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First reported 3 hours ago - Updated 3 hours ago - 1 reports

Shinzo Abe

Japan’s Abe in Myanmar on landmark visit

Shinzo Abe, accompanied by a large business delegation, is visiting Myanmar – the first by a Japanese prime minister in more than three decades. The visit is being seen by security analysts as part of Japan’s attempt to reassert its position as a top ... [Published Pakistan Today - 3 hours ago]

Entities: Myanmar/Burma, Shinzo Abe, Japan

First reported 14 hours ago - Updated 6 hours ago - 4 reports

Japan PM vows 'all possible' help for Myanmar economy

Japan's premier on Saturday pledged "all possible assistance" to kick-start Myanmar's ailing economy, hailing a major industrial zone near Yangon as a symbol of development for the impoverished nation.Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who is touting the potential ... [Published Yahoo Philippines News - 11 hours ago]

Entities: Myanmar/Burma, Shinzo Abe, Japan, San Aung

First reported 15 hours ago - Updated 15 hours ago - 1 reports

SIM cards cause headaches in Mandalay

Mandalay residents have criticised the government’s handling of the distribution of SIM cards last week, after the release was postponed a day because ward offices were unable to cope with the huge demand.The second batch of K1500 CDMA 800MHz cards were ... [Published Myanmar Times - 15 hours ago]

Entities: Mandalay, Aung San, Allotment, Hla Myint

First reported May 24 2013 - Updated May 24 2013 - 1 reports

She knew Aung San and her lingo too!

What is the role that diplomatic spouses can play in promoting the national interests of the countries they represent? Answers may vary but there is no doubt that they can play an important role in projecting a positive image of their countries to the ... [Published Sri Lanka Daily News - May 24 2013]

Entities: Sri Lanka, Aung San, Myanmar/Burma

First reported May 24 2013 - Updated May 24 2013 - 1 reports

Aung San Suu Kyi

Restoring Rangoon

Myanmars former capital, Yangon, boasts one of the most spectacular early-20th century urban landscapes in Asia.A century ago the countrys former capital was one of the world's great trading cities and the legacy of that cosmopolitan past remains tod ... [Published Al Jazeera - May 24 2013]

Entities: Yangon (Rangoon), Myanmar/Burma, Aung San, Pro-democracy, Aung San Suu Kyi

First reported May 23 2013 - Updated May 23 2013 - 2 reports

Ethnic strife: The F-word

Don’t miss the boat FROM THE MOMENT of its birth in 1948 Myanmar has been riven by civil conflict, mainly between the majority Burmans that occupy the country’s central low-lying plain and the hill peoples on its periphery. Myanmar is an artificial product ... [Published The Economist HK - May 23 2013]

Entities: Myanmar/Burma, Ne Win, Aung San, Kachin State

First reported May 23 2013 - Updated May 23 2013 - 1 reports

University of Hong Kong

Painting the transition (by Ian Holliday)

[At the University of Hong Kong, my friend Ian Holliday is staging an art exhibition, 'Painting the transition: Contemporary Art in Myanmar'. He sets the scene immediately below. - NG] Coming in from the cold after 50 years of austere dictatorship, ... [Published normblog - May 23 2013]

Entities: Myanmar/Burma, Dictatorship, Aung San, University of Hong Kong, Mutual Support

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated May 21 2013 - 1 reports

Myanmar: Myanmar president calls for end to communal violence

Source: Agence France-PresseCountry: Myanmar WASHINGTON, May 20, 2013 (AFP) - Myanmar President Thein Sein urged Monday an end to intercommunal violence and discrimination after hearing a call from US President Barack Obama to put a stop to anti-Muslim ... [Published ReliefWeb - Latest Updates - May 21 2013]

Entities: Myanmar/Burma, Thein Sein, Rohingya People, Military/Armed Forces, Buddhism

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated May 20 2013 - 2 reports

Myanmar leader set for historic US visit

Myanmar President U Thein Sein will become the first leader of his country in 47 years to visit the White House, in one of the most symbolic US gestures yet to support his reforms.The former general will meet with President Barack Obama during the visit ... [Published Global Times - May 20 2013]

Entities: Myanmar/Burma, Thein Sein, Reformism, Barack Obama

First reported May 13 2013 - Updated May 13 2013 - 1 reports

Kandy witnessed the peak of Aung San’s political career

$ This is a postscript to last week’s Lankaweb article titled, “.” $ Sri Lanka played an indirect role in the highlight of General Aung San’s political career.$ Two years before his tragic death, on September 4, 1945 Aung San ? then head of Myanmar’s ... [Published LankaWeb - May 13 2013]

Entities: Aung San, Myanmar/Burma, Kandy (Sri Lanka)

First reported May 08 2013 - Updated May 09 2013 - 2 reports

Myanmar revokes dissident's pardon

Myanmar's opposition cried foul Wednesday after the authorities revoked a prison amnesty granted to one of its members last year as part of widely praised political reforms.It is the first time since military rule ended two years ago that a dissident's ... [Published Yahoo Philippines News - May 08 2013]

Entities: Myanmar/Burma, National League for Democracy (Myanmar), prison

First reported Apr 29 2013 - Updated Apr 29 2013 - 4 reports

Suu Kyi’s ‘rule of law’ mantra a distant hope

Yangon -It is Aung San Suu Kyi's mantra for embedding democratic reform, but for many who endured Myanmar's authoritarian and deeply corrupt former junta the "rule of law" remains a distant hope.Flashpoint issues such as land grabbing have intensified ... [Published IOL - Apr 29 2013]

Entities: Aung San Suu Kyi, Aung Thein, Khin Maung Win, Myanmar/Burma

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Abe vows all possible help for Myanmar economy [Published Japan Today - 46 mins ago]
Japan’s Abe in Myanmar on landmark visit [Published Pakistan Today - 3 hours ago]
Abe vows support to improve Myanmar's investmen... [Published GlobalPost - 7 hours ago]
Japan's Abe pledges more aid for Myanmar [Published Al Jazeera - 10 hours ago]
Japan PM vows 'all possible' help for Myanmar e... [Published Yahoo Philippines News - 11 hours ago]
Japan PM visit boosts huge Myanmar industrial z... [Published West Australian - 13 hours ago]
Japan PM visit boosts huge Myanmar industrial zone [Published Qatar Peninsula - 13 hours ago]
Abe pledges support for Myanmar's reforms from ... [Published MAINICHI Daily News - 13 hours ago]
Immigrants from Myanmar in Japan hit with hefty... [Published MAINICHI Daily News - 13 hours ago]
Japan PM visit boosts huge Myanmar industrial... [Published The Gulf Today - 14 hours ago]
SIM cards cause headaches in Mandalay [Published Myanmar Times - 15 hours ago]
Politics: Suu Kyi for president? [Published ACQ Magazine - 20 hours ago]
She knew Aung San and her lingo too! [Published Sri Lanka Daily News - May 24 2013]
Restoring Rangoon [Published Al Jazeera - May 24 2013]
The story so far: Democracy on prescription [Published ACQ Magazine - May 24 2013]
Ethnic strife: The F-word [Published The Economist HK - May 23 2013]
Ethnic strife: The F-word [Published The Economist - Special Report - May 23 2013]
Painting the transition (by Ian Holliday) [Published normblog - May 23 2013]
Myanmar: Roadblocks to Democratisation [Published Navhind Times - May 22 2013]
10 Trendy Vacation Ideas [Published AARP - May 22 2013]
Time for Britain to rue its colonial past [Published Times of Oman - May 21 2013]
Myanmar: Myanmar president calls for end to com... [Published ReliefWeb - Latest Updates - May 21 2013]
Myanmar leader set for historic US visit [Published Global Times - May 20 2013]
Burmese Leader To Make First U.S. Visit In 47 Y... [Published Radio Free Europe - May 20 2013]
Spirit of '88 still needed in Myanmar [Published Bangkok Post - May 18 2013]
Azeem Ibrahim: The Rohingya of Burma -- Betraye... [Published Huffington Post - May 17 2013]
Myanmar leader frees dissidents ahead of US visit [Published Channel NewsAsia - May 17 2013]
Will Aung San Suu Kyi be president of Burma? [Published The Interpreter - May 16 2013]
Moving from dictatorship, Burma enjoys newspape... [Published USA Today - May 15 2013]
White House To Host Myanmar President In Histor... [Published Radio Free Europe - May 15 2013]

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Painting the transition (by Ian Holliday) [Published normblog - May 23 2013] [At the University of Hong Kong, my friend Ian Holliday is staging an art exhibition, 'Painting the transition: Contemporary Art in Myanmar'. He sets the scene immediately below. - NG] Coming in from the cold after 50 years of austere dictatorship, ...
Beyond collective egos: Our relational grounds ... [Published groundviews - Apr 24 2013] While racial hatred burns, with fires so ably lit by the ignorant on both sides of Palk Straits, there is another source of energy – hidden from view but none the less real – that burns deep inside. For the Sinhala Buddhist today, regaining identity ...
Suu Kyi joins Armed Forces Day celebrations in ... [Published Democratic Voice of Burma » Analysis - Mar 27 2013] After being held under house arrest for the better part of two decades by the Burmese military, opposition icon Aung San Suu Kyi made her first appearance at the country’s Armed Forces Day celebrations in Naypyidaw. According to National League for ...
ANTI-MUSLIM RUMOURS SPREAD IN CENTRAL MYANMAR [Published IntelliBriefs - Mar 26 2013] B.RAMAN Anti-Muslim rumours projecting Muslims negatively have spread to Rangoon from Meikhtila which has been placed under a State of Emergency following three days of Buddhist-Muslim clashes last week. 2.While no fresh fatalities have been ...
Suu Kyi squares off with protestors for second day [Published Democratic Voice of Burma » Analysis - Mar 14 2013] Aung San Suu Kyi confronted hundreds of disgruntled residents in central Burma on Thursday, as anger continues to mount over her failure to oppose the development of a controversial Chinese-backed mine nearby. The Lady drifted between utter exhaustion ...