Bangkok Informer

Nok Air’s planned resumption of international flights will focus solely on Myanmar, where it plans to capture a new travel segment largely untapped by other airlines. Bangkok Post The Thai budget airline wants to penetrate various Myanmar cities by staging flights from Thai provincial airports in Mae Sot, Chiang Mai and Ranong, said deputy chief [...]

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Myanmar has announced that 12 applicants have been pre-qualified to submit applications to compete for two telecommunications licences, the tender evaluation and selection committee announced on Thursday. Full News here – NationMultimedia.com –

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Thirteen Myanmar soldiers were killed and two others went missing in a clash with unidentified armed forces at the border area of southern Ranong province, the same location where 92 Thais were arrested last year, a Thai military officer said yesterday. Full News here – NationMultimedia.com – National

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Smoke rises from burning houses around a mosque in riot-hit Meiktila in central Myanmar on Thursday   YANGON – Buddhist monks armed with swords and machetes stalked the streets of a city in central Myanmar on Friday where sectarian violence has left about 20 people dead and begun to spread to other areas, according to [...]

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Yangon – President Thein Sein declared a state of emergency on Friday in central Myanmar where fighting between Buddhist and Muslim communities has left seven dead and scores injured. Full News here – NationMultimedia.com – Breakingnews

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The issue of the Rohingya and violence in Myanmar’s western state of Rakhine will never be resolved unless the elite in the country adjust their attitude towards this ethnic minority and include them in the notion of a state. Full News here – NationMultimedia.com – National

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Taj Meadows, a Google spokesman in Tokyo, said that he could not immediately provide specifics about the warnings,   BANGKOK -  Several journalists who cover Burma say they have received warnings from Google that their email accounts might have been hacked by ”state-sponsored attackers”. The warnings began appearing last week, said the journalists, who included [...]

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Myanmar yesterday urged Thailand to speed up registration of migrant workers from the country, with 1 million of them and hundreds of thousands of their children still undocumented as the deadline nears. Full News here – NationMultimedia.com – National

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House Standing Committee on State Security chairman Weng Tojirakan yesterday discussed the Rohingya migrant issue and recommended talks with Myanmar to repatriate them or contact the United Nations to find a third country to take them in. Full News here – NationMultimedia.com – National

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House Standing Committee on State Security chairman Weng Tojirakan Wednesday discussed the Rohingya migrant issue and recommended talks with Myanmar to repatriate them or contact the United Nations to find a third country to take them in. Full News here – NationMultimedia.com – Breakingnews

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Advanced Info Service (AIS) and True Corp have joined the fray along with global telecom giants in submitting expressions of interest for telecom licences to be issued in Myanmar. The Nation Somprasong Boonyachai, vice chairman of AIS board, said AIS had submitted an expression of interest to the Myanmar government. True chief executive officer Suphachai [...]

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Advanced Info Service (AIS) and True Corp have joined the fray along with global telecom giants in submitting expressions of interest for telecom licences to be issued in Myanmar. Full News here – NationMultimedia.com – Business

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Yangon – Myanmar welcomed a ceasefire proposal by Kachin insurgents who have been a target of an army offensive for the past 19 months, media reports said Saturday. Full News here – NationMultimedia.com – Breakingnews

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  Myanmar Associates, publishers of The Myanmar Business Report, a monthly e-newsletter since January 2012, have announced the launch of the Myanmar Business to Business Directory. Benefits of a no-cost membership include a listing in one or more of the directory’s dozens of industry specific categories, and access to the other content in the site. [...]

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Host nation Myanmar’s controversial decision to drop five Olympic sports from this year’s Southeast Asian Games will meet opposition from member nations at the SEA Games Federation Council Assembly on Sunday. Full News here – NationMultimedia.com – Sports

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