Burma  News

FEATURE - More cows than cars in Myanmar's new capital Reuters via Yahoo! Asia News Mon, 18 Sep 2006 0:58 AM PDT YANGON (Reuters) - It is nearly a year since Myanmar's military rulers abruptly abandoned their leafy, colonial-era capital in favour of a "command and control" centre in jungle-clad hills along the road to Mandalay. Roundup: Myanmar steps up levying taxes to raise state revenue People's Daily Mon, 18 Sep 2006 2:40 AM PDT Myanmar has taken some new measures to tighten levying of taxes to raise state revenue, local media said. Indo-Myanmar border to be fenced rediff.com Mon, 18 Sep 2006 2:29 AM PDT Only 52 km out of the 1,643 km stretch of international border with Myanmar is manned by Indian security forces. Myanmar dissidents mark anniversary of military crackdown New Kerala Mon, 18 Sep 2006 1:38 AM PDT Bangkok, Sep 18: Pro-democracy dissidents demonstrated Monday outside Bangkok's Myanmar embassy to mark the 18th anniversary of the military's brutal suppression of the 1988 uprising that left an estimated 3,000 protestors dead. Myanmar to levy income tax on sale of assets of foreign oil companies People's Daily Sun, 17 Sep 2006 10:55 PM PDT Foreign companies engaged in oil and gas projects in Myanmar are to pay income tax for sale of assets under a fresh measure taken by the Myanmar finance authorities, according to a report of the local Weekly Eleven News Monday. Security Council votes to put Myanmar on agenda Indiana Statesman Sun, 17 Sep 2006 8:31 PM PDT The Issue The United Nations Security Council voted on Saturday to put Myanmar (Burma) on its agenda, a crucial first step in bringing the repressive military junta under international scrutiny. The junta is the group of military personnel, as well as their aides, who forcibly seized power during the early 1960s. Myanmar tightens levying income tax on foreign workers People's Daily Sun, 17 Sep 2006 10:55 PM PDT Myanmar has tightened levying income tax on individual foreigners working in the country as part of a bid to normalize its loose taxation measures, the local Weekly Eleven News reported Monday. Long-neck refugees get Thai "human zoo" treatment Reuters via Yahoo! News Mon, 18 Sep 2006 0:45 AM PDT For the past two decades, hundreds of ethnic Padaung "long-neck" people from military-ruled Myanmar have enjoyed relative peace and security as refugees in the hills of northern Thailand. Debate on Yangon junta welcomed Gulf Times Mon, 18 Sep 2006 7:23 AM PDT YANGON: The party of detained opposition figure Aung San Suu Kyi yesterday welcomed the United Nations’ decision to add Myanmar to its list of nations that represent threats to international peace and security. UN Security Council votes to hear Burma issue INQ7.net Sun, 17 Sep 2006 3:39 PM PDT A PARTY-LIST lawmaker has hailed the inclusion of the issue of Burma (Myanmar) in the agenda of the United Nations Security Council, calling it a “major victory� for rights crusaders in Asia.