Suu Kyi’s party drops first hints on plans – Nikkei Asian Review
YANGON - In a rare discussion of the party's economic thinking, Han Tha Myint said the NLD wants to press on with the liberalization of the banking sector. In October…
Malarial malady in Myanmar – The Edge Review
YANGON - The emergence of malarial parasites resistant to the front-line treatment artemisinin could put hundreds of millions of people are at risk, according to new research in The Lancet.…
Myanmar education battleground sees a rare compromise – Nikkei Asian Review
YANGON - After 3 months of protest, a Feb. 10 deal on education reform allows activists help revise a divisive education law passed last year. Zaw Htay, a senior officer…
A doctor for Timor’s growing pains – The Edge Review
YANGON - Gusmão's tenure saw economic growth hit double digits on the back of oil and gas revenues. New roads have been built, linking isolated mountain villages to nearby towns,…
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Indonesia’s eel pioneer pins hopes on “Jawa Unagi” – Nikkei Asian Review
PELABUHAN RATU, INDONESIA -- This small fishing town on Java's southwest coast is best known for the legendary sea queen Nyi Roro Kidul, a spurned princess turned mermaid who is…
Gusmao resigns as East Timor PM – Nikkei Asian Review
JAKARTA - Xanana Gusmao, the former leader of East Timor’s separatist revolt against Indonesian rule, resigned as the young country’s prime minister on Friday morning. The move follows a year…
Blood on their minds – The Edge Review
JAKARTA - In a darkened university classroom in east Jakarta earlier this week, 50 or so students looked straight ahead, silent. On screen in front, a shrivelled, twitchy old man…