Myanmar

Myanmar reshuffles ministerial posts

Myanmar reshuffles ministerial postsYangon  - The Myanmar minister most res

Myanmar junta arrests Aung San Suu Kyi supporters on her birthday

Aung San Suu KyiYangon - Myanmar authorities on

Myanmar needs 32 million dollars in emergency agro-aid, says FAO

Bangkok - Cyclone-damaged Myanmar needs an estimated 32 million dollars in immediate emergency aid to help 52,000 farming families plant their rice this rainy season, the Food and Agriculture Organ

Myanmar's Cyclone Nargis posed crucial test for ASEAN

Singapore - A new Association of South-East Asian Nations (ASEAN) has emerged from its achievements in cyclone-swept Myanmar, showing the world that the regional body is able to "rise to the occasi

Myanmar junta claims visas granted to 911 disaster relief workers

Yangon - Myanmar's state-run media disclosed Wednesday that the government has issued visas to a total of 911 foreign disaster relief workers since Cyclone Nargis hit the country on May 2-3, in apparent effort to counter criticisms of hindering the aid effort.

"Altogether 911 persons have been permitted to enter the country from 5 May to 5 June," said The New Light of Myanmar, a government mouthpiece.

According to the newspaper, visas have been granted to 458 people working for the United Nations and non-governmental organizations, 357 to relief workers from the Association of South-East Asian Nations (ASEAN) and 96 foreigners attending a UN-ASEAN donors meeting held last month.

30 metric tonnes of food airlifted for cyclone afflicted Myanmar

Cyclone relief to MyanmarBangalore, June 10 : As part of the humanitarian assist

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