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NARCOTICS valued by the government at US$862 million were
destroyed during a ceremony held in Yangon last Thursday to
mark the United Nations Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit
Trafficking.
The ceremony came just over a week after the
UN Office on Drugs and Crime said opium poppy cultivation in
Myanmar this year was down 24 per cent on 2002. [FullStory] | |
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THE government has granted the International
Committee of the Red Cross access to some members of the
National League for Democracy who were placed under protective
custody following the May 30 incident in Sagaing
Division. A six-member team led by the head of ICRC’s
Yangon office, Mr Michel Ducraux, visited the detained NLD
members during visits last week to Sagaing and Mandalay
divisions. [Fullstory] |
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THE government has urged Western
countries to put aside ‘politics’ and work with Myanmar
in combating narcotic drugs. [Fullstory] | |
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A JOINT venture agreement for a second
international carrier, United Myanmar Airlines, is
expected to be signed in early July, the company’s chief
executive officer, Mr Edward Tan, said last week. [Fullstory] | |
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DOCUMENTARY about one of Myanmar’s most fascinating
ethnic groups, the Naga, had its Asian premiere in
Yangon last week. [Fullstory] | | |