Monday, February 20, 2017

The Irrawaddy Magazine

The Irrawaddy Magazine

Multi-Billion Dollar Rangoon Southwest Expansion Set to Begin

Posted: 20 Feb 2017 07:22 AM PST

The Rangoon chief minister pledged to review all controversial city expansion projects and prioritize the public good over corporate interests.

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Mon State Chief Minister Resigns

Posted: 20 Feb 2017 07:02 AM PST

'[U Min Min Oo] took responsibility and decided to resign, due to his leadership performance in the government,' says NLD party spokesman U Win Htein.

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Construction Guidelines Unclear in Coastal Areas

Posted: 20 Feb 2017 04:42 AM PST

A survey found around one dozen three-story buildings in Ngapali that breach height guidelines provided by the Ministry of Hotels and Tourism.

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Foreigner Dies in Apparent Suicide on Mount Zwekabin

Posted: 20 Feb 2017 04:32 AM PST

The French tourist's body—with fractures to the head, hip, leg, and hand—is found in a tree about 52 meters (170 feet) below the summit.

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‘If We Waited for Aid From the Govt, the IDPs Would Have Starved’

Posted: 20 Feb 2017 04:05 AM PST

Sai Ba Nyan, volunteer vice chairman of a northern Shan State IDP camp with more than 900 people, feels that Burma's govt has forgotten about them.

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Scuffles at Dhammakaya Temple in Bangkok as Police Hunt Monk

Posted: 19 Feb 2017 11:34 PM PST

The standoff at the scandal-hit Dhammakaya Temple represents one of the biggest challenges to the authority of Thailand's junta since it took power in 2014.

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UWSA to Host Summit of Ethnic Armed Groups

Posted: 19 Feb 2017 11:13 PM PST

As in previous meetings, the Wa invite to Panghsang mainly ethnic armed groups that are non-signatories to the nationwide ceasefire agreement.

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Two Soldiers Injured in Arakan State Clash

Posted: 19 Feb 2017 08:37 PM PST

Government security forces are ambushed by 30 unidentified gunmen on the border with Bangladesh.

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National News

National News

Foreign visitor arrivals in Mandalay up 25pc

Posted: 19 Feb 2017 11:58 PM PST

Tourist arrivals in Mandalay Region increased by about 25 percent in 2016, and there are plans to attract more visitors, said U San Yu, deputy director general of the Directorate of Hotels and Tourism for upper Myanmar.

Burnt-out Chin State’s Mindat market to be rebuilt

Posted: 19 Feb 2017 11:54 PM PST

The municipal market in Chin State's Mindat township which was destroyed in a fire a year ago will be rebuilt with reserve funds of K315.008 million allocated by the Union government, Deputy Minister for Planning and Finance U Maung Maung Win told the Amyotha Hluttaw yesterday.

Data centre for visitors to Bagan

Posted: 19 Feb 2017 11:51 PM PST

The Bagan Visitor Data Centre which will serve local and foreign visitors to the Bagan Archaeological Zone will be completed in March, Daw Yu Yu Lin, assistant project manager for the Bagan Tourism Development Project of JICA (Japan International Cooperation Agency) said on February 17.

Myanmar’s Ayeyarwady dolphin population grows to 70

Posted: 19 Feb 2017 11:49 PM PST

A Recent survey has found that the critically endangered Ayeyarwady dolphin population in the Ayeyarwady River has increased by five to 70, according to an official involved in the conservation of the species.

UWSA hosts conference for non-signatories

Posted: 19 Feb 2017 11:44 PM PST

The United Wa State Army is hosting a summit for non-signatory armed ethnic groups to the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement (NCA) at its capital Pangkham from February 21, said officials from the invited groups.

EU-standard forestry agreement to be set up

Posted: 19 Feb 2017 11:40 PM PST

The Forest Law, Enforcement, Governance and Trade (FLEGT) agreement is being drawn up to develop good forestry administration that supports the development of the state, safeguards the public's economy and protects the natural resources of the forests.

Kachin armed groups want ‘terrorist’ label removed

Posted: 19 Feb 2017 11:37 PM PST

Armed ethnic groups in Kachin say the government's branding of them as 'terrorist organisations' is an obstacle to the peace process and want the label removed.

Former KNU leader’s family barred entry into Myanmar

Posted: 19 Feb 2017 11:27 PM PST

The family of former Karen rebel leader Padoh Mahn Shar was denied entry to Myanmar to attend the unveiling of his statue in the Ayeyarwady Region last week, according to his daughter.

CHDB, Korean bank sign housing MoU

Posted: 19 Feb 2017 11:14 PM PST

The Construction and Housing Development Bank (CHDB) under the Ministry of Construction has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Korea-based KB Kookmin Bank to provide housing microfinance to those from the low-income bracket in Myanmar.

Mon Chief Minister to quit posts, party

Posted: 19 Feb 2017 11:13 PM PST

Following complaints over his leadership, Mon State Chief Minister U Min Min Oo has resigned from his posts in the National League for Democracy (NLD)-led government.
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Shan Herald Agency for News

Shan Herald Agency for News

Commentary on "Relatives barred from Padoh Mahn Sha statue ceremony"

Posted: 19 Feb 2017 05:11 PM PST

Reminds me of our meeting with Padoh Mahn Sha, together with David Tharkabaw, Saw Sarkis and my wife some two years before he was assassinated.


Through correspondence with him, I came to know on how he was thinking in terms of ethnic struggle for self-determination and national unity.

His wisdom is that in order to achieve self-determination rights for the non-Bamar ethnic nationalities, they need to work in unison militarily and politically. Besides, the ethnic should and must seek cooperation and coordination with the like-minded democratic elements from the Bamar masses, political parties and even from the Burma Army.

A bold initiative at that time, as the ethnic groups only understood that the Tatmadaw or Burma Army was an evil entity and must be avoided or gotten rid of it but never to be considered as an alliance in the ethnic struggle for self-determination.

No doubt, his progressive thought has found the way, not even in the KNU but also into other ethnic resistance movements, finding large acceptance on how they should go about with their struggles.

Padoh Mahn Sha's political legacy will live on for a long time to come.

Link to the story : Relatives barred from Padoh Mahn Sha statue ceremony
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