71 - 80 of 239 results for "Myanmar"

  1. 71. business | 24 May 2013

    SMEs urged to invest in Myanmar

    AEC SEMINAR

    Newspaper section: Business

    » With ample business opportunities arising from the upcoming Asean Economic Community (AEC), Thai businesses are urged to set up a foothold in neighbouring Southeast Asian nations despite unclear investment regulations in...

  2. 72. news | 06 May 2013

    Myanmar delays 'drugs-free' target amid narcotics boom

    By AFP

    » Myanmar has delayed by five years its deadline to eliminate drug production within its borders, a senior official said Monday, as the impoverished nation struggles to stem a growing narcotics crisis.

  3. 73. news | 30 Mar 2013

    Toll in Myanmar riots reaches 43

    By AFP

    » YANGON - The death toll from recent communal violence in central Myanmar has risen to 43 with more than 1,300 homes and other buildings destroyed, state media reported.

  4. 74. news | 25 Apr 2013

    Myanmar to revive 'Death Railway'

    By AFP

    » An elegant cemetery in strife-torn southeast Myanmar has long stood as a lonely testament to the fate of thousands of prisoners of war who died building Japan's "Death Railway".

  5. 75. news | 23 Apr 2013

    Myanmar drops Davis Cup ties

    By AFP

    » Myanmar has cancelled a series of Davis Cup matches in Yangon after security fears were raised following a recent outbreak of religious violence, local tennis officials said Tuesday.

  6. 76. news | 16 Apr 2013

    Myanmar peace hinges on powerful interests, experts say

    By AFP

    » Myanmar must negotiate a web of vested interests if it is to end conflict with rebels in its far north and bring a halt to civil wars that have wracked the country for decades, experts say.

  7. 77. news | 05 Apr 2013

    Indonesia holds 35 Rohingya Muslims from Myanmar

    By AFP

    » Indonesian police on Friday arrested 35 Muslim Rohingya from Myanmar who planned to make the treacherous sea crossing to Australia to seek asylum, a spokeswoman said.

  8. 78. business | 04 Apr 2013

    Saha unit set to make cosmetics in Myanmar

    BEAUTY

    By Pitsinee Jitpleecheep, Newspaper section: Business

    » O.C.C. Plc, the Saha Group's fashion and beauty product subsidiary, will produce cosmetics for Myanmar as part of its plan to double sales to 3 billion baht within the next five years.

  9. 79. news | 01 Apr 2013

    Daily papers hit Myanmar news stands

    By AFP

    » Privately owned daily newspapers hit Myanmar's streets for the first time in decades on Monday under new freedoms that represent a revolution for a media shackled under military rule.

  10. 80. news | 28 Mar 2013

    Myanmar president rejects religious extremism

    By AFP

    » Myanmar President Thein Sein on Thursday vowed a tough response to religious extremists after a wave of deadly Buddhist-Muslim violence in the former army-ruled nation.

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