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University of Yangon

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Type: Organization

Name: University of Yangon

First reported May 11 2013 - Updated May 11 2013 - 1 reports

Aung San Suu Kyi

UK universities can help Burmas HE Aung San Suu Kyi

Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi, head of the opposition National League for Democracy in Myanmar, has said that British universities can help reinvigorate her country’s education system, which has been ravaged by years of military rule.In a video address ... [Published University World News - May 11 2013]

Entities: Myanmar/Burma, Aung San Suu Kyi, Higher Education, United Kingdom

First reported May 07 2013 - Updated May 07 2013 - 1 reports

ILO rep concerned about funds

The recently selected representative for Myanmar workers at the 2013 International Labor Conference says she is facing financial difficulties to attend the event.Daw Than Than Htay. (Aung Htay Hlaing/The Myanmar Times)Daw Than Than Htay from Kamma township ... [Published Myanmar Times - May 07 2013]

Entities: Than Htay, Myanmar/Burma, JACKDAW, Than Swe, Workers

First reported May 05 2013 - Updated May 05 2013 - 1 reports

Myanmar's Educators Reach Out to the World

YANGON, MYANMAR has come a long way since it was the site of anti-government student protests in 1988 that eventually spread across Myanmar. The campus has been refurbished and a sense of normality is beginning to return. Undergraduate students, barred ... [Published New York Times - May 05 2013]

Entities: Myanmar/Burma, University of Yangon, Yangon (Rangoon), US Embassy, Education

First reported May 03 2013 - Updated May 03 2013 - 1 reports

Villagers defiant against police threats

Defiant villagers are vowing to ignore a police threat to jail them unless they inform on outside “activists” who have helped organise resistance to the troubled Letpadaung copper mine project.Last week monks intervened to stop fresh violence after clashes ... [Published Myanmar Times - May 03 2013]

Entities: Win Aung, Threat, Police

First reported May 01 2013 - Updated May 02 2013 - 2 reports

International Labour Organization

Labour conference voting dispute settled

Organisers of a labour conference in Yangon last week managed to resolve a dispute that threatened to derail the selection of a delegate for an international meeting in Geneva.Daw Than Than Htay, the representative of an agriculture and food organisation ... [Published Myanmar Times - May 02 2013]

Entities: Myanmar/Burma, Geneva, International Labour Organization, Than Htay

First reported Apr 29 2013 - Updated Apr 29 2013 - 1 reports

Xinhua Asia-Pacific news summary at 0600GMT, April 29

YANGON -- Myanmar's regional police authorities on Sunday issued warrants for the arrest of eight people accused of making instigation to create instability in Letpadaungtaung copper mine project areas in Monywa, northwestern Sagaing region, local media ... [Published Individual.com - Apr 29 2013]

Entities: Yangon (Rangoon), Peshawar, Myanmar/Burma

First reported Apr 29 2013 - Updated Apr 29 2013 - 1 reports

University of Yangon

8 accused of stirring unrest in copper mine project wanted in Myanmar

Myanmar's regional police authorities on Sunday issued warrants for the arrest of eight people accused of making instigation to create instability in Letpadaungtaung copper mine project areas in Monywa, northwestern Sagaing region, local media reported ... [Published Global Times - Apr 29 2013]

Entities: Myanmar/Burma, University of Yangon, Sagaing (Myanmar), Monywa (Myanmar), Political Prisoners

First reported Apr 26 2013 - Updated Apr 26 2013 - 1 reports

Major changes in store for education

The Ministry for Education will make almost 30 policy changes for the 2013-14 school year, including extending primary and secondary schooling from 11 to 12 years.Other policies will see the high school-leaving rate tackled through improving the transfer ... [Published Myanmar Times - Apr 26 2013]

Entities: Education, Mya Aye, University of Yangon, Myanmar/Burma

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

Universities ink deal for cooperation

Yangon UniversityAs part of its program to cooperate with international centres of learning, Yangon University has signed an agreement with Thailand’s Thepasatri Rajabhat University on the study of small- and medium-sized businesses and rural develop ... [Published Universities News - Apr 23 2013]

Entities: University of Yangon, Small & Medium Enterprises, Tin, Yangon (Rangoon)

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

Myanmar: Statement of the Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights in Myanmar

Source: UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator for MyanmarCountry: Myanmar By Tomás Ojea Quintana, 16 February 2013, Yangon International Airport, Myanmar I have just concluded my five-day mission to Myanmar - my seventh visit to the country since ... [Published ReliefWeb - Latest Updates - Feb 16 2013]

Entities: Myanmar/Burma, Special Rapporteur, Yangon (Rangoon), Human Rights

First reported Jan 15 2013 - Updated Jan 15 2013 - 1 reports

School to foster Myanmar lawyers

Nagoya University is preparing to set up a legal research center at Myanmar's Yangon University to foster law specialists, and aims to open the facility in June, according to university officials. "We want to contribute to the development of human resources ... [Published The Japan Times - News & Business - Jan 15 2013]

Entities: Myanmar/Burma, University of Yangon, Nagoya University

First reported Dec 09 2012 - Updated Dec 09 2012 - 1 reports

Obama speech at University of Yangon [Burma/Myanma]

“You need to reach for a future where the Law is stronger than any single leader; where one prisoner of conscience is one too many”--Barack Obama“The fear of losing power corrupts those who wield it, and fear of discouraged power corrupts those who are ... [Published Khmerization - Dec 09 2012]

Entities: University of Yangon, Myanmar/Burma, Barack Obama

Quotes

But, he said, "we can regain the peoples' trust; we have more than two years to prove to the electorate that we are a capable government and can deliver on our promises to make life better for all Myanmar citizens"

Election fever grips Myanmar, 2 years ahead of time [Published Bangkok Post - May 13 2013]

"At one time the education system in Burma was very closely linked to the education system in Britain. In fact, we could say that modern education was introduced to Burma by the BritishBritish government. Now we have to learn all over again."

UK universities can help Burmas HE Aung San Suu Kyi [Published University World News - May 11 2013]

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8 accused of stirring unrest in copper mine pro... [Published Global Times - Apr 29 2013]
Major changes in store for education [Published Myanmar Times - Apr 26 2013]
Universities ink deal for cooperation [Published Universities News - Apr 23 2013]
Eclipsing China's shadow [Published WorldNetDaily - Apr 16 2013]
Myanmar: Statement of the Special Rapporteur on... [Published ReliefWeb - Latest Updates - Feb 16 2013]
School to foster Myanmar lawyers [Published The Japan Times - News & Business - Jan 15 2013]
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The View From Your Window Contest: Winner #133 [Published The Daily Dish \| By Andrew Sullivan - Dec 18 2012] A reader writes: Tropical setting, looks like either a church or temple spire in the background. Identical buildings with corrugated tin roofs suggestmilitary or some other kind of organized housing for some kindprivileged or protected class of ...
Obama speech at University of Yangon [Burma/Mya... [Published Khmerization - Dec 09 2012] “You need to reach for a future where the Law is stronger than any single leader; where one prisoner of conscience is one too many”--Barack Obama“The fear of losing power corrupts those who wield it, and fear of discouraged power corrupts those who are ...
President Obama’s Visit to Myanmar [Published Foreign Policy BlogsForeign Policy Blogs \| The ... - Nov 22 2012] President Obama addresses the audience at Yangon University. Source: AP Having visited Myanmar years ago when it seemed uncertain when or if political change would occur, I find it fascinating to watch the ongoing democratization of Myanmar, which ...
Obama's Second Term Could Mark the Return of th... [Published Next New Deal - Nov 21 2012] As part of our series " A Rooseveltian Second Term Agenda, " a call to return to a foreign policy based in FDR's vision of shared peace and prosperity. Even though we come from different places, we share common dreams: to choose our leaders; to live ...