MP’s company publishes warning aimed at party chief

8-Jun-12

The Zaykabar company, which is owned by well-known business 

tycoon and Union Solidarity and Development Party’s 

parliamentarian Khin Shwe, published a statement in several weekly 

journals warning individuals against filing lawsuits that threaten 

to discredit the company.

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Riots erupt in Arakan state

8-Jun-12

Fresh riots have flared in Northern Arakan state with a group 

of Muslim residents destroying local restaurants and schools 

this afternoon as sectarian tensions boil over in the wake of 

anti-Muslim violence that left ten pilgrims dead on Sunday.

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Strikes spread to Mandalay

8-Jun-12

Widespread factory strikes in Burma that began in Rangoon’s 

Industrial Zones last month have spread to Mandalay.

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Gold rush: making it in Myanmar - how to do business in Burma

7-Jun-12

In March, Burma’s government did the unthinkable. The country which, 

to quote the Wall Street Journal, was “long dismissed as an isolated, 

paranoid military junta ruling from a fortified enclave in the middle 

of the jungle” granted fairly contested local elections 

for the first time in decades.

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Tata to Begin Truck Sales in Burma

7-Jun-12

Indian business giant Tata Motors has confirmed that 

it will soon begin selling heavy trucks to Burma as part 

of a purchase and sale agreement with Burma’s 

Apex Greatest Industrial Co.

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NGO Workshop Hints at Return of Refugees

7-Jun-12

A workshop in Mae La refugee camp by the Thai-Burmese border 

has set the groundwork for the possible repatriation 

of displaced civilians—perhaps by 2015.

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