KIA deputy in landmark Rangoon speech – The Irrawaddy
http://www.irrawaddy.org/burma/kia-deputy-landmark-rangoon-speech.html RANGOON — The Kachin Independence Army’s (KIA) deputy chief of staff on Tuesday evening addressed a packed hall...
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In Burma, “some things have changed, some things not yet” – Irish Examiner
Burma’s political glasnost sheds light on vast economic challenges facing one of the world’s poorest countries SIMON ROUGHNEEN IN...
Could Myanmar’s economic reform bring business to war-torn border regions? – Christian Science Monitor
http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Asia-Pacific/2012/0910/Could-Myanmar-s-economic-reform-bring-business-to-war-torn-ethnic-regions Myanmar has passed a new foreign direct investment law. Now a cease-fire in the country’s Karen state has...