ABSDF Holds Peace Talks with Govt
By SAW YAN NAING
The exiled Burmese students' group holds its first ever round of negotiations with a delegation from Naypyidaw. KNU Divided Over Peace Treaty
By SAW YAN NAING
Disagreement within the Karen rebel leadership over its recent signing of a truce with a Burmese government peace delegation has led to confusion.
FEATURE Dying Behind Bars
By HPYO WAI THA
Former political prisoner Thet Nwe lived to see the outside of his cell, but his death just nine days after his release on Jan. 13 was testimony to dire conditions in Burma's prisons. Rangoon Hotels Struggle to Meet Tourist Demand
By COLIN HINSHELWOOD
Suddenly everyone wants to go to the former Burmese capital. But many visitors may find themselves without a bed for the night. Hillary Clinton Meets Zaganar
By SAW YAN NAING and LALIT K JHA
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton meets with three well-known Burmese activists including comedian Zarganar in Washtington. India Upgrades Its Military with China in Mind
By NIRMALA GEORGE
India has decided to buy 126 fighter jets from France, taken delivery of a nuclear-powered submarine from Russia, and prepared for its first aircraft carrier as it modernizes its military to match China's. Chinese Leaders Promise Pay Hikes, More Jobs
By JOE McDONALD
Bejing promises to raise minimum wages by 13 percent a year through 2015 and to launch measures to generate 45 million new jobs. In Speech, Shwe Mann Burnishes Reformist Credentials
By BA KAUNG
In an address to a joint session of Burma's Parliament, Lower House Speaker Shwe Mann comes out on the side of further reforms. Kachin Peace Key to Mon Ceasefire
By LAWI WENG
Speaking at Mon National Day celebrations, the NMSP chairman says the group will not sign a ceasefire with the Burmese government while it continues to wage war against ethnic Kachins. Burma's Exports See Positive Growth
By JOSEPH ALLCHIN
Recent figures show Burma's exports recovering after period of stagnation, but imports also up largely due to rise in price of refined fuels.
FEATURE A Child of the Revolution
By NYEIN NYEIN
Born at the height of Burma's 1988 pro-democracy uprising, Phyo Phyo Aung was perhaps destined for the life of a strongly committed political activist. Will the Golden Land Have a Silver Lining?
By COLIN HINSHELWOOD
The Irrawaddy speaks with Maung Maung Swe, who currently sits as both the chairman of the Union of Myanmar Travel Association and the vice-chairman of the Myanmar Tourism Board. - Than Shwe: Karma Chameleon
- Khin Nyunt: Free, but Still Deeply Unpopular
- Thein Sein's Singapore Trip to Focus on Economic Cooperation
- Burmese Banks Balk as Exchange Rates Rise
- Burmese Army Stands Behind President
- Burma’s Parliament Back in Session, Budget is Top Priority
- UN Envoy Visits Insein Prison, Meets Suu Kyi
- Preaching to Different Choirs
- Mind the Gap, Tint Swe Tells Rangoon Journals
- Karen Struggle Will Go On: KNU President
- Than Shwe: Karma Chameleon
- Preaching to Different Choirs
- The ‘Rule of Law’ in Burma
- Death Toll in Philippines Earthquake Rises to 22
- China Courts the Middle East
- Asian Golf Tour Starts with Myanmar Open
- Burma's Exports See Positive Growth
- Burmese Banks Balk as Exchange Rates Rise
The exiled Burmese students' group holds its first ever round of negotiations with a delegation from Naypyidaw.
BURMA SPOTLIGHT»
The United States eases one of its many sanctions against Burma as a reward for political reforms after five decades of direct military rule.
A UN human rights envoy says Burma is considering letting foreign observers monitor April elections that are viewed as crucial for gauging the nation's much-heralded democratic reforms.
The National League for Democracy has lined up some youthful candidates for the country's April 1 by-elections.
An impoverished cheroot-maker speaks about her life working 16 hours a day in a Bago factory.
While Naypyidaw appears committed to a market-oriented economy, farmers fear that a new Land Act will cede control over the agriculture sector to government.
Property and land prices in Dawei, also known as Tavoy, in southernmost Burma have sky-rocketing to hundreds of millions of kyat due to the development of deep-sea port project.
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By STEPHEN BLOOM
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Editorial: Burma’s Much-Awaited News Finally Arrives
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LATEST NEWS
Clinton Meets Freed Dissidents
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton welcomed Burmese comedian Zarganar and other former political prisoners from Burma in Washington on Wednesday. Zarganar, who was repeatedly incarcerated and sentenced to decades in prison after helping survivors of Cyclone Nargis in 2008, was released from prison in October 2011. Clinton also met at the State Department with Bauk Gyar, an ethnic minority activist from Kachin state who is running in closely watched April 1 by-elections, and women's campaigner Khin Than Myint.
Published on Thursday, Feb,9,2012
Investors Warned on Burma's Legal System
Burma has the world's worst legal system for doing business, according to a report released on Wednesday. For the fifth year in a row, Burma has been deemed “the country offering the least legal protection for foreign companies” by British risk analysis group Maplecroft. Despite the growing attractiveness of Burma as a potential destination for foreign investment amid recent reforms and expectations of an eventual lifting of Western sanctions, the country still poses “significant operational and strategic risks,” the group said in its annual ranking of 197 countries.
Published on Thursday, Feb,9,2012
Japan, Burma to Hold Investment Talks
Japan and Burma will launch preliminary talks in Naypyidaw next Tuesday aimed at signing a bilateral investment agreement, according to officials in Tokyo. Japan is seeking an accord that will give Japanese companies interested in investing in Burma greater protection. Official negotiations could begin this spring, and a bill could be submitted to Japan's Diet early next year, according to a report by the Kyodo news agency. The two countries agreed to begin talks on a bilateral investment treaty in late December when Foreign Minister Koichiro Genba visited Burma.
Published on Thursday, Feb,9,2012
EU Foreign Aid Chief Goes to Burma
Calling Burma's upcoming by-elections a crucial test of recent reforms, the European Union's foreign aid chief said ahead of a trip to the country this week that the regional bloc would not be sending observers to the April 1 polls. Andris Piebalgs, the EU development commissioner, is traveling to Burma to offer 150 million euros (US $198 million) in aid over the next two years. The EU is not attaching conditions to the aid “because we would like to support the people of Myanmar,” said Piebalgs. “I assume the process will not go backwards.”
Published on Thursday, Feb,9,2012
Ex-leader’s Allies Riot in Maldives
Supporters of the former president of the Maldives rioted through the streets of the capital and seized some remote police stations on Wednesday to demand his reinstatement, as the country’s new leader appealed for an end to the political turmoil roiling this Indian Ocean island nation. Allies said former leader Mohamed Nasheed and other top party officials were beaten by police in the street chaos. The nation’s first democratically elected president, Nasheed resigned on Tuesday after police joined months of street protests against his rule and soldiers defected.—AP
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