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231. travel | 25 Apr 2013
Mists of mystique
By Karnjana Karnjanatawe, Newspaper section: Life
» Fog blankets the Mon community in Sangkhla Buri district, on the Thailand-Myanmar border in Kanchanaburi province, before dawn breaks. Visitors with cameras poised stand on the famous Mon Bridge, the longest hand-made wo...
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232. business | 03 Jun 2013
Asian flavour and the global market
Commentary: Umesh Pandey
Newspaper section: Asia focus
» Myanmar is the flavour of the week as its capital city prepares to play host to the World Economic Forum East Asia 2013 from Wednesday to Friday. The usual crowd of global deep thinkers and high rollers will gather in Na...
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233. news | 19 May 2013
Myanmar's foreign arrivals up 44%
» YANGON - Foreign arrivals at Yangon airport during the first four months of the year jumped 44% year-on-year, with Europeans accounting for about one-third, reports said Sunday.
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234. travel | 30 May 2013
On the road in Myanmar
TRAVEL SCRAPBOOK
By Peerawat Jariyasombat, Newspaper section: Life
» On a country road, I make my way past vast rice paddies that extend all the way to the horizon. Except for a few thatched-roof huts under the shade of a Mon-style golden pagoda, there is nothing else to interrupt the stu...
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235. news | 27 May 2013
Suu Kyi slams Rohingya 2-child limit
By AP
» YANGON - Opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, rights groups and Islamic leaders expressed dismay on Monday over plans by authorities in western Myanmar to revive a two-child limit on Muslim Rohingya families, a policy tha...
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236. business | 20 May 2013
China in the lead
Newspaper section: Asia focus
» Dawei got off to a slow start, with Italian-Thai Development Plc (ITD) struggling to secure financing. Investors were concerned that the new government did not seem as keen on Dawei as the military junta that awarded the...
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237. news | 02 Jun 2013
Drug courier killed in Chiang Rai clash
» A drug courier was killed and 290,000 methamphetamine pills seized after a clash between a ranger patrol and a group of drug smugglers near the Thai-Myanmar border in Mae Fa Luang district of Chiang Rai province on Satur...
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238. business | 06 Jun 2013
Challenges facing agriculture in SE Asia
» Agriculture has been an engine for economic growth and development in Southeast Asia, lifting millions out of poverty and positioning the region and potential powerhouses, such as Myanmar, to be a source of global food s...
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239. news | 28 Apr 2013
Foreign monks 'ain't misbehaving'
By Tunya Sukpanich, Newspaper section: Spectrum
» The abbot of Bangkok's Wat Talom knows that the growing number of foreign monks staying there is causing disquiet in the local community, following complaints of overcrowding, soliciting cash and "improper" behaviour...
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240. opinion | 20 Jun 2013
Sectarian strife needs Asean response
RELIGION
Newspaper section: News
» A regional response is urgently required to stop the escalating Buddhist-Muslim violence in the Asean region. The risk of a deadly regional backlash, stemming from religious hatred campaigns led by Buddhists extremist gr...
