Friday, 28 December 2012 14:50 Mizzima NewsFour people smugglers were sentenced to up to 10 years in prison by a Thai court on Thursday over a 2008 incident when 54 migrant workers from Burma suffocated to death inside a seafood container, Agence France-Presse (AFP) has reported.The four Thais were convicted of gross negligence resulting in death and of breaking immigration laws, an official from a court in the country's southern Ranong province told AFP.The 54 victims were among 121 people crammed into the 6 x 2 m container which reportedly had...
Friday, December 28, 2012
TOP 10 Events of 2012—No 4
Friday, 28 December 2012 13:28 Mizzima News
Mizzima’s sister publication, M-ZINE+, has selected what its editors have decided are the 10 biggest events or issues in Burma over the past 12 months.
We began the countdown on December 22 at No. 10, and will recall one issue each day until we finish on December 31 with the most momentous event of the year.
No rest for the little elves at www.mizzima.com,...
Burma’s Central Bank has its head in the cloud
Friday, 28 December 2012 12:51 Mizzima NewsDaiwa Institute of Research Ltd., Fujitsu Ltd. and KDDI Corp. have announced that they have built an online computer system for the Central Bank of Myanmar and that, in doing so, they have created the country's first cloud data-storage environment, according to a report by Japan’s Asahi Shimbun....
Thursday, December 27, 2012
One Kachin civilian killed, three injured in mortar attack
Thursday, 27 December 2012 18:37 PhanidaOne Kachin villager was killed and three were injured by mortar fire in the town of Mankwi when the village, which acts as a military base for the Kachin Independence Army (KIA), came under fire on Thursday morning from Burmese government forces based on the nearby Hkan Gai Bum Mountain.
A Kachin refugee, injured in a mortar attack by Burmese government...
Burmese President meets China’s copper mine backer
Thursday, 27 December 2012 16:21 Xiao Ting ShirleyBurma’s President Thein Sein received a Chinese delegation of the defense industry giant China North Industries Corporation (NORINCO) at the Presidential Palace on Wednesday afternoon, his office announced on its website.
China's Wanbao Company are a major stakeholder at the Monywa copper mine
project in Sagaing Division. (PHOTO: Hein Htet / Mizzima)
The...
Japanese foundation delivers aid to Mon refugees
Thursday, 27 December 2012 15:20 Peng Qinqin
The Nippon Foundation said that it had completed the shipment of relief goods including rice and medicines to Mon State on December 25, the first of an expected US $3 million donation to ethnic refugees.
The Nippon Foundation president Mr.Yohei SASAKAWA, Chairman Nai Htaw Mon
of the New Mon State Party (NMSP), peace negotiator Aung Min and State
Minister...
Air Bagan takes ‘full responsibility’ for fatal crash
Thursday, 27 December 2012 15:23 Yadanar OoAir Bagan held a press conference at the Kandawgyi Palace Hotel in Rangoon on Wednesday afternoon to address the crash-landing of Flight XY-AGC at Heho Airport in southern Shan State the day before when two people were killed and 11 hospitalized.
Air Bagan’s Managing Director Htoo Thet Htwe speaks at a press
conference in Rangoon on Wednesday to address...
Vietnam on board for Burmese fisheries tasks
Thursday, 27 December 2012 14:31 Khin Myo Thwe
The Myanmar Fisheries Federation has announced that local entrepreneurs will cooperate with Vietnamese investors in the livestock and fisheries sectors.
Fishermen working on board a ship in Sittwe, Rakhine State. (PHOTO: dany13 DANIEL JULIE / Flickr)
Burma’s Deputy Minister for Livestock and Fisheries held talks with a 10-member delegation led...
Burmese drug lord’s final appeal rejected
Thursday, 27 December 2012 12:35 Xiao Ting ShirleyA Chinese court on Wednesday rejected appeals by Shan drug lord Naw Kham and three of his subordinates, upholding the death penalties imposed on them for the murder of 13 Chinese sailors on the Mekong River in October last year.
Naw Kham pictured entering the High Court in Kunming on December 26, 2012. (Photo: China News Agency)
The final ruling...
TOP 10 Events of 2012—No 5
Thursday, 27 December 2012 12:41 Mizzima News
Mizzima’s sister publication, M-ZINE+, has selected what its editors have decided are the 10 biggest events or issues in Burma over the past 12 months.We began the countdown on December 22 at No. 10, and will recall one issue each day until we finish on December 31 with the most momentous event of the year.No rest for the little elves at www.mizzima.com,...
Wednesday, December 26, 2012
Burmese authorities promise investigation into fatal plane crash
Wednesday, 26 December 2012 14:42 Mizzima NewsThe Burmese government said on Wednesday that it has formed a commission to investigate Tuesday's crash-landing of an Air Bagan airplane in southern Shan State which left two people dead and 11 others injured, official media reported.
The incident has immediately raised questions about the safety standards of Burma’s outdated but overstretched aviation...
Burma confirms diplomatic ties with Iceland
Wednesday, 26 December 2012 12:48 Mizzima NewsThe Burmese and Icelandic governments have agreed to establish diplomatic relations, according to Burma’s state media on Wednesday.
A 2011 view of Reykjavik showing the spire of Hallgrímskirkja,(PHOTO: Wikipedia)
“The Republic of the Union of Myanmar and the Republic of Iceland, guided by the willingness to promote the friendly relations and mutually...
Australia pledges $1 million to Burmese emergency fund
Wednesday, 26 December 2012 12:45 Mizzima News
The Australian government has pledged AUS $1 million (US $1.04 million) to the Humanitarian Multi Stakeholder Fund (HMSF), an emergency response scheme established in Burma [Myanmar] and managed by the UN’s Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA).
A guide to Australian aid, as issued by AusAID.
The funds will join a pool of international...
Shan party ‘open’ to merger
Wednesday, 26 December 2012 12:50 Mizzima NewsLeaders of the Shan Nationalities Democratic Party (SNDP) have said they are open to a merger with their main rival Shan party before the 2015 election to better compete against the National League for Democracy and Union Solidarity and Development Party, according to a report in the Myanmar Times on December 24.
Shan Nationalities League for Democracy...
Japan’s NEC opens branch office in Rangoon
Wednesday, 26 December 2012 12:30 Mizzima NewsJapan’s NEC Corporation announced on December 25 that it had established a branch office in Rangoon.
NEC's HSMX-3000 Multi-Format Routing Switcher which can distribute various format/bit-rate of digital signals. (PHOTO: NEC)
In a press release, NEC said it was “aiming to develop the country's information and communications technology (ICT) and social...
TOP 10 Events of 2012—No 6
Wednesday, 26 December 2012 12:35 Mizzima News
Mizzima’s sister publication, M-ZINE+, has selected what its editors have decided are the 10 biggest events or issues in Burma over the past 12 months.We began the countdown on December 22 at No. 10, and will recall one issue each day until we finish on December 31 with the most momentous event of the year.No rest for the little elves at www.mizzima.com,...
Travel & Trade Expo to be held in January
Wednesday, 26 December 2012 12:11 Khin Myo Thwe
Rangoon will host the First Myanmar Travel & Trade Expo 2013 at the Myanmar Convention Center on Mindhamma Road from January 11 – 14, 2013.
About 60 percent of the visitors to Ngapali beach are foreigners. Most
arrive in the area by plane. Tourists usually visit spots including
Pearl, Kyaukkalak, and Theaphyu islands. Pearl Island is a favorite...
Tuesday, December 25, 2012
Major Thai bank looks for local partner in Burma
Tuesday, 25 December 2012 12:25 THE BANGKOK POST
Thailand’s state-owned Krung Thai Bank is looking to form a joint venture in Myanmar [Burma] following the successful launch of its representative office in the neighbouring country.Foreign financial institutions doing business in Myanmar are required to expand in four stages: a representative office, a joint venture with a local financial institution,...
Thai company to open biofuel plant in southern Burma
Tuesday, 25 December 2012 12:15 THE BANGKOK POSTThailand’s MAI-listed Universal Adsorbents & Chemicals Plc (UAC) plans to invest in a new 800-million-baht (US $27 million) alternative biofuel energy project in Myanmar expected to start operating in 2014.Chief executive Kitti Jivacate said the company will enter the project with a Myanmar partner that will own a 20 percent stake.The biofuel plant will be located on Myanmar's Song island near Thailand's Ranong province. The project will use palm oil as its raw material.The proposed local partner...
The truth behind the Chinese tourism boom
Tuesday, 25 December 2012 12:20 Peng Qinqin
In 2011, Chinese tourists overtook Thais as the leading nationality visiting Burma with, officially, 65,838 visitors. But if you walk around the famous attractions in Rangoon such as Shwedagon Pagoda, you will hardly find any tour groups from China or even an individual Chinese traveler. So where are they?
“I’m too busy to travel around...
Two confirmed dead in Shan State plane crash
Tuesday, 25 December 2012 12:29 Mizzima News
Shan State Prime Minister Aung Myat has confirmed that at least two people were killed in an airplane crash on Tuesday morning as it attempted to reach Heho Airport in heavy snow, according to Burmese weekly journal Popular News.
The
wreckage of Air Bagan's 22-year-old Fokker-100 which crashed en route to
Heho in Shan State carrying many foreign...
TOP 10 Events of 2012—No 7
Tuesday, 25 December 2012 12:06 Mizzima News
Mizzima’s sister publication, M-Zine+, has selected what its editors have decided are the 10 biggest events or issues in Burma over the past 12 months.We began the countdown on December 22 at No. 10, and will recall one issue each day until we finish on December 31 with the most momentous event of the year.No rest for the little elves at www.mizzima.com,...
Air Bagan plane makes emergency landing in Shan jungle
Tuesday, 25 December 2012 10:49 Mizzima NewsAir-Bagan flight W9-011 Yangon- Mandalay- Heho made an emergency landing in heavy snow some two miles from Heho Airport on Tuesday morning. A fire reportedly broke out as the plane came down in the jungle, an eyewitness told Mizzima. The airline said that 65 passengers were on the flight, and that one is currently unaccounted for. The pilot received a slight head injury, Air Bagan said, though no other details are as yet known.Heho is a town in the Taunggyi District of Burma's southern Shan State. It...
Big bucks for little condos in Rangoon
Tuesday, 25 December 2012 11:53 Khin Myo ThweFinding a studio apartment or condominium in Rangoon is no easy task these days as demand outstrips supply and causes rent prices to soar, according to real estate agents in the former capital.“Foreign entrepreneurs and businessmen looking at investing in Burma mostly prefer to rent condominiums or modern apartments that have elevators,” the deputy chairperson...
UN expresses ‘serious concern’ about Rakhine violence
Tuesday, 25 December 2012 10:44 Mizzima News The UN General Assembly unanimously adopted a resolution late on Monday welcoming positive changes in Burma but expressing serious concern at an upsurge of sectarian violence between Muslims and Buddhists in strife-torn Rakhine State, according to The Associated Press.The resolution adopted by the 193-member world body urges government action to improve the situation of the Rohingya Muslim minority “and to protect all their human rights, including their right to a nationality,” the...
Burma looks to export rice to Japan
Tuesday, 25 December 2012 11:24 Khin Myo ThweBurma is readying to offer Japan an invitation to tender for two of its rice exports: Sin Thwe Latt rice and Hmawbi rice.
Burmese farmers in Irrawaddy Division collect paddy seedlings from flooded fields to replant. Photo: AFP
The Myanmar Rice Federation (MRF) said that it held discussions on December 13 with Japan’s Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry...
Monday, December 24, 2012
Burma’s president invites Indian industrialists to invest in SEZs
Monday, 24 December 2012 14:49 Ko PaukBurmese President Thein Sein has invited India’s leading businessmen and industrialists to invest in Burma’s special economic zones (SEZs).
Pictured in Mumbai on Friday, (L-R) Mr Chandrajit Banerjee, Director
General CII; Mr Adi Godrej, President CII & Chairman Godrej Group;
and Thein Sein, President, Republic of Union of Myanmar. (Photo: CII)
At a...
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