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PRESS RELEASE: Burmese Light reveals the beauty of an ancient land

4/8/2013 4:30 AM EST  -   Kodansha Europe Ltd.
The remarkable beauty of a re-emerging land and its people is brought to life through the lens of Hans Kemp, with text by Tom Vater...
Burmese Light: Impressions of the Golden Land  by Hans Kemp, with Tom Vater; 208 pages, all colour; 245 x 195mm; published by Visionary World / May 2013.  £22 / flexibound.

Burma, or Myanmar, is an ancient land across which many cultures have flourished throughout the ages....

Mott MacDonald completes technical advisor role on Dawei Development Project, My...

2/12/2013 6:00 AM EST  -   Mott MacDonald
Mott MacDonald has completed its role as technical advisor for a new commercial gateway in Myanmar being developed in response to increased trade and economic growth in South East Asia and South China. The Dawei Development project, which is being implemented by the Dawei Development Company, includes a new deep sea port, industrial estates and transport and utility links.

Located in Muangmagan Bay, 28km north of...
CEO Dr Carl Kukkonen speaking at the Forum on Renewable Energy Development in Myanmar
 

VIASPACE CEO Presents at Asian Development Bank Renewable Energy Conference and ...

11/6/2012 8:30 AM EST  -   VIASPACE Inc.
Walnut, California VIASPACE Inc. (OTCQB: VSPC) today announced that Chief Executive Officer, Dr. Carl Kukkonen, is in Asia where he made an invited presentation at the Forum on Renewable Energy Development in Myanmar: New Directions and Investment Opportunities held November 1-2 in Nay Pyi Taw, the capital of Myanmar. The Forum was organized by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) which funds infrastructure including...
Participants in the signing ceremony in Myanmar
 

VIASPACE Signs Giant King Grass Agreement in Myanmar

10/16/2012 8:00 AM EST  -   VIASPACE Inc.
Walnut, California--- VIASPACE, Inc. (OTCQB: VSPC) today announced that it has signed business development and confidentiality agreements with JUNE Industry Ltd. of Myanmar at a ceremony held at the Chatrium Hotel in Yangon, Myanmar (former name Burma). JUNE Industry Ltd. is a member of the JUNE Group of Companies which cultivates, harvests and markets algae products.

Under the agreement, JUNE will grow Giant King™...

Live Webcast of Aung San Suu Kyi’s Nobel Lecture on 16 June

6/14/2012 8:00 AM EST  -   NOBEL MEDIA
Aung San Suu Kyi, awarded the 1991 Nobel Peace Prize for her non-violent struggle for democracy and human rights, is coming to Oslo, Norway, to deliver her Nobel Lecture on Saturday, June 16, 2012, 1:00 pm CET. The lecture will be webcast live on Nobelprize.org, the official web site of the Nobel Prize.
It has been nearly 21 years ago since Aung San Suu Kyi was awarded the 1991 Nobel Peace Prize. At the time,...

Crow Canyon Archaeological Center to Offer Tours to Namibia, Ireland and Myanmar

12/19/2011 5:28 PM EST  -   Crow Canyon Archaeological Center
(CORTEZ, Colo.)—December 19, 2011—The Crow Canyon Archaeological Center announced today its upcoming lineup of international educational travel adventures. In 2012, the Center will offer archaeological and cultural heritage tours to Namibia, Ireland and Myanmar (Burma). All tours are run by experienced Crow Canyon staff and are led by top scholars in fields specific to the areas visited.

Crow Canyon is an...

Political Prisoners in Myanmar Must Be Freed, Says Amnesty International

9/23/2010 3:21 PM EST  -   Amnesty International of the USA
(Washington, D.C.)  On the third anniversary of the violent crackdown on the “Saffron Revolution”, Amnesty International calls on the Myanmar government to immediately and unconditionally free all political prisoners arrested for their peaceful activism.

“While the international community, including Myanmar’s Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) neighbors, has been calling for free, fair and inclusive...

Amnesty International Calls on the United Nations to Establish an International ...

9/3/2010 12:23 PM EST  -   Amnesty International of the USA
(Washington, D.C.) Amnesty International is calling on the United Nations General Assembly to adopt a resolution ensuring the urgent establishment of an international commission of inquiry into serious human rights violations committed in Myanmar, including crimes against humanity and possible war crimes.  
The establishment of such a commission was recommended by the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the...