VOLUNTARY service organisation Kiwanis Malaysia has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Unicef Malaysia to raise funds in aid of cyclone Nargis survivors. The MoU signed yesterday would see funds raised by Kiwanis Malaysia “Myanmar Relief Fund” channelled to Myanmar through Unicef...
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Asia-Pacific powers opened key security talks Thursday focusing on coordinated civilian-military relief operations during disasters after tens of thousands of people died in the Myanmar cyclone and China earthquake in May.
SINGAPORE_The United States praised Southeast Asia's main grouping as a forum to "rally and try to solve problems," despite its lack of success in mediating an escalating Thai-Cambodia border dispute. A day after failing to...
Exactly one week after the United States House of Representatives passed the Block Burmese Jade Act, the Senate on Tuesday unanimously approved the bill, which blocks American companies from importing gemstones from Burma and...
At least 3,000 people have been infected with dengue fever in Myanmar so far this year, the local 7-Day news journal reported Wednesday without specifying the number of deaths caused by the disease. Fresh dengue fever broke out...