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Kris Newswire, is the Asia-Pacific leader in news and press release distribution. Public relations and investor relations professionals rely on Kris Newswire [...]

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Asia Mining News: Australia, Indonesia, Philippines, Myanmar

Mining Law Changes: Australia, Indonesia, Philippines
Shayne Heffernan is one of the leading legal advisors on Mining Law in Asia, Shayne Heffernan holds a Ph.D. in Economics and brings with him over 25 years of trading experience in Asia and hands on experience in Venture Capital, he has been involved in several start ups that have [...]

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Suu Kyi party to register for Myanmar elections

Democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi’s opposition announced its return to Myanmar’s political arena Friday, as the country’s nascent reforms received a dramatic seal of approval from the United States.
After speaking directly to Nobel laureate Suu Kyi for the first time, in a call from Air Force One, US President Barack Obama said Hillary Clinton [...]

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Obama: Clinton to travel to Myanmar

BALI, Indonesia (AP) — Detecting “flickers of progress” in the long shunned and sanctioned nation of Myanmar, President Barack Obama announced Friday that he will send Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton to the repressed country next month, the first official in her position to visit in more than 50 years.
“We want to seize [...]

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Suu Kyi ‘likely’ to stand in Myanmar by-election

Myanmar’s democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi is likely to contest an upcoming by-election, a party spokesman said Saturday, paving the way for a political comeback after years of exclusion by army generals.
Her National League for Democracy (NLD), delisted last year for boycotting the first elections for 20 years, will consider on Friday [...]

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Call for all Myanmar political inmates to be freed

YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — A human rights group and prominent activist on Thursday called for Myanmar to free all of its political prisoners after only about 10 percent of an estimated 2,000 were released under a presidential amnesty.
The Thailand-based Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (Burma) said the amnesty for 6,359 convicts was insincere and primarily an effort to appease [...]

Read More » No commentOctober 14, 2011

Myanmar opposition frustrated by prisoner amnesty

Myanmar faced growing calls Thursday to free its remainingpolitical prisoners as the opposition expressed disappointment with a much-anticipated amnesty that left most key dissidents behind bars.
The regime pardoned about 200 political prisoners, according to pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy (NLD) party, but kept most of its roughly 2,000 political detainees locked up.
“There are still many prisoners who [...]

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Some Myanmar political prisoners kept in jail

YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — Myanmar freed comedian and government critic Zarganar as it began releasing 6,300 convicts in a liberalizing move Wednesday, but kept several key political detainees behind bars, dampening hopes for a broader amnesty.
Relatives of convicts gathered expectantly at prisons around the country and held emotional reunions with those released, a day after [...]

Read More » No commentOctober 12, 2011

Myanmar frees dozens of political prisoners

Myanmar freed dozens of political prisoners on Wednesday, including a comedian who is one of its most famous dissidents, in a further sign of change in the authoritarian state after decades of repression.
The release of roughly 2,000 political detainees including pro-democracy campaigners, journalists, monks and lawyers, has long been a key demand of Western powers [...]

Read More » No commentOctober 12, 2011

Attack on Chinese boats in Mekong River kills 11

Eleven Chinese were killed and two missing after their cargo boats were attacked in the golden triangle area of the Mekong River, state media said on Sunday.
The two ships, the Hua Ping and Yu Xing 8, were attacked on October 5, according to the Xinhua news agency, which said China’s leaders were “paying close attention [...]

Read More » No commentOctober 10, 2011