Mizzima awarded global JTI certificate for reliable news on Myanmar

-
Image
Mizzima Mizzima, one of Myanmar ’s most prominent news outlets and a press freedom advocate, obtained the Journalism Trust Initiative ( JTI ) certification from global audit firm Bureau Veritas , JTI says in a press statement 5 January.  Operating in clandestine mode within Myanmar and supported by an exiled team, Mizzima strives to fulfil its role as reliable source of news and information for the Myanmar public. “Your Journalism Trust Initiative certification affirms what audiences already know: that principled, transparent journalism matters. Congratulations on this achievement and on your continued contribution to informing citizens about Myanmar,” says Benjamin Sabbah , director of Journalism Trust Initiative “Myanmar’s ongoing conflict has created an intensely contested media landscape, where mis- and disinformation are increasingly deployed to reinforce state propaganda and the prevailing “official” narrative. Although Mizzima is already regarded as one of the most trusted ...
Post a Comment

More Korean textile units keen to invest in Burma

-
by Salai Pi Pi
Friday, 25 September 2009 23:14

New Delhi (Mizzima) – More Korean textile industries are keen to invest in Burma with the general elections due in 2010 in the military ruled country.

Speaking to Mizzima, Mr. Lee Seung Woo, a staff member of the Trade and Marketing Team of The Korea Federation of Textile Industries (KOFOTI) said that Burma, where labour is cheap, will be one of its options for further investments in the textile industry in the future after it shifted its interest from China to Southeast Asian countries.

“The labour wages in Myanmar [Burma] are cheaper than in Vietnam and other ASEAN countries. That’s why we are interested in Myanmar,” Mr. Lee said.

Korea has about 30 factories producing garments in military ruled Burma where the labour cost is no more than US dollar 35 a month.

However, Lee said, more investments will be possible if there is democratization in the country after the 2010 election.

“We are watching the political situation in Burma. The more the democratization, more investment will be made in Burma,” he said.

In order to promote bilateral trade and investment, KOFOTI has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Myanmar Garment Manufacturers Association (MGMA) in Rangoon, the former capital of Burma on September 10.

“We just concluded a MOU to promote bilateral trade and investment,” Lee said, “We would like to have more friendly relations with Burma.”

While more companies are interested in increasing their investments in Burma, Lee said, Korean garment factory owners complained about the difficulties in importing machines for producing textiles and the export tax imposed by the regime.

“They have a hard time doing business. Especially in importing machines for producing textiles and the export tax imposed,” said Lee and added that the Burmese regime collected 10 per cent as export tax.

However, Myint Soe, Chairman of the Myanmar Garment Manufacturers Association (MGMA) said, he did not acknowledge that Korean companies were having a problem in importing machines for manufacturing textile products.

Korean textile companies including Dae Woo are currently exporting products to Japan and some EU countries as it cannot access the U.S. which is the largest textile market in the world, said Lee.

Burma’s garment industry was hardly hit by sanctions imposed by the U.S for the country’s poor record of human rights and its failure to implement political reforms.

“If there is democratization in Myanmar after the 2010 elections, the US is likely to lift its sanctions,” Lee said.

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

World's longest internet shutdown ends in parts of Myanmar

-
Image
Rakhine people travel by motorcycle in Sittwe, Rakhine State, Western Myanmar, 02 February 2021. Photo: Nyunt Win/EPA By AFP The world's longest internet shutdown -- affecting more than a million people for 19 months in one of Myanmar's ethnic conflict zones -- has come to an end, according to a mobile operator based in the region. The internet in parts of Myanmar's troubled northern states of Rakhine and Chin was suspended in June 2019 following "emergency" orders issued by the telecoms department under Aung San Suu Kyi's civilian government. Following Monday's military coup, mobile operator Telenor Group confirmed it had reinstated full services in eight townships in Rakhine and Chin states on Wednesday. "Telenor Group and Telenor Myanmar have been advocating for the restoration of services and emphasised that freedom of expression through access to telecoms services should be maintained for humanitarian purposes," the company said in a stateme...
Read more

First ministerial meeting held

-
Image
Mizzima Myanmar held the first meeting among newly appointed ministers after a recent major cabinet reshuffle by the military in capital city of Nay Pyi Taw on Tuesday morning, according to a release from the Military True News Information Team Xinhua reported. The Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, acting President U Myint Swe and nine newly appointed union ministers were present at the meeting held at the Presidential Palace, the release said. Min Aung Hlaing unveiled plans to include reopening religious buildings and pagodas, resuming domestic travel and hotel businesses as well as industries in line with COVID-19 rules and regulations, and revitalizing the country's economy.
Read more

Indonesia detains British woman on terror suspect list

-
Image
File photo of Indonesian police personnel standing guard. (Photo: AFP) AFP Indonesia has detained a British woman named on a list of global terror suspects and plans to deport her for visa violations, authorities told AFP Tuesday. Tazneen Miriam Sailar -- a Manchester-born convert to Islam married to an Indonesian jihadist who was killed in Syria -- is not charged with terror offences. But she and her late husband are on an Indonesian police list of suspected extremists that includes several foreigners notorious in the West. Sailar, 47, and her 10-year-old Indonesia-born son, were being held in Jakarta after being picked up last year without documents allowing her to remain in the Southeast Asian nation, her lawyer Farid Ghozali said. "She was put (in detention) while awaiting her return, which will be facilitated by the British embassy," Indonesian immigration directorate spokesman Ahmad Nursaleh told AFP. The embassy declined to comment, and it was unclear when...
Read more