birthday, and while protracted fighting has eased in other areas of the ethnically diverse country, the battle for Kachin State rages on. The limited gains made by government negotiators with at least six ethnic rebel groups over the past year make the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) something of an anomaly. Lower House member of parliament Aung Thaung, whose hawkish persona was seen as ripe for the recalcitrant group, was recently retired from his post as peace broker. More than five high-level meetings with Kachin officials failed to net a result, and as additional battalions are deployed to the frontline, the prospect of a ceasefire anytime soon seems unlikely. The narrative runs that the Kachin distrust the government, which they fear could renege on an agreement and rekindle the conflict at any time. But their reluctance to sign a ceasefire runs deeper; indeed it is their experience with the recent era of "peace" that makes the three-point roadmap demanded by Aung Thaung - entailing a ceasefire and then economic development before cementing a political solution - so objectionable. Among Kachin civilians, the 1994 ceasefire deal was seen to facilitate the rapacious development of the state, which 33 years of insurgency had somewhat stifled. The inflow of investment came with alarming levels of environmental degradation, particularly around areas rich in minerals, timber and hydropower potential. While the abuses associated with fighting lessened, including forced portering and rape, the number of people displaced by the development drive may well have taken a heavier toll than the years of conflict..."
Author/creator: Francis Wade
Language: English
Source/publisher: "Asia Times Online"
Format/size: html
Date of entry/update: 17 May 2012
ML > Civil War > The Civil War in Burma (under reconstruction) > Civil war in Burma - conflict in particular States > Civil war in Burma - Kachin State > Kachin State - ceasefires and ceasefire talks
Development (and mis-development) > Development and the civil war


Title: "The New Light of Myanmar" Friday 18 May 2012
Date of publication: 18 May 2012
Description/subject: DOMESTIC NEWS: Union I & C Minister attends meeting on preservation of nationalities’ cultural heritage...Yangon Region Chief Minister inspects development undertakings...MYANMAR GAZETTE...Blood donated to mark Mothers’ Day...Sustainability of libraries, need for people to really engage in reading and emergence of libraries in every village are the objectives to be realized by MLF...Durain, mangosteen marketable in Toungoo market...100th Year Anniversary Concert of Song Composer U Ba Thein (Mandalay) staged... EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Vice-President Dr Sai Mauk Kham receives Assistant Secretary General of United Nations Development Program...Vice-President Dr Sai Mauk Kham receives United Nations Secretary-General’s Special Envoy for HIV/AIDS in Asia and Pacific...Union Health Minister meets Special Adviser to UN Secretary General...Union Minister for Labour and for SWRR meets special advisor to UNSG...US-based Foreign Affairs magazine interviews Union Transport Minister...Union Hotels & Tourism Minister meets Thai Ambassador to Myanmar...Union Electric Power No. 2 Minister receives US, Japanese guests...International entrepreneurs meet departmental officials at MICC...Myanmar-New Zealand hold talks... "PERSPECTIVES": "Customer satisfaction" [re tourism]..... ARTICLE:
Language: English
Source/publisher: News and Periodicals Enterprise, Ministry of Information, Union of Myanmar
Format/size: pdf (2.4MB)
Date of entry/update: 17 May 2012
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" 2012


Title: Land Grabs Intensify as Burma ‘Reform’ Races Ahead of Law
Date of publication: 15 May 2012
Description/subject: "While foreign governments heap praise on the Burmese government’s liberal tilt, land theft appears to be increasing as state agencies and powerfully placed domestic firms position themselves to welcome foreign investment. Farmers across the country are being muscled out of their fields with little hope of appeal to the law. This is because despite all the trumpeting in the West about President Thein Sein’s “reforms,” the rule of law in Burma is closer to 12th Century Europe than the 21st Century. In medieval Europe, land ownership was determined by sharp swords and private armies. In present-day Burma, powerful businesses linked to the army do much the same. Land confiscation is being reported near the south coast, in the Rangoon region, around Mandalay and in northern areas close to the border with China. Farmers and their families are being forcibly moved for major projects, such as the oil and gas pipelines being built through the country from the Bay of Bengal to the Chinese border, and for smaller industrial projects by firms with long crony links to the military. Even where the local authorities have sided with expelled farmers, big businesses feel confident enough to ignore them. Just last week, The Irrawaddy reported how industrial firm Zay Kabar has continued to bulldoze snatched land despite a stop order issued by the administrative office of the Rangoon area’s Mingaladon Township..."
Author/creator: William Boot
Language: English
Source/publisher: "The Irrawaddy"
Format/size: html
Date of entry/update: 16 May 2012
ML > Land (under construction) > Land in Burma > Tenure > Tenure insecurity in Burma (including land grabbing)


Title: S. Korea: Myanmar halting arms purchases from N. Korea
Date of publication: 15 May 2012
Description/subject: "Myanmar's president has confirmed that his country bought weapons from North Korea during the past 20 years and assured his South Korean counterpart that it will no longer do so. In a meeting with visiting South Korean President Lee Myung-bak, Myanmar President Thein Sein said his country never had nuclear cooperation with North Korea but did have deals for conventional weapons, Lee's presidential Blue House said in an announcement Tuesday. Thein Sein told Lee that Myanmar will no longer buy weapons from North Korea, honoring a UN ban, South Korean presidential official Kim Tae-hyo told reporters traveling with Lee, according to Blue House officials in Seoul..."
Author/creator: Aye Aye Win
Language: English
Source/publisher: Associated Press (AP)
Format/size: html
Date of entry/update: 16 May 2012
ML > Foreign Relations > North Korea (DPRK) -Burma relations


Title: Nowhere to run: rebels trapped in Burma's escalating ethnic war Pinned against the Chinese border, the isolated Kachin people fear a bloody end to a long conflict
Date of publication: 15 May 2012
Description/subject: "Ethnic Kachin fighters are locked in battle against Burmese forces after a government offensive on the border town of Laiza – where the Kachin Independence Organisation (KIO) is based – sparked fears that authorities are planning a final push to oust the rebels. Fighting has been escalating since mid-April, when several rounds of peace talks – forming part of the government's much-heralded moves toward reform – reached no tangible outcome. The leadership of the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) – Christians who have fought, on and off, for self-determination since 1961 – are now sandwiched between Burmese artillery and the Chinese border, which runs directly through the centre of Laiza..."
Author/creator: Padraig Byrne
Language: English
Source/publisher: "The Independent"
Format/size: html
Date of entry/update: 16 May 2012
ML > Civil War > The Civil War in Burma (under reconstruction) > Civil war in Burma - conflict in particular States > Civil war in Burma - Kachin State > Kachin State - hostilities


Title: "The New Light of Myanmar" Wednesday 16 May 2012
Date of publication: 16 May 2012
Description/subject: DOMESTIC NEWS: Cash donated for installation of lift at Kyaikthanlan Pagoda...Noteworthy amounts of rainfall (15-5-2012)...EP-2 Ministry seeking ways to fully supply power during summer days...Vehicles without licence to be seized in Mandalay...Greater production of tomatoes reduces price in Inlay region...Energy forum on 23-24 May...Armed groups realizing benevolence of State and Tatmadaw return to legal fold...Educative talks on collection of income tax given...Basic fire fighting course concludes in Zabuthiri Township...MCDC sets rules for vendors...Per acre yield of summer paddy declines due to pest in Yedashe...Rare bird species of Mottama to be protected...Entrance fees for Yadanabon Zoological Gardens rose...Hsipaw plans to grow saplings for environmental conservation...Preparation for natural disasters, fire inspected...Information Ministry, in shouldering its literary duties, has enlisted strength of literati and artistes in successive eras..... EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Vice-President Dr Sai Mauk Kham receives Director of East Asia and Pacific Regional Office of UNICEF and party...UNHCR personnel meet Union Minister for Border Affairs and for Myanma Industrial Development...Yangon Region Chief Minister receives Japan-Myanmar Friendship Association Chairman...UMFCCI receives Vietnamese, Thai guests...TEIN3 to embark on ASEAN tour from Myanmar...Myanmar, Bangladesh to hold border trade meeting...Talk on Rise of China, Implications for Neighbouring Countries 18 May...UNICEF to continue to cooperate in children’s education and health in Myanmar...Korean President and party conclude visit...US National War College delegation heads home...ABSDF’s Myanaung, Hinthada bomber seized...Promotion of cooperation with UNICEF discussed...Dy Education Minister receives Director from UNICEF...Chinese delegation donates computers to basic education schools...Price of Bangladesh products rises at Maungtaw border market...ROK President Mr Lee Myung-bak and party leave for Yangon..... "PERSPECTIVES": "An-nyung-ha-se-yo!" (re ROK)..... ARTICLE: "Changes never change" Tin Maung Than
Language: English
Source/publisher: News and Periodicals Enterprise, Ministry of Information, Union of Myanmar
Format/size: pdf (2.5MB)
Date of entry/update: 16 May 2012
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" 2012


Title: A capitalist class emerges in Myanmar
Date of publication: 17 May 2012
Description/subject: "Myanmar has a widely underestimated array of home-grown business families who are likely to provide the foundation of the country's future capitalist class - and a bulwark against any attack on the core privileges of the military-linked elite. In the excitement over the opening of the "biggest emerging market opportunity since China", commentaries have portrayed Myanmar in words and images akin to those used in describing America's 19th century Wild West. The Economist Intelligence Unit recently espied "vast untapped natural resources and land". The International Monetary Fund Dilbert says the country could be "the next economic frontier in Asia". Local pundits agree: "Myanmar is the last resourceful investment destination in the Southeast Asian region," said Thinn Htut Thidar, a Yangon-based consultant. There is undoubtedly truth in these words but they overlook the local tycoons, often disparaged as cronies of the regime, as well as myriad lesser entrepreneurs, whose businesses fill out the space left by the military's own large economic presence..."
Author/creator: William Barnes
Language: English
Source/publisher: "Asia Times Online"
Format/size: html, pdf (76K)
Alternate URLs: http://www.burmalibrary.org/docs13/A_capitalist_class_emerges_in_Burma.pdf
Date of entry/update: 16 May 2012
ML > From military to civilian rule? > From military to civilian rule? - Burma: Articles and analyses


Title: US/Burma: Don’t Lift Sanctions Too Soon Safeguards Needed Before Allowing Investment, Financial Services
Date of publication: 15 May 2012
Description/subject: "The US government should not ease sanctions on business activities in Burma until adequate safeguards are in place to prevent new investment from fueling human rights abuses. A US presidential order imposing a ban on investment and financial services in Burma is scheduled to expire on May 20, 2012, unless it is renewed or revised. In early April, in response to Burmese government pledges of reform and electoral gains by Burma’s main opposition party, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton announced that the US government was prepared to relax certain business-related sanctions. A new presidential order easing business restrictions is expected to be issued soon. “The US government should not reward the Burmese government’s nascent and untested changes by allowing an unregulated business bonanza,” said John Sifton, Asia advocacy director at Human Rights Watch. “Tough rules are needed to ensure that new investments benefit the people of Burma and don’t fuel human rights abuses and corruption, or end up strengthening the military’s control over civilian authorities.”..."
Language: Engish
Source/publisher: Human Rights Watch
Format/size: html
Date of entry/update: 16 May 2012
ML > Economy > Investment in Burma/Myanmar > Debate on Investment in Burma
Economy > Sanctions


Title: Burma: Joint Letter from NGOs to U.S. Administration
Date of publication: 15 May 2012
Description/subject: "We are writing to request a meeting with you in the next week to share our strong concern regarding Secretary Clinton’s announcement that the U.S. financial services and investment bans on Burma may be lifted in the very near future. We understand that President Obama’s extension of E.O. 13047 will expire on May 20, 2012. We urge you to extend E.O. 13047 until proper safeguards are put in place. We urge the Administration to comprehensively update the Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) list before relaxing any business-related sanctions on Burma. While companies are eager to gain a foothold in Burma’s economy, we believe that the goal of promoting positive political reforms in Burma will be jeopardized if new investments or other business activities reward individuals implicated in mass atrocities and other human rights abuses..."
Language: English
Source/publisher: Human Rights Watch with AFL-CIO, Freedom House, Institute for Asian Democracy, Open Society Foundations, Orion Strategies, Physicians for Human Rights, U.S. Campaign for Burma, United to End Genocide
Format/size: html
Date of entry/update: 16 May 2012
ML > Economy > Sanctions


Title: Pa’an Situation Update: September 2011
Date of publication: 12 May 2012
Description/subject: "This report includes a situation update submitted to KHRG in October 2011 by a villager describing events occurring in Pa’an District, in the period between September and October 2011. Villagers in T’Nay Hsah Township are reported to be subject to demands for forced labour by Border Guard Battalion #1017, specifically to work on Battalion Commander Saw Dih Dih’s own plantations. Information is also provided on an incident that occurred in T’Nay Hsah Township in which the Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA) Battalion #101’s temporary camp in Kler Law Seh village was attacked with heavy weapons by Border Guard Battalions #1017 and #1019, and by Tatmadaw Light Infantry Division (LID) #22. Since the takeover of the KNLA Battalion #101 camp by Border Guard troops, villagers in T’Nay Hseh Township have experienced an increase in demands for forced labour such as portering, as well as demands for villagers to cook at the Border Guard base and to serve as soldiers in the Border Guard, with payment demanded in lieu of military service. Such abuses are also described in the report, "Pa'an Situation Update: September 2011", published by KHRG on October 24th 2011, and "Pa'an Situation Update: September 2011 to January 2012", published by KHRG on May 2nd 2012. Border Guard troops have also embarked on the extensive laying of landmines near Th--- village, including near villagers' fields, and one villager was reported to have been seriously injured by a landmine whilst serving as a soldier in the Border Guard. Villagers are said to be concerned about the potential impact of the landmines on the welfare of their livestock, with one villager reportedly confronting a Border Guard soldier over this issue."
Language: English
Source/publisher: Karen Human Rights Group (KHRG)
Format/size: pdf (129K), html
Alternate URLs: http://www.khrg.org/khrg2012/khrg12b41.html
Date of entry/update: 15 May 2012
ML > Human Rights > Labour Rights > Labour rights: reports of violations in Burma > Forced Labour > Non-ILO Reports on forced fabour, including forced portering, in Karen (Kayin) State
Civil War > The Civil War in Burma (under reconstruction) > Border Guard Forces
Civil War > The Civil War in Burma (under reconstruction) > Landmines > Reports and maps covering anti-personnel landmines and Burma/Myanmar


Title: "The New Light of Myanmar" Tuesday 15 May 2012
Date of publication: 15 May 2012
Description/subject: DOMESTIC NEWS: Noteworthy amounts of rainfall (14-5-2012)...Union Minister for Information and for Culture meets EC members of MMPO...Special Appellate Bench judges 12 special civil appeal cases, hears five...International Cooperatives Day sales festival commences...Mechanic course opens...Aswedaw Library opened...Private Microfinance Development Supporting Committee holds coord meeting...Training courses of UMFCCI conclude...Labour laws and bylaws briefed...Palethwe hybird paddy harvested in Einme...New school building handed over in Hmawby Township...Sub-power station launched for supply of electricity...Orchid Nurturing Course 1-8 June...Bo tree watered for 11th time in Insein Township..... EXTERNAL RELATIONS: President U Thein Sein welcomes ROK President Mr Lee Myung-bak...President U Thein Sein meets ROK counterpart...Myanmar delegate arrives back from Dhaka after attending cultural diversity meeting...63rd ASEAN Committee on Science and Technology (COST) Meeting held...Member of CPC Central Politburo calls on Amyotha Hluttaw Speaker U Khin Aung Myint...Delegation led by Member of CPC Central Politburo arrives in Mandalay...Myanmar, Philippines to cooperate in agricultural sectors...President U Thein Sein hosts dinner to goodwill delegation led by ROK President...President of Republic of Korea Mr Lee Myung-bak arrives in Nay Pyi Taw...Union Foreign Affairs Minister attends Ministerial Meeting of Coordinating Bureau of Non-Aligned Movement...Import permit for migrant workers allowed...Seintalon mango fruits of Mandalay exported...Child-centred academic system discussed in Mandalay...MLF invites cash, book donations...Entrance fee for cultural sites in Mandalay...Myanmar wants ROK to share its experience of democratic reform, economic development and promoting living conditions of citizens - President U Thein Sein -- It is right choice Myanmar takes HRD as sine qua non for development - President Mr Lee Myung-bak...President U Thein Sein meets goodwill delegation led by CPC Central Politburo member..... "PERSPECTIVES": "Never ending task" [reforms]
Language: English
Source/publisher: News and Periodicals Enterprise, Ministry of Information, Union of Myanmar
Format/size: pdf (2.5MB)
Date of entry/update: 15 May 2012
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" 2012


Title: "Myanmar Alin" Monday 14 May 2012
Date of publication: 14 May 2012
Language: Burmese/ ျမန္မာဘာသာ
Source/publisher: News and Periodicals Enterprise, Ministry of Information, Union of Myanmar
Format/size: pdf (2.2MB
Date of entry/update: 15 May 2012
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" > "Myanmar Alin" > "Myanmar Alin" 2012


Title: "Myanmar Alin" Tuesday 15 May 2012
Date of publication: 15 May 2012
Language: Burmese/ ျမန္မာဘာသာ
Source/publisher: News and Periodicals Enterprise, Ministry of Information, Union of Myanmar
Format/size: pdf (2.1MB)
Date of entry/update: 15 May 2012
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" > "Myanmar Alin" > "Myanmar Alin" 2012


Title: "The Mirror" ("Kyemon") Monday 14 May 2012
Date of publication: 14 May 2012
Language: Burmese/ ျမန္မာဘာသာ
Source/publisher: News and Periodicals Enterprise, Ministry of Information, Union of Myanmar
Format/size: pdf (347K)
Date of entry/update: 15 May 2012
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 Mirror" ("Kyemon") > "The Mirror" ("Kyemon") 2012


Title: "The Mirror" ("Kyemon") Tuesday 15 May 2012
Date of publication: 15 May 2012
Language: Burmese/ ျမန္မာဘာသာ
Source/publisher: News and Periodicals Enterprise, Ministry of Information, Union of Myanmar
Format/size: pdf (372K)
Date of entry/update: 15 May 2012
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Title: "Voice of Burma" No. 866
Date of publication: 13 May 2012
Language: Burmese/ ျမန္မာဘာသာ
Source/publisher: Voice of Burma Information Group
Format/size: pdf (327K)
Date of entry/update: 15 May 2012
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Title: "The New Light of Myanmar" Monday 14 May 2012
Date of publication: 14 May 2012
Description/subject: DOMESTIC NEWS: Reform, a combination of National Plan approved by Hluttaw and Physical Development Plan, needs to be People-Centred Development Reform which could satisfy demands of people...Noteworthy amounts of rainfall (13-5-2012)...Union I&C Minister and wife attend consecration and merit-sharing for sixth all-round renovation of Shwephonepwint Pagoda...Deputy Attorney-General meets personnel of Mon State Advocate General’s Office...OFFICEHANDEDOVER: [photo]...Generators installed for electricity supply in Yangon...Roadwork, sanitation tasks inspected in Taninthayi Region...Slight earthquake hits inside Myanmar...Talk on raising bio-security given...Workers’ Day observed in Mansi...New fire station opened, Fire Brigade Day observed in Myawady...Sangyoung Township reconstitutes writers association...GS of UMFCCI meets Kayin State CCI officials...Fire Brigade Day marked with sanitation in Tachilek...Myanmar Libraries Foundation invites cash, book donations...Leak of natural gas pipeline repaired in time...UNIFORMS PRESENTED [photo]...Mountaineering team climbs five hills continuously...Information for trafficking in person...CONCRETE DRAINS REPAIRED [photo]...Fire Brigade Day observed in DISTRICT NEWS Mawlamyinegyun...Monks, nuns who passed religious exams honoured...Tailoring courses opened at vocational training school in Pakokku...16 villages along Wundwin- Pintale Road enjoyings fruits better transport...Cigarette fire destroys timber warehouse, housings in Mandalay...MFF President meets players of Myanmar U-22 Football Team...Maize, sesame plantations thriving in rains..... EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Myanmar delegation arrives back from Cambodia...Lecturer leaves for Bangkok to attend World Records Committee meeting...Speaker of Pyidaungsu Hluttaw and Amyotha Hluttaw calls on Japanese Prime Minister...Speaker of Pyidaungsu Hluttaw and Amyotha Hluttaw visits J Power, Isogo Coal-fired Power Plant..... "PERSPECTIVES": "Help students pursue education with peace of mind"
Language: English
Source/publisher: News and Periodicals Enterprise, Ministry of Information, Union of Myanmar
Format/size: pdf (2.6MB)
Date of entry/update: 14 May 2012
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Title: Thais See Economic Benefit From Contract Farming In Burma
Date of publication: 20 November 2008
Description/subject: Thai contract farming is a growing feature of the Thai-Burmese bilateral economic relationship. The activity remains concentrated in the border areas, however. Thai businesspeople who engage in contract farming in Burma are generally individuals who conduct their business informally with local Karen village leaders, not with the GOB or major Burmese companies. The Thai government views contract farming as an economic policy tool that lowers agricultural prices for Thai consumers, lessens the migrant pull in Thailand, and stimulates demand for Thai goods in Burma. However, the RTG at the national level is not currently engaged in activities to promote contract farming specifically, it is focused on agricultural development through vertical integration and greater control over quality standards, which contract farming helps to achieve.
Language: English
Source/publisher: US Consulate Chiangmai via Wikileaks
Format/size: html
Date of entry/update: 14 May 2012
ML > Land (under construction) > Land in Burma > Agriculture in Burma > Contract farming


Title: Capitalizing the Thai-Myanmar border
Date of publication: 21 June 2007
Description/subject: MAE SOT, Thailand - "The conflict-ridden Thai-Myanmar border has long been associated with drug smuggling, arms-dealing and human trafficking and other illicit trades. Now a new investment initiative aims to bring bilateral border trade above ground through the establishment of export-oriented special economic zones (SEZs) in the two countries' hinterlands. The two sides agreed last month in Mandalay to finalize a long pending agreement, which in the first phases will open the way for Thai agribusinesses to cultivate millions of acres of land tax-free in Myanmar's border areas. The ambitious plan to turn battlefields into marketplaces has the tacit backing of the Asian Development Bank (ADB), but at the same time has come under heavy criticism from rights organizations..."
Author/creator: Clifford McCoy
Language: English
Source/publisher: "Asia Times Online"
Format/size: html
Date of entry/update: 14 May 2012
ML > Land (under construction) > Land in Burma > Agriculture in Burma > Contract farming


Title: Grab for white gold - platinum mining in Eastern Shan State (English)
Date of publication: 08 May 2012
Description/subject: Burmese and Chinese companies are pushing aside Akha, Lahu and Shan villagers in eastern Shan State in a grab for platinum (“white gold” in Burmese). Women are facing particular hardship due to the loss of livelihood and the contamination of water sources. The Lahu Women Organization is calling for an immediate halt to these damaging mining operations....Summary Since 2007, destructive platinum mining has been taking place in the hills north of Tachilek, eastern Shan State, impacting about 2,000 people from eight Lahu, Akha and Shan villages. The platinum is being extracted by Burmese mining companies and exported to China and Thailand. Five companies are currently operating around the Akha village of Ah Yeh, 13 kilometers north of Tachilek. They have forced villagers to sell property and land at cheap prices, and confiscated other lands without compensation. Hundreds of acres of farms and forestland have been seized, or destroyed by dumping of mining waste. The villagers’ access road to the main highway has been ruined by the passage of heavy mining trucks and machinery. The main water source for local villagers has been diverted and contaminated by the mining, causing tremendous hardship for local women, who must now walk long distances to do their washing. Women are also facing increased security risks from the influx of migrant male miners into the area. There is regular sexual harassment of women going to their fields. Young women are being taken as minor wives by the miners; some are also becoming sex workers. Mining staff have also been involved in trafficking of local women. There is no rule of law protecting the rights of the local villagers. By paying off the local Burmese military, mining companies are able to carry out operations without adhering to any social or environmental standards. The companies and platinum buyers in neighbouring countries are therefore maximizing profits by avoiding responsibility for the social and environmental costs of the mines. The Lahu Women’s Organisation therefore calls on the Burmese government to put an immediate stop to these destructive mining operations, which are not contributing to local development, but are causing poverty and environmental degradation..."
Language: English
Source/publisher: Lahu Women's Organization
Format/size: pdf (1.8MB)
Alternate URLs: http://lahuwomen.org/press-release/lahu-women-demand-end-to-destructive-platinum-mining-in-burmas-s...
http://www.burmalibrary.org/docs13/Grab_for_White_Gold-PR(th).pdf (Pres Release, Thai)
http://www.burmalibrary.org/docs13/Grab_for_White_Gold-PR(ch).pdf (Press Release, Chinese)
http://www.burmalibrary.org/docs13/Grab_for_White_Gold-PR(bu).pdf (Press Release, Burmese)
http://www.burmalibrary.org/docs13/Grab_for_White_Gold(lahu).pdf (full text, Lahu)
http://www.burmalibrary.org/docs13/Grab_for_White_Gold(bu)-op75mr-red.pdf (full text, Burmese)
Date of entry/update: 14 May 2012
ML > Land (under construction) > Land in Burma > Tenure > Tenure insecurity in Burma (including land grabbing)
Economy > Industry > Extractive industries > Mining > Metal mining


Title: Grab for white gold - platinum mining in Eastern Shan State (Burmese)
Date of publication: 08 May 2012
Description/subject: အစီရင္ခံစာအက်ဥ္းခ်ဳပ္ ရွမ္းျပည္နယ္ အေရွ႔ပိုင္း တာခ်ီလိတ္ၿမိဳ ၏႔ ေျမာက္ဖက္ ေတာင္တန္းေဒမ်ားတြင္ ေဒသခံမ်ားကို ထိခိုကေ္ စသည့္ ေရႊျဖဴတူးေဖာ္ျခင္းလုပ္ငန္းကို ၂၀၀၇ခုႏွစ္မွ စတင္ခဲ့ကာ ယင္းေၾကာင့္ လားဟူ၊ အာခါႏွင့္ ရွမ္းရြာ ၈ရြာမွာ လူေပါင္း ၂၀၀၀ေက်ာ္ကို ထိခိုက္ေစခဲ့သည္။ ေရႊျဖဴတူးေဖာ္မႈကို ျမန္မာကုမၸဏီမ်ားက ေဆာင္ရြက္ေနၿပီး တရုတ္ႏွင့္ ထုိင္းႏိုင္ငံသို႔ တင္ပို႔လွ်က္ရိွသည္။ တာခ်လီ တိ ၿ္မဳိ ႔ ေျမာကဖ္ က ္ ၁၃ကလီ မို တီ ာအကြာရ ွိအားရဲေခၚ အာခါရြာအနီးတငြ ္ကမု ဏၸ ၅ီ ခကု လပု င္ န္း လပု က္ ငို လ္ ်ွကရ္ သွိ ည။္ ထကို မု ဏၸ မီ ်ားက ရြာသားမ်ားပငို ဆ္ ငို သ္ ည ့္ပစညၥ ္းမ်ားႏငွ ့္ ေျမယာမ်ားက ိုအတင္းအက်ပဖ္ အိ ားေပး၍ ေစ်းႏမိွ ္ေရာင္းခ်ေစသကသဲ့ ႔ ို ေျမယာအခ်ိဳ က႔ ို ေလွ်ာ္ေၾကးမေပးဘဲ အဓမၼသိမး္ ယူ ခဲ့ၾကသည္။ ေထာင္ေပါင္းမ်ားစြာေသာ စိုက္ပိ်ဳးေျမဧကမ်ားႏွင့္ သစ္ေတာမ်ားကို ကုမၸဏီက သိမ္းယူေနၿပီး အခ်ိဳ႔ေသာေျမယာမ်ားသည္ သတၱဳတြင္းမွ အညစ္အေၾကးမ်ားစြန္႔ပစ္ေသာေၾကာင့္ ပ်ကဆ္ ီးလ်ွကရ္ သွိ ည။္ ရြာသရူ ြာသားမ်ား အသုံးျပဳသည ့္အေ၀းေျပးလမ္းသ ႔ိုသြားေရာကရ္ ာလမ္းမွာလည္း သတဳၱတူးေဖာသ္ ည ့္ ကုန္တင္ကားမ်ား၊ စက္ယႏၱယားႀကီးမ်ား ျဖတ္သန္းသြားျခင္းေၾကာင့္ ပ်က္ဆီးၾကရသည္။ သတဳၱတူးေဖာျ္ခင္းေၾကာင ့္ ရြာသားမ်ား အဓကိ အသုံးျပဳေနေသာ ေရအရင္းအျမစ ္ညစည္ မ္းလ်ွကရ္ ၿွိပီး ေရစီးေၾကာင္းမ်ားလည္း ေျပာင္းလဲကုန္သည္။ ယင္းအေျခအေနမ်ားက ေဒသခံအမ်ိဳးသမီးမ်ားကို ႀကီးမားေသာ အခက္အခဲမ်ားျဖစ္ေပၚေစသည္။ အေၾကာင္းမွာ ေရရရိွရန္အတြက္ အလြန္ေ၀းကြာေသာခရီးကို ေျခလ်င္ လမ္းေလွ်ာက္သြားရေသာေၾကာင့္ ျဖစ္သည္။ ထို႔အတူ သတၱဳတူးေဖာ္ရာလုပ္ငန္းသို႔ အမ်ိဳးသားေရႊ႔ေျပာင္းအလုပ္သမားမ်ား အစုလုိက္အၿပံဳလုိက္ ေရာက္ရိွ လာျခင္းေၾကာင့္ ထိုေနရာတ၀ိုက္တြင္ေနထိုင္သည့္ အမ်ိဳးသမီးမ်ား၏ လံုၿခံဳေရးမွာ အႏၱရာယ္ က်ေရာက္ လွ်က္ရိွသည္။ စိုက္ခင္းသို႔ သြားသည့္အမ်ိဳးသမီးမ်ားမွာ လိင္ပိုင္းဆုိင္ရာ ထိပါးေႏွာင့္ယွက္မႈမ်ားကို ႀကံဳေတြ႔ ေနရသည္။ အမ်ိဳးသမီးငယ္မ်ားမွာ သတၱဳတြင္းအလုပ္သမားမ်ား၏ မယားငယ္မ်ားအျဖစ္ သိမ္းယူခံရသကဲ့သို႔ အခ်ိဳ႔ အမ်ိဳးသမီးငယ္မ်ားမွာ ျပည္႔တန္ဆာမ်ား ျဖစ္ၾကရသည္။ သတၱဳတြင္း၀န္ထမ္းမ်ားက ေဒသခံ အမ်ိဳးသမီးငယ္မ်ားကို လူကုန္ကူးရာတြင္ ပါ၀င္ပတ္သက္ေနၾကသည္။ ရြာသ၊ူ ရြာသားမ်ား၏ အခငြ အ့္ ေရးက ိုကာကြယ္ေပးသည ့္ ဥပေဒစိုးမိုးမလႈ ည္း ကင္းမဲ့ေနသည။္ ျမနမ္ ာစစတ္ ပမ္ ွအရာရမွိ ်ားအား လာဘ္ထုိးျခင္းအားျဖင့္ သတၱဳတူးေဖာ္သည့္ ကုမၸဏီမ်ားသည္ လူမႈေရးႏွင့္ သဘာ၀ပတ္၀န္းက်င္ဆုိင္ရာ စံသတ္မွတ္ခ်က္မ်ားကို လိုက္နာရန္မလိုဘဲ လုပ္ငန္းလုပ္ကိုင္ႏိုင္ၾကသည္။ ထုိ႔ေၾကာင့္ သတၱဳတူးေဖာ္သည့္ကုမၸဏီမ်ားႏွင့္ အိမ္နီးခ်င္းႏိုင္ငံမွ ေရႊျဖဴ၀ယ္ယူသူတုိ႔သည္ လူမႈေရးႏွင့္ သဘာ၀ပတ္၀န္းက်င္ ထိန္းသိမ္းေရးဆုိင္ရာ တာ၀န္မ်ားကို ေရွာင္ရွားျခင္းျဖင့္ သတၱဳတူးေဖာ္ျခင္း လုပ္ငန္းမွ အျမတ္ေငြ မ်ားႏိုင္သမွ် မ်ားမ်ားရေအာင္ ေဆာင္ရြက္ေနၾကသည္။ ထုိ႔ေၾကာင့္ လားဟူ အမ်ိဳးသမီးအဖဲြ႔က ေဒသတြင္းဖံြ႔ၿဖိဳးတုိးတက္မႈကို မျဖစ္ေစဘဲ ဆင္းရဲမဲြေတမႈႏွင့္ သဘာ၀ပတ္၀န္းက်င္ ပ်က္ဆီးမႈကိုသာျဖစ္ေစသည့္ သတၱဳတူးေဖာ္ျခင္းလုပ္ငန္းကို ခ်က္ခ်င္း ရပ္တန္႔ရန္ ျမန္မာအစိုးရအား ေတာင္းဆုိသည္။
Language: Burmese/ ျမန္မာဘာသာ
Source/publisher: Lahu Women's Organization
Format/size: pdf (2.3MB)
Alternate URLs: http://www.burmalibrary.org/docs13/Grab_for_White_Gold-PR(bu).pdf (Press Release, Burmese)
http://www.lahuwomen.org
http://lahuwomen.org/press-release/lahu-women-demand-end-to-destructive-platinum-mining-in-burmas-s...
Date of entry/update: 14 May 2012
ML > Land (under construction) > Land in Burma > Tenure > Tenure insecurity in Burma (including land grabbing)
Economy > Industry > Extractive industries > Mining > Metal mining


Title: Grab for white gold - platinum mining in Eastern Shan State (Lahu)
Date of publication: 08 May 2012
Description/subject: Summary: Since 2007, destructive platinum mining has been taking place in the hills north of Tachilek, eastern Shan State, impacting about 2,000 people from eight Lahu, Akha and Shan villages. The platinum is being extracted by Burmese mining companies and exported to China and Thailand. Five companies are currently operating around the Akha village of Ah Yeh, 13 kilometers north of Tachilek. They have forced villagers to sell property and land at cheap prices, and confiscated other lands without compensation. Hundreds of acres of farms and forestland have been seized, or destroyed by dumping of mining waste. The villagers’ access road to the main highway has been ruined by the passage of heavy mining trucks and machinery. The main water source for local villagers has been diverted and contaminated by the mining, causing tremendous hardship for local women, who must now walk long distances to do their washing. Women are also facing increased security risks from the influx of migrant male miners into the area. There is regular sexual harassment of women going to their fields. Young women are being taken as minor wives by the miners; some are also becoming sex workers. Mining staff have also been involved in trafficking of local women. There is no rule of law protecting the rights of the local villagers. By paying off the local Burmese military, mining companies are able to carry out operations without adhering to any social or environmental standards. The companies and platinum buyers in neighbouring countries are therefore maximizing profits by avoiding responsibility for the social and environmental costs of the mines. The Lahu Women’s Organisation therefore calls on the Burmese government to put an immediate stop to these destructive mining operations, which are not contributing to local development, but are causing poverty and environmental degradation.
Language: Lahu
Source/publisher: Lahu Women's Organization
Format/size: pdf (1.6MB)
Alternate URLs: http://lahuwomen.org/press-release/lahu-women-demand-end-to-destructive-platinum-mining-in-burmas-shan-state">http://lahuwomen.org/press-release/lahu-women-demand-end-to-destructive-platinum-mining-in-burmas-s...
http://lahuwomen.org
Date of entry/update: 14 May 2012
ML > Land (under construction) > Land in Burma > Tenure > Tenure insecurity in Burma (including land grabbing)
Economy > Industry > Extractive industries > Mining > Metal mining


Title: Results of a search for "Burma" on the Mines And Communities website
Description/subject: 248 results for "Burma" from 2001. A search for "Myanmar" produced 161 and a Boolean search for "Burma OR Myanmar" found 109.
Language: English
Source/publisher: Mines And Communities
Format/size: html
Date of entry/update: 14 May 2012
ML > Economy > Industry > Extractive industries > Mining > Minerals and Mining - General


Title: "The New Light of Myanmar" Sunday 13 May 2012
Date of publication: 13 May 2012
Description/subject: DOMESTIC NEWS: Priority task of government is to satisfy desire, fulfill requirements of people - Work coordination meeting on more effectively carrying out national and regional development tasks concludes [President]...Noteworthy amounts of rainfall (12-5-2012)...Nay Pyi Taw Council Area Projects Implementation Committee meets...International Urban Rescue Course concludes in Ye...Preventive measures against diarrhea and dysentery taken...Information for antihuman trafficking...Maintenance of golf course discussed...New library building opened in Myaungmya...Pazundaung Township Writers Association formed...Umbrella hoisted atop pagoda in Thingangyun Township...Talks on traffic rules given in Hinthada...Union Minister oversees regional development tasks in Shan State...Mandalay Region Chief Minister inspects Natka Dam...Shwekon-Pilakhat concrete road opened...Loans disbursed for Palethwe hybrid paddy plantation in Tatkon Township...Kayin State Chief Minister supervises development undertakings...Coord meeting on Asia Pacific Junior Golf Championship held...Myanmar Society of Endocrinology and Metabolism holds third conference...Talks on spa & health care services on 14 May...Literary talks given in Singaing...Momauk Township GAD observes Workers’ Day...Written exam result for NPE junior reporter posts announced...Mudon forms Traditional Artistes and Artisans Association...Yesagyo produces high rate of gram..... EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Myanmar delegation led by Pyidaungsu Hluttaw Speaker pays study visit to Tokyo Stock Exchange, National Diet Library...Asia Rowing Federation Umpiring Commission views preparations for rowing event...Speaker of Pyidaungsu Hluttaw and Amyotha Hluttaw meets Deputy Speaker of Upper House of Japan, tours Tokyo...Speaker of Pyidaungsu Hluttaw, Amyotha Hluttaw U Khin Aung Myint calls on Speaker of House of Councillors, Speaker of House of Representatives...Speaker of Pyidaungsu Hluttaw, Amyotha Hluttaw arrives Osaka of Japan..... "PERSPECTIVES": "Into the list of Asian Tigers"
Language: English
Source/publisher: News and Periodicals Enterprise, Ministry of Information, Union of Myanmar
Format/size: pdf (2.9MB)
Date of entry/update: 13 May 2012
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" 2012


Title: "Myanmar Alin" Sunday 13 May 2012
Date of publication: 13 May 2012
Language: Burmese/ ျမန္မာဘာသာ
Source/publisher: News and Periodicals Enterprise, Ministry of Information, Union of Myanmar
Format/size: pdf (2MB)
Date of entry/update: 13 May 2012
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Title: "The Mirror" ("Kyemon") Sunday 13 May 2012
Date of publication: 13 May 2012
Language: Burmese/ ျမန္မာဘာသာ
Source/publisher: News and Periodicals Enterprise, Ministry of Information, Union of Myanmar
Format/size: pdf (349K)
Date of entry/update: 13 May 2012
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Title: Myanmar/Burma - The World's Least Known Landmine Tragedy
Date of publication: 2011
Description/subject: 15 images of landmine victims..."Myanmar, or Burma, is home to one of the world's longest running civil wars. Conflict has occurred since the country gained independence in 1947. Mine warfare has been a feature of the conflict throughout that time. Mines are thought to be used by all parties to the conflict. No one knows how many people have been killed or maimed by mines. This photo exhibit provides a glimpse into the lives of a few of those who survived their mine injury and now live tenuous lives near the border with Thailand..." This exhibition has been co-sponsored by DanChurchAid (DCA) and the International Campaign to Ban Landmines (ICBL)
Author/creator: Photo: Giovanni Diffidenti; Art installation: Laura Morelli; Text: Yeshua Moser-Puangsuwan
Language: English
Source/publisher: Giovanni Diffidenti, Photojournalist
Format/size: html; jpeg
Date of entry/update: 13 May 2012
RR > Photographs and other images of Burma
Civil War > The Civil War in Burma (under reconstruction) > Landmines > Reports and maps covering anti-personnel landmines and Burma/Myanmar


Title: Empowering the Myanmar Human Rights Commission
Date of publication: 09 May 2012
Description/subject: "...'The Paris Principles are the international standard and that is what they should be aiming for,'... 'If they are heading in that direction, if that is what they are aiming for, then they have a long way to go. 'The commission is [currently] almost at the whim of the president. You need to sort out the legislative underpinning of the commission through an act of Parliament so it does have guaranteed funding. And then you figure out what function and role it is actually going to play.' So while a few seminars and consultations may help increase the legitimacy of the international community’s policy of reengagement, a fundamental overhaul including constitutionally enshrined independence, guaranteed funding and full transparency is necessary to prevent the MHRC remaining merely the butt of snide jibes from cynical observers."
Author/creator: Charlie Campbell
Language: English
Source/publisher: "the Irrawaddy"
Format/size: html
Date of entry/update: 13 May 2012
ML > Human Rights > Various Rights > National Human Rights Institutions > Burma's National Human Rights Commission


Title: Company Destroys Land Despite Order to Stop
Date of publication: 11 May 2012
Description/subject: "Zay Kabar, a Burmese company that has been accused of illegally confiscating more than 800 acres of land from farmers in Shwenanthar, a village in Rangoon’s Mingaladon Township, has continued clearing the land despite being told to stop by local authorities. After embankments on the farmland were leveled last week, around 50 farmers began rebuilding them in preparation for the start of the planting season, prompting officials from the Housing Department and the local administrative office to order both sides to desist. However, the company has ignored the order and resumed its work on the land, according to the farmers..."
Author/creator: Nyein Nyein
Language: English
Source/publisher: "The Irrawaddy"
Format/size: html
Date of entry/update: 13 May 2012
ML > Land (under construction) > Land in Burma > Tenure > Tenure insecurity in Burma (including land grabbing)


Title: Platinum Mines Seize 200 Acres of Farmland
Date of publication: 08 May 2012
Description/subject: "Around 200 acres of land has been confiscated by platinum mining companies in Tachilek Township, eastern Shan State, despite nascent democratic reforms by the Burmese government, according to report released by the Lahu Women’s Organization (LWO). "Grab For White Gold" has been produced by the Thailand-based LWO and two other local land activists and was presented at a press conference in Chiang Mai, northern Thailand, on Tuesday. The two activists told reporters that eight villages—comprising a total of 393 households and 2,000 people—have been impacted by the platinum mining companies. There are also reports of sexual harassment, abductions and girls being cheated into marriage as a consequence. Ore produced in the region is sold to China at around US $3,000 per ton with the LWO accusing Burmese companies such Sai Laung Hein, U Myint Aung, Hein Lin San and Wunna Thein Than of running the mining operations. The disputed farmland has belonged to ethnic people—including Shan, Akha and Lahu communities—for generations. The companies force them to sell their land at around half the true value, or simply confiscate it without compensation despite protests from the rightful owners..."
Author/creator: Lawi Weng
Language: English
Source/publisher: "The Irrawaddy"
Format/size: html
Date of entry/update: 13 May 2012
ML > Land (under construction) > Land in Burma > Tenure > Tenure insecurity in Burma (including land grabbing)


Title: "The New Light of Myanmar" Saturday 12 May 2012
Date of publication: 12 May 2012
Description/subject: DOMESTIC NEWS: President U Thein Sein calls for more efforts in reform process for national development - In conducting reforms, morality and attitude of ward/village administrators and township administrators in performing administrative duties must be polished so that they can avoid corruption, bribery and unfriendly relations with the public...Significant Day Temperatures (11-5-2012)...Noteworthy amounts of rainfall (11-5-2012)...Myanmar Traditional Chess Championship wraps up...Yangon Information and Communication Technology Fair commences...Sagaing Region Chief Minister views rural development in Yinmabin Tsp...Kayah State Chief Minister donates alms to monks, nuns...Outstanding weightlifters awarded in sports...Insein WJA reconstituted as Insein Township Writers Association...Hsipaw plans to grow teak plantations...Phu Thit Wai Library opened in Pinlebu Township...Self-reliant library opened in Dagon Myothit (South) Township...Self-reliant concrete road commissioned in Mawlamyinegyun...Signboard of Aung Naing Thu Cooperative Society put up...New building of BEPS opened in Einme EINME, 11 May— Shwedaung Development Co Ltd donated 126x30 feet one-storey building in Letpangon Village of Einme Township in Myaungmya District on 6 May. Likewise, Triangle Links Engineering Co Ltd and other wellwishers sponsored renovation of old building, construction of bridge, donation of uniforms and stationery. Wellwisher and officials opened the new school building.—Myanma Alin...Use of natural fertilizer talked in Myaungmya Township...Myanmar Libraries Fundation invites cash, book donations...Tour guide course 1/2012 on 4 June-27 July...New building of library opened in Hmawby Township...Cash donated to fund of Shwethin Home for the Aged in Yamethin...Uniforms provided to GAD staff members...Basic fire fighting course K 849,500.—Myanma Alin concludes in Pyinmana...Applications for damaged mobile phone SIM cards free of charge...Micro-credit cooperative society formed in Nawngkhio..... EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Union Environmental Conservation and Forestry Minister meets foreign guests...Dy FM receives Director-General of SEA Regional Department of ADB...Dy H&T Minister receives DG of Southeast Asia Regional Department of ADB...Dy Commerce Minister receives ADB SEA Director-General...Dy Education Minister receives Director of Open Society Institute of US...Speaker of Pyidaungsu Hluttaw and Amyotha Hluttaw U Khin Aung Myint back from Japan...Hotels and Tourism Ministry, S’porean entrepreneurs to cooperate for development of tourism sector..... "PERSPECTIVES": "Favourable economic environment"
Language: English
Source/publisher: News and Periodicals Enterprise, Ministry of Information, Union of Myanmar
Format/size: pdf (2.1MB)
Date of entry/update: 12 May 2012
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" 2012


Title: "Myanmar Alin" Saturday 12 May 2012
Date of publication: 12 May 2012
Language: Burmese/ ျမန္မာဘာသာ
Source/publisher: News and Periodicals Enterprise, Ministry of Information, Union of Myanmar
Format/size: pdf (2.1MB)
Date of entry/update: 12 May 2012
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" > "Myanmar Alin" > "Myanmar Alin" 2012


Title: "The Mirror" ("Kyemon") Saturday 12 May 2012
Date of publication: 12 May 2012
Language: Burmese/ ျမန္မာဘာသာ
Source/publisher: News and Periodicals Enterprise, Ministry of Information, Union of Myanmar
Format/size: pdf (364K)
Date of entry/update: 12 May 2012
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 Mirror" ("Kyemon") > "The Mirror" ("Kyemon") 2012


Title: "The Myanmar Times" (Burmese) 4 May 2012- Vol. 29, No.567"ျမန္မာတိုင္း(မ္)"အတြဲ ၂၉ ၊ အမွတ္ ၅၆၇ ၊ ၄-၅-၂၀၁၂ တြင္ လႊင့္တင္သည္
Date of publication: 04 May 2012
Description/subject: ေဒၚေအာင္ဆန္းစုၾကည္ လႊတ္ေတာ္ထဲေရာက္ၿပီ အင္န္အယ္လ္ဒီ ကိုယ္စားလွယ္ မ်ား က်မ္းသစၥာ က်ိန္ဆို... ေဒၚေအာင္ဆန္းစုၾကည္၏ ဆံုးျဖတ္ခ်က္ကို ကုလအႀကီးအကဲ ခ်ီးက်ဴးႀကိဳဆို... ဥေရာပသမဂၢက ေက်းလက္ေဒသ ေရရွည္ ဖြံ႕ၿဖိဳးေရး အစီအစဥ္မ်ားကို ဦးစားေပးေဆာင္ရြက္ ေပးသြားမည္... သက္တမ္း ႏွစ္ ၂၀ ေက်ာ္ကားမ်ား မရွိေတာ့ သည္အထိ ယာဥ္အို ယာဥ္ေဟာင္းမ်ား အပ္ႏွံမႈကို အျမဲတမ္း လက္ခံေဆာင္ရြက္ေပးမည္... ဒုကၡသည္ မ်ား ေနရပ္ျပန္ ရန္ ႏိုင္ငံသားခံယူ ခြင့္ ျပန္လည္ရရွိေရး အေရးပါသည္ဟု ကုလ အတြင္းေရးမႉးခ်ဳပ္ အေလးထားေျပာၾကား... စစ္ေဘးသင့္သူမ်ားအတြက္ အလႉရွင္မ်ား အစည္းအေ၀း က်င္းပမည္... လႊတ္ေတာ္ တတိယပံုမွန္ အစည္းအေ၀းမ်ား ႏွစ္ရက္ထပ္မံ ေရႊ႕ဆုိင္းၿပီး ၿပီးဆံုးခဲ့... လုိင္ဇာကုိ သိမ္းပုိက္မည္ မဟုတ္ဟုဆုိ... အမ်ဳိးသားဒီမိုကေရစီ အဖြဲ႕ခ်ဳပ္ လႊတ္ေတာ္တက္ေရာက္သည္ကို ၀မ္းေျမာက္ႀကိဳဆိုေၾကာင္း ဟီလာရီကလင္တန္ ေျပာၾကား... ျမန္မာအား ကူညီရန္အဆင္သင့္ရွိဟု ဂ်ာမနီ၀န္ႀကီး ေျပာၾကား... လြန္ခဲ့ေသာ ၁၄ ႏွစ္က သိမ္းယူခံခဲ့ရသည့္ လယ္ယာေျမမ်ားအတြက္ လယ္သမားမ်ားက နစ္နာေၾကး ေတာင္းဆုိ... အလုပ္သမားႏွင့္ အလုပ္ရွင္အဖြဲ႕မ်ားကို အသိအမွတ္ျပဳ လက္မွတ္မ်ား ထုတ္ေပး... ကခ်င္ျပည္နယ္တြင္ ကုလ၏ အကူအညီမ်ား ရပ္ဆိုင္းထားရ... ရန္ကုန္ၿမိဳ႕မီးေပးေရး ၂၅ မဂၢါ၀ပ္ထြက္ရွိမည့္ 'ကန္'လုပ္ ယာဥ္တင္ ေရြ႕လ်ား မီးစက္ေလးလုံး ငွားရမ္း အသုံးျပဳမည္... အာမခံလုပ္ငန္းကုိ ပုဂၢလိကအား လုပ္ကိုင္ခြင့္ေပးေတာ့မည္... သူတို႔ေျပာတဲ့ ေရတစ္စက္ရဲ႕တန္ဖိုး... ၿမိဳ႕ေတာ္စည္ပင္ အငွားယာဥ္မ်ား အငွားခ်ထားမႈ ရပ္ဆိုင္း... အာရွဖြံ႕ၿဖိဳးေရး ဘဏ္က ျမန္မာႏိုင္ငံအား ေႂကြးက်န္မ်ား ေပးဆပ္ၿပီးလွ်င္ ကူညီမည္ဟုဆို... (၆၄)ႀကိ္မ္ေျမာက္ တိပိဋကဓရ တိပိဋကေကာ၀ိဒ ဘြဲ႕တံဆိပ္ ဆက္ကပ္ပြဲက်င္းပမည္... အေရးေပၚလူနာတင္ယာဥ္ေဖာင္ေဒးရွင္းကို ဆရာ၀န္အသင္းမွ ဦးစီးတည္ေထာင္သြားမည္... ထုိင္းႏုိင္ငံတြင္ ဆဲလ္အစားထုိးကုသမႈကုိ ပိတ္ပင္လုိက္သည့္ အတြက္ ျမန္မာႏုိင္ငံသားမ်ား ေဆးကုသစရိတ္ ပုိမုိျမင့္မားလာ... အေရွ႕ေတာင္အာရွတြင္ ကာလၾကာရွည္ျဖစ္ ပြားေနေသာ ပဋိပကၡမ်ား ေတြ႕ဆံုေဆြးေႏြးျခင္းျဖင့္ ရလဒ္ေကာင္းမ်ားထြက္ေပၚ... အပစ္အခတ္ရပ္စဲေရး တင္မဟုတ္ဘဲ ထာ၀ရ ၿငိမ္းခ်မ္းေရးရသည္ အထိ ေဆာင္ရြက္မည္... ကေမၻာဒီးယားမွ ထုိင္း-ျမန္မာနယ္စပ္သုိ႔ လ်င္ျမန္စြာ ျပန္႔ပြား လာေသာ ေဆးယဥ္လာသည့္ ငွက္ဖ်ားေရာဂါပုိး... ဒဂုံဆိပ္ကမ္းတြင္ ၀မ္းပ်က္ ၀မ္းေလွ်ာ ျဖစ္ပြားမႈရွိခဲ့... World Press Freedom Day - May 3, 2012ကမၻာ႔သတင္း လြတ္လပ္ခြင့္ေန႔... အေမရိကန္ ကုမၸဏီမ်ား ျမန္မာႏိုင္ငံတြင္ လာေရာက္ရင္းႏွီး ျမႇဳပ္ႏွံခြင့္အတြက္ ပြင့္လင္းစြာ ေတာင္းဆိုမႈမ်ား ျပဳလုပ္လာ... ဧၿပီလကုန္ပိုင္းတြင္ ငါးေဈးႏႈန္းမ်ား သိသာစြာ က်ဆင္းလာ... ျပည္ပပို႔ဆန္အခ်ဳိ႕ သတ္မွတ္စံမမီ ၍ ေဈးေလွ်ာ့ေရာင္းခ်ခဲ့ရ... အသစ္ေျပာင္းလဲ က်င့္သံုး လုိက္ေသာ ေငြလဲႏႈန္းရွင္ စနစ္ေၾကာင့္ ႏုိင္ငံ့ စီးပြားေရးလုပ္ငန္းတြင္ အက်ဳိးသက္ေရာက္မႈမ်ားစြာ ရွိလာႏိုင္ဟု ကြ်မ္းက်င္သူမ်ားသံုးသပ္... ျမန္မာႏိုင္ငံ၏ ျပဳျပင္ေျပာင္းလဲေရးေၾကာင့္ ျမန္မာႏိုင္ငံမွ ေဂါက္သီးသမားမ်ားအတြက္ အနာဂတ္ေကာင္းကိုေတြ႕ေနရ... အေမရိကန္ႏွင့္ ဗီယက္နမ္ ပူးတြဲစစ္ေရးေလ့က်င့္...
Language: Burmese/ ျမန္မာဘာသာ
Source/publisher: Myanmar Consolidated Media Co.Ltd.
Format/size: html
Date of entry/update: 12 May 2012
RR > Private sector publications produced under censorship restrictions > Weekly magazines > "The Myanmar Times" > "The Myanmar Times" (Burmese) 2012/ ျမန္မာတိုင္းမ္- ၂၀၁၂


Title: "The Myanmar Times" (Burmese) 10 May 2012- Vol. 29, No.568"ျမန္မာတိုင္း(မ္)"အတြဲ ၂၉ ၊ အမွတ္ ၅၆၈ ၊ ၁၀-၅-၂၀၁၂ တြင္ လႊင့္တင္သည္။
Date of publication: 10 May 2012
Description/subject: ၿငိမ္းခ်မ္းေရးတည္ေဆာက္ရာ၌ အမ်ဳိးသမီးမ်ား ပါ၀င္ရန္လိုအပ္... ၾကည့္ျမင္တုိင္ စက္ဆန္းတစ္ရြာလံုးရွိ သမၺန္မ်ား အား ေျပးဆြဲခြင့္ ပိတ္ထား... ၂၀၁၂-၁၃ ႏုိင္ငံေတာ္ ဘတ္ဂ်က္ကို တေစ့တေစာင္း ဆန္းစစ္ ေလ့လာျခင္းႏွင့္ လူတုိင္း သာတူညီမွ် ဖြံ႕ၿဖိဳးတုိးတက္မႈအတြက္ အၾကံျပဳခ်က္ အခ်ဳိ႕... ျမန္မာ၏ အနာဂတ္ကို ေလးေလး နက္နက္ ေမွ်ာ္လင့္ထားဟု ကုလသမဂၢအႀကီးအကဲ ဘန္ကီမြန္း ေျပာၾကား... ယခုႏွစ္ မုတ္သံုရာသီ ကာလ၌ မိုးရြာသြန္းမႈ အားေကာင္းႏိုင္... သႀကၤန္ပြဲ ဗုံးခြဲသူ ေသဒဏ္ခ်မွတ္... အမ်ဳိးသမီးမ်ား ၾကံဳေတြ႕ေနရသည့္ စိန္ေခၚမႈမ်ားကို ေလ့လာ သြားမည္... ေဇကမၻာမွ ယူထားေသာ လယ္ေျမမ်ားေပၚတြင္ မုိးစပါးျပန္စုိက္ မည္ဟု မဂၤလာဒုံၿမိဳ႕နယ္ ေရႊနံ႔သာ စံျပေက်းရြာမွ လယ္သမားမ်ားက ေၾကညာ... ပိုလန္က ပညာသင္ဆုေပးရန္ ျမန္မာႏွင့္နားလည္မႈစာခ်ဳပ္ခ်ဳပ္ဆို... ဆႏၵမဲလက္မွတ္မ်ားတြင္ ဖေယာင္းသုတ္ထားသည္ဟု NLD ၏ စြပ္စြဲမႈကို ျပည္ေထာင္စုေရြးေကာက္ပြဲေကာ္မရွင္က မွန္ကန္မႈ မရွိဟု သတင္းထုတ္ျပန္... ႏိုင္ငံေတာ္ဖြဲ႕စည္းပံုအေျခခံ ဥပေဒဆုိင္ရာခံု႐ံုး အၿပီးသတ္ ဆံုးျဖတ္ခ်က္မ်ား ခ်မွတ္... ျမန္မာႏိုင္ငံတြင္ စေတာ့အိတ္ခ်ိန္း တစ္ရပ္ ေပၚေပါက္ေရး တိုက်ဳိ စေတာ့အိတ္ခ်ိန္းႏွင့္ စတင္ ပူးေပါင္းေဆာင္ရြက္မည္... ကုလသမဂၢ ခရီးသြားအဖြဲ႕သို႔ ျပန္လည္၀င္ရန္ သမၼတက တရား၀င္ ဆႏၵျပဳေတာင္းဆို... သတင္းသမားမ်ားအား ကာကြယ္ေပးမည့္ ဥပေဒ ေပၚလာရန္ ၀ါရင့္သတင္းစာဆရာမ်ား ေတာင္းဆို... ကမၻာ့စာနယ္ဇင္း လြတ္လပ္ခြင့္ အခမ္းအနားကို ပထမဆံုးက်င္းပ... ဂ်ာနယ္လစ္ ကြန္ရက္၏ ပထမအႀကိမ္ ညီလာခံက်င္းပ... လူ႔ေဘာင္ အဖြဲ႕အစည္းတြင္ မသန္စြမ္း သူမ်ားလည္း ပါ၀င္ႏုိင္ခြင့္ ရွိရန္ လိုအပ္... ေမာေတာင္ႏွင့္ မဲ့စဲနယ္စပ္ကုန္သြယ္ စခန္းမ်ား တိုးခ်႕ဲဖြင့္လွစ္ သြားမည္... ေလျပင္းႏွင့္ မိုးႀကိဳးပစ္မႈမ်ားေၾကာင့္ ေသဆံုး ပ်က္စီးမႈမ်ားျဖစ္ေပၚ... အလုပ္သမား အဖြဲ႕အစည္းမ်ား လြတ္လပ္စြာ ဖြဲ႕စည္းခြင့္ရရန္ အလုပ္သမားမ်ားေတာင္းဆုိ... စီးပြားေရးဆိုက္ေရာက္ဗီဇာကို ဇြန္ ၁ ရက္ေန႔ စေပးမည္... လူမႈဖူလုံေရးႏွင့္ အလုပ္အကိုင္ကြ်မ္းက်င္မႈ ဖြံ႕ၿဖိဳး တိုးတက္ေရး ဥပေဒမူၾကမ္းႏွစ္ခု ေရးဆြဲလ်က္ရွိ... ျမန္မာႏိုင္ငံ ပင္လယ္ကူး သေဘၤာသားမ်ား အလုပ္သမား အဖြဲ႕ခ်ဳပ္ ဖြဲ႕စည္း... ၄၄ ႏွစ္ျပည့္ ေမာင္ေမာင္ ဆုိေလ ထီး႐ုိးရွည္အဖြဲ႕သံခ်ပ္ေတြနဲ႔ေဖ်ာ္ေျဖခဲ့...
Language: Burmese/ ျမန္မာဘာသာ
Source/publisher: Myanmar Consolidated Media Co.Ltd.
Format/size: html
Date of entry/update: 12 May 2012
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Title: "The New Light of Myanmar" Friday 11 May 2012
Date of publication: 11 May 2012
Description/subject: DOMESTIC NEWS: Work Committee for Drawing Farmland Bylaws (Draft) and Virgin and Fallow Land Management Bylaws (Draft) meets...Significant Day Temperatures (10-5-2012)...MYANMAR GAZETTE...Continuous nursing education talked in Mawlamyine...Trophies handed over in Dagon Myothit (South) Township...Duties assigned for implementation of plans at Nay Pyi Taw Council Area...Permission granted to Tailai (Red Shan) Nationalities Development Party (TNDP) for registration as political party...Sites for port, river-water pumping tasks inspected...Respect paid, merit shared, library opened...AMBULANCE DONATED [photo]...362,165 GSMs, WCDMAs installed in regions...Cash donated to fund of Home for the Aged...Equipment for taking physical exercises installed at bund of Meiktila Lak...Township Writers Association formed in Thanlyin...Commerce graduates to organize workshop 13 May...Information for trafficking in person...Basic vocational courses opened in Muse...Informal advanced meeting on green economy, green development held...First IRS Inter-Club Pencak Silat Championship concludes...Fire drill demonstrated at CBM..... EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Union Minister for Information and for Culture receives Managing Director of NTEGRATOR Co of Singapore...Ambassador accredited to Brazil...Union Energy Minister receives Polish FM, Hong Kong guests...Myanmar-Poland economic seminar opened...Polish FM donates furnishings to monastic education schools...Dy Construction Minister receives Team Leader of JICA...Chartered planes of Myanma Airways available...Myanmar entrepreneurs invited to SHRM 2012 Annual Conference & Exposition...Fares of ship trips changed for tourists...Union EP-2 Minister receives ADB Director-General...Union Finance and Revenue Minister receives guests...Union Health Minister receives Global Women’s Affairs Ambassador...Union Minister receives Qatar Airways officials...CBM Governor receives World Bank East Asia and Pacific Region Director...Dy Home Affairs Minister receives De La Rue Director...Asia-Pacific Junior Golf Championship 15-18 May..... "PERSPECTIVES": "Myanmar to be next economic frontier in Asia"..... ARTICLE: "Noblest task for purification, perpetuation, propagation and promotion of Buddha Sasana" Ba Sein (Religious Affairs)
Language: English
Source/publisher: News and Periodicals Enterprise, Ministry of Information, Union of Myanmar
Format/size: pdf (2.2MB)
Date of entry/update: 11 May 2012
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Title: The Last Frontier: Burma's Chinland In Transition - A Project Maje Update Report, April 2012
Date of publication: April 2012
Description/subject: "In mid-2012, with reforms taking hold in central Burma, war raging in the north, and a possible peace process in the east, little attention is being paid to Burma's western regions, including the homelands of the indigenous peoples known as the Chins. A group of culturally similar, but linguistically diverse ethnic peoples associated with highland lifestyles (although many live in river valleys), the people who have been called "Chins" in Burma have historically lived in Chin State, Sagaing Division, and far northern Arakan. These areas of residence are known as Chinland, particularly in indigenous-rights contexts. Some of these people prefer to be called Zo, and regional/tribal/linguistic names are often used in addition to "Chin" or instead of "Chin." Some of them who live in other countries use "Burmese" to describe their origins, or are described that way by others. Total population estimates of the "Chin" people of Burma, including residents outside of Burma, come to around 1.5 million. This update report is composed of interviews with people who identify themselves as Chin or Zo. The interviews took place in March-April 2012 in India: Delhi and Mizoram State (which borders Burma's Chin State). The interviews contain information on the current situation within Chinland and on the conditions for refugees and migrants in India. Of particular interest are Chin opinions on what the benchmarks would be for safe return to their homeland. A range of responses to change in Burma are observable. Some Chin refugees have already returned, some have gone back to visit for the first time in decades, and the majority apparently do not trust Burma's military/government and express a "wait and see" viewpoint..."
Language: English
Source/publisher: Project Maje
Format/size: html
Date of entry/update: 11 May 2012
ML > Non-Burman and non-Buddhist groups > Ethnic groups in Burma (cultural, political) > Single Groups > Chin (Zo)- economic, social, cultural, political


Title: Chin Refugees Coexist and Survive in India
Date of publication: 28 April 2012
Description/subject: 9 photos of Chin/Zo refugees in India
Language: English
Source/publisher: Project Maje via "The Irrawaddy"
Format/size: html. jpeg
Date of entry/update: 11 May 2012
ML > Refugees > Burmese refugees in India


Title: "Myanmar Alin" Friday 11 May 2012
Date of publication: 11 May 2012
Language: Burmese/ ျမန္မာဘာသာ
Source/publisher: News and Periodicals Enterprise, Ministry of Information, Union of Myanmar
Format/size: pdf (2.1MB)
Date of entry/update: 11 May 2012
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