The amended Foreign Investment Law will no longer require foreigners to establish businesses with Burmese citizens and will grant them a five-year tax holiday. The bill, passed by Parliament on Friday, must be signed by the president to become law.
Tuesday, 20 March 2012, 11:35 am Speech: OHCHR Statement by the Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights in Myanmar, Mr. Tomás Ojea Quintana (Human Rights Council, 19th Session ,12 March 2012) Madame President, Excellencies, Distinguished Delegates, Ladies and Gentleman, I address you today at this key moment for Myanmar. Since its formation on 1 April 2011, the Government has undertaken a number of reforms resulting in the adoption of new...
Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh: A Burmese national was arrested at Bangladesh Burma border by Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) on March 18, while he was penetrating to Bangladesh, according to BGB official.
By Zin Linn Human Rights Watch (Asia Division) held a press conference concerning a new report – ‘Untold Miseries: Wartime Abuses and Forced Displacement in Kachin State’ – at Foreign Correspondents’ Club of Thailand (FCCT) in Bangkok today. Phil Robertson (Deputy Director, Asia Division, HRW) and Matthew F. Smith, (Consultant, Asia Division, HRW) presented the findings of the report at the press panel and they also answered the questions made by the journalists and a few other participants.
by ASEAN News Desk (JAKARTA, 20 March 2012) – ASEAN and the United Nations share many goals and common objectives, and although the two differ in size and complexity, there are still many areas where the two organisations complement each other. This opens up opportunities for the two bodies to exchange ideas and cooperate on many issues.
Rangoon-based The Voice Weekly is facing a defamation lawsuit for printing allegations of government corruption. (Photo: The Voice Weekly) The Burmese Ministry of Mining has followed through on its threat and filed a lawsuit against The Voice Weekly journal after allegations of corruption were reported last week. The director of the Ministry of Mining lodged a defamation lawsuit against the Rangoon-based publication at Dagon Township Court in the city late last week, claims a court official would asked to remain anonymous.