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Naypyidaw

Type: City

Name: Naypyidaw

Latitude: 19.450001

Longitude: 96.599998

First reported 16 hours ago - Updated 6 hours ago - 1 reports

NEC Corporation

Sumitomo Corporation and NEC Provide Communications Infrastructure in Myanmar

Sumitomo Corporation (Sumitomo; TSE: 8053) and NEC Corporation (NEC; TSE: 6701), in cooperation with NTT Communications Corporation, concluded a contract with the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar ... [Published Zecco - 16 hours ago]

Entities: NEC Corporation, Sumitomo Corporation, Myanmar/Burma

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated May 22 2013 - 3 reports

NTT Communications Corp

Sumitomo and NEC to build high-speed communications infrastructure in Myanmar

Japanese conglomerates Sumitomo and NEC signed an agreement with Myanmar's government to build a high-speed communications infrastructure.The communications infrastructure consists of an optical transmission network capable of transmission speeds of 30Gbps ... [Published Computerworld Malaysia - May 22 2013]

Entities: Myanmar/Burma, Infrastructure, Southeast Asian Games, NTT Communications Corp, Naypyidaw

First reported May 19 2013 - Updated May 19 2013 - 1 reports

Myanmar Needs Help to Manage Its Mandela Moment

Activists complain that U.S. President Barack Obama, who welcomes Myanmar’s President Thein Sein to the White House this week, is embracing the former general too soon, before he’s proved his reformist bona fides. In fact, Obama is late to the party.Nowadays ... [Published Bloomberg - May 19 2013]

Entities: Myanmar/Burma, Thein Sein, Naypyidaw, Donor

First reported May 19 2013 - Updated May 19 2013 - 1 reports

Myanmar president heads for historic US visit

This is the first White House visit by a Myanmar leader for nearly 50 years. -Eleven Media/ANN YANGON - President Thein Sein has departed for his historic trip to the United States at the invitation of US President Barack Obama.A delegation led by President ... [Published Asiaone - May 19 2013]

Entities: Myanmar/Burma, White House, Thein Sein

First reported May 18 2013 - Updated May 18 2013 - 1 reports

Wong comes so close

James Wong took a deep breath, spun around the circle and timed his blood-curdling roar just as he released the discus into the air.It looked promising for nine-time South-east Asia (SEA) Games discus champion Wong (right) on his third throw at the Singapore ... [Published Electric New Paper - May 18 2013]

Entities: James Wong, Naypyidaw, Track & Field

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 18 2013 - 2 reports

20 dissidents freed ahead of Thein Seins US visit

YANGON Myanmar released about 20 political prisoners on Friday, a top official said, hours before its reform-minded leader was due to leave on a landmark visit to the US to meet US President Barack Obama.President Thein Sein, a former general, has freed ... [Published Oman Tribune - May 18 2013]

Entities: Thein Sein, Myanmar/Burma, Burma Campaign UK, Sanctions, Reformism

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 1 reports

Three Asian Democracies, One Lame-Duck Problem

Voters in the Philippines appear to have delivered a resounding victory to President Benigno Aquino in midterm elections. The son of former President Corazon Aquino looks set to control both houses of Congress, giving him a mandate to continue his reform ... [Published Bloomberg - May 16 2013]

Entities: Aquino (Philippines), Myanmar/Burma, Thein Sein, Corazon Aquino

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 1 reports

Here they burn Muslims alive! (+18)

TEHRAN, May 17 (MNA) – Deafening silence by international community and western countries has perpetuated the plight of Muslims in Myanmar.TEHRAN, May 17 (MNA) – Deafening silence by international community and western countries has perpetuated the plight ... [Published Mehr News - May 16 2013]

Entities: Myanmar/Burma, Meiktila (Myanmar), Buddhism

First reported May 15 2013 - Updated May 15 2013 - 2 reports

Horrific Torture in Myanmar

Written by Our CorrespondentWar on the Kachins. Photo from the IrrawaddyChristian human rights group's four-week visit uncovers widespread abuseMyanmar faces "many grave challenges and concerns, particularly in respect to the protection of human rights, ... [Published Asia Sentinel - May 15 2013]

Entities: Myanmar/Burma, Torture, Human Rights, Kachin State

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

Growth in poppy cultivation delays UN deadline for Asia drug plan

Myanmar has delayed by five years its deadline to eliminate drug production within its borders.Deputy police chief Zaw Min says a growth in poppy cultivation, and the manufacture of amphetamine-type stimulants in the country, prompted the deadline ex ... [Published ABC Radio Australia - May 08 2013]

Entities: Cultivation, Deadline, Drugs, United Nations

First reported May 06 2013 - Updated May 07 2013 - 2 reports

Myanmar delays policy target amid narcotics boom

Myanmar has delayed by five years its deadline to eliminate drug production within its borders, a senior official said yesterday, as the impoverished nation struggles to stem a growing narcotics crisis.Authorities are “very concerned” about a rebound ... [Published Taipei Times Online - May 06 2013]

Entities: Myanmar/Burma, Narcotic, Drugs

First reported Apr 30 2013 - Updated Apr 30 2013 - 2 reports

Why China’s sale of gunships to Myanmar rebels is aimed at peace, not war

China has long played a delicate game in Myanmar’s vast eastern region, secretly arming a rebel ethnic group known as the United Wa State Army . But according to a report by Jane’s Information Group , the stakes just got higher: In February and March, ... [Published Quartz - Apr 30 2013]

Entities: Myanmar/Burma, China, Deceased, United Wa State Army, Jane's Information Group

Quotes

"There can’t be a greater market for China than India whose population stood at 121 crore today. China has already won trade war against India long ago with its products even selling throughout North East including Arunachal Pradesh. LiuGong Machinery Corp, founded in 1958 in Liuzhou and world’s largest manufacturer of wheel loaders, has been doing brisk trading in the NE."

Did witty Li score brownie points over India? [Published TruthDive - May 21 2013]

"I believe it's real - a real commitment to try to do political reform first, which is for Asia not the usual way it goes" he explained. "It's usually economic reforms first."

Mixed message in Myanmar president's US visit [Published Deutsche Welle - May 20 2013]

Karzai said, "We hope that the new elected government provides the ground for peace and brotherhood with Afghanistan, and to sincerely cooperate in rooting out terrorist sanctuaries so that our two brotherly nations could be saved from this menace" . Deputy Foreign Minister Jawed Ludin also said that the democratic transition in Pakistan "presents a good opportunity for the opening of yet another...

Afghanistan: A new phase in ties with Pakistan? [Published Observer India - May 20 2013]

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Myanmar: KIO-Govt Peace Talks to Resume Next We... [Published ReliefWeb - Latest Updates - 4 hours ago]
Influential Senator Backs Drop of Myanmar Trade... [Published Radio Free Asia - 5 hours ago]
Sumitomo Corp, NEC provide communications infra... [Published Japan Today - 6 hours ago]
Myanmar: Roadblocks to Democratisation [Published Navhind Times - 8 hours ago]
Sumitomo Corporation and NEC Provide Communicat... [Published Zecco - 16 hours ago]
Sumitomo and NEC to build high-speed communicat... [Published Computerworld Malaysia - May 22 2013]
Did witty Li score brownie points over India? [Published TruthDive - May 21 2013]
Sumitomo, NEC offer communications infrastructu... [Published Telecompaper - May 21 2013]
Best Western moves into Myanmar [Published Travel Daily Media - May 21 2013]
SUMITOMO CORP: Sumitomo Corporation and NEC pro... [Published 4 Traders - May 21 2013]
Mixed message in Myanmar president's US visit [Published Deutsche Welle - May 20 2013]
Myanmar - United States Trade Council Establish... [Published TickerTech.com - May 20 2013]
Afghanistan: A new phase in ties with Pakistan? [Published Observer India - May 20 2013]
Kachin rebels, govt to hold new round of talks ... [Published Democratic Voice of Burma » Analysis - May 20 2013]
Myanmar Needs Help to Manage Its Mandela Moment [Published Bloomberg - May 19 2013]
Myanmar president grants ninth political prison... [Published Asiaone - May 19 2013]
Myanmar president heads for historic US visit [Published Asiaone - May 19 2013]
Wong comes so close [Published Electric New Paper - May 18 2013]
20 dissidents freed ahead of Thein Seins US visit [Published Oman Tribune - May 18 2013]
Will President Obama Emphasize R2P On Thein Sei... [Published Eurasia Review - May 17 2013]
Myanmar leader frees dissidents ahead of US visit [Published Channel NewsAsia - May 17 2013]
US visit endorses 'Myanmar's Spring':... [Published XinMsn - May 17 2013]
Thein Sein Aide: U.S. Visit Endorses 'Myanmar's... [Published Naharnet - May 17 2013]
Three Asian Democracies, One Lame-Duck Problem [Published Bloomberg - May 16 2013]
Here they burn Muslims alive! (+18) [Published Mehr News - May 16 2013]
Myanmar: Officials reach out to refugees follow... [Published ReliefWeb - Latest Updates - May 16 2013]
Officials reach out to refugees following fight... [Published Democratic Voice of Burma » Analysis - May 16 2013]
Horrific Torture in Myanmar [Published Asia Sentinel - May 15 2013]
ASIA/MYANMAR - Serious human rights abuses and ... [Published Agenzia Fides - May 15 2013]
Ethnic Activists Warn of Surge in Land Grabs Af... [Published Transnational Institute - May 15 2013]

Blogs

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Kachin rebels, govt to hold new round of talks ... [Published Democratic Voice of Burma » Analysis - May 20 2013] The Kachin Independence Organisation (KIO) and the Burmese government are tipped to resume union-level peace talks at the end of the month in the Kachin state capital, according to mediators. Lamai Gum Ja of the Kachin State Peace Creation Group said ...
Officials reach out to refugees following fight... [Published Democratic Voice of Burma » Analysis - May 16 2013] State officials and political parties in northern Shan state are trying to convince residents to return to their villages after thousands of locals fled from their homes after fighting erupted between the Shan State Army-South (SSA-S) and the military ...
Burma delays ‘drug-free’ deadline as production... [Published Democratic Voice of Burma » Analysis - May 06 2013] Burma has delayed by five years its deadline to eliminate drug production within its borders, a senior official said Monday, as the impoverished nation struggles to stem a growing narcotics crisis. Authorities are “very concerned” about a rebound in ...
China supplies Wa rebels with armed helicopters... [Published Democratic Voice of Burma » Analysis - Apr 30 2013] The Chinese military has sent armed helicopters equipped with air-to-air missiles to Burma’s largest ethnic rebel group the United Wa State Army (UWSA), according to a report published in Jane’s Intelligence Review on Monday. The shipment of Mil Mi-17 ...
Hkaung Stella Naw: Stop Burma’s ethnic cleansing [Published National Post \| Full Comment » Full Comment - Apr 04 2013] One day turned the lives of Sumlut Roi Ja and her family members upside down. On Oct. 28, 2011, Roi Ja, her husband Dau Lum and her father-in-law were harvesting corn on their farm near their village of Hkaibang, Kachin State, in northern Burma. A squad ...

Press Releases

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