Locals coerced into joining USDA

DVB – Yee May Aung : Residents of Hlaing Tharyar township in Rangoon have complained that the government-backed Union Solidarity and Development Association is forcing locals to join the organisation against their will.

Air Bagan flight overruns runway, no passenger injured

Mizzima News – Maung Dee : A domestic passenger carrier flight broke down at an airport in Northern Burma on Tuesday afternoon after failing to take-off due to engine failure.

The Air Bagan flight, scheduled to take off for Myit Kyi Na to Putao town in Burma’s northern state of Kachin, broke down after overrunning the airport’s runway for nearly three hundred feet as it fail to take-off, a source close to the airline said.

Myanmar-Japan trade up 33 per cent last year

Earth Times UK : Bilateral trade between Myanmar and Japan reached 322 million dollars in fiscal year 2006/07, up 33 per cent on the previous year, media reports said Tuesday. Myanmar’s fiscal year ends on March 31.