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29 Jan 2013, 5:13 pm
Empires and dynasties galore in the history of Burma, our "History of" country today. [read post]
14 Jan 2013, 11:52 pm
Filed under: ASEAN, Foreign direct investment, Government policy, Myanmar, Regulatory action, Telecoms Tagged: Burma, Myanmar, telecommunications licences, telecoms licences [read post]
22 Nov 2012, 8:57 am
Vietnam, Burma/Myanmar, Globalization, The Next Big Thing, And Falling Wages.= China Too Expensive? [read post]
20 Nov 2012, 12:59 pm
Second, the new license does not authorize the import of rubies or jadeite mined in Burma or articles of jewelry containing rubies or jadeite mined in Burma. [read post]
19 Nov 2012, 8:57 am
Publicly the President and Congressional leaders are declaring their determination to finding a solution to the Fiscal Cliff, but the President is leaving the country tomorrow for Burma and congress is already on an extended Thanksgiving break. [read post]
15 Oct 2012, 4:43 am
During a landmark visit to the United States by President Thein Sein of Myanmar to the United Nations General Assembly, the United States Government this week announced it would lift the last remaining sanctions that have been imposed on Myanmar (Burma) which have mostly been in effect since 1990 which adds impetus to the rapid and sweeping progressive reform over the past year of a resource rich albeit impoverished country. [read post]
15 Oct 2012, 4:41 am
During a landmark visit to the United States by President Thein Sein of Myanmar to the United Nations General Assembly, the United States Government this week announced it would lift the last remaining sanctions that have been imposed on Myanmar (Burma) which have mostly been in effect since 1990 which adds impetus to the rapid and sweeping progressive reform over the past year of a resource rich albeit impoverished country. [read post]
19 Sep 2012, 8:40 am
Burma’s Hluttaw, or Parliament, passed a new Foreign Direct Investment Law on September 7. [read post]
7 Sep 2012, 5:52 am
Courtesy of The Associated Press: Michelle, I love you. [read post]
4 Sep 2012, 5:45 am
"Unpacking the Micro-Macro Nexus: Narratives of Suffering and Hope among Refugees from Burma Recently Settled in Australia," Journal of Refugee Studies, Advance Access, 27 August 2012 [abstract] Tagged Publications and Events & Opportunities. [read post]
28 Aug 2012, 10:46 am
[JURIST] Myanmar's army is still committing human rights abuses against ethnic minorities in Karen state, according to a report [text PDF; press release] released Monday by Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) [advocacy website]. [read post]
23 Aug 2012, 6:10 pm
Under the Autonomous Sanctions Act 2011 (Cth), Australia implements autonomous financial sanctions targeting situations of concern in Burma, Syria and Zimbabwe, and supplementing United Nations Security Council financial sanctions in relation to the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Iran and Libya. [read post]
23 Aug 2012, 12:47 pm
" Finnerty and Marcus explain how this stuff works among the Kachin of North Burma: The ancestors of every lineage became masha nats, “ancestor spirits,” and every household had shrines to them. [read post]
21 Aug 2012, 2:43 am
The Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups (Miscellaneous Amendments) Order 2012 The Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 (Controlled Activity and Prescribed Criteria) Regulations 2012 The Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups (Miscellaneous Amendments) Order 2012 The Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 (Controlled Activity and Prescribed Criteria) Regulations 2012 The Export Control (Syria and Burma Sanctions Amendment) and Miscellaneous Revocations Order 2012 The Police Act 1997 (Criminal Records… [read post]
18 Aug 2012, 12:09 pm
[JURIST] Myanmar president Thein Sein [BBC profile] on Friday announced the creation of a 27-member commission tasked with investigating the cause of the sectarian violence between Rohingya Muslims and Rakhine Buddhists. [read post]
13 Aug 2012, 3:57 pm
Ryan's worst vote in support of trade barriers is easily his 1999 support for steel quotas - an utterly indefensible vote - but, other than a few votes related to national security (Cuba, Burma, etc.), a couple inexplicable votes against letting Mexican trucks travel on US roads, and those aforementioned trade remedies votes, he's been quite good since the early 2000s. [read post]
12 Aug 2012, 10:20 am
Getting things right in Burma will be no easy task. [read post]
9 Aug 2012, 12:47 pm
The eight countries that were recommended to be re-designated as CPC’s were Burma, China, Eritrea, Iran, North Korea, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, and Uzbekistan. [read post]
8 Aug 2012, 9:00 am
Human rights - Two recent reports, one by the United Nations and one by the non-governmental organization Human Rights Watch (HRW), have pointed out continuing, serious human rights problems in Burma (Myanmar). [read post]
7 Aug 2012, 11:59 am
Beyond the dealings with Iran, the banking regulator said it had discovered evidence that Standard Chartered operated “similar schemes” to do business with other countries under United States sanctions, including Myanmar (formerly Burma), Libya and Sudan. [read post]
