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Khin Maung Win/Associated Press Farmers taking a break during the December harvest Traders said Myanmar's ban came after local prices of some rice grades there rose by around 15% last month, partly due to an increase in fuel prices.

Myanmar Puts Lid on Its Rice Exports Sameer Mohindru 2011

Khin Maung Win/Associated Press Laborers carry sands unloaded from a ship at a construction site in Thanlyin, outskirts of Yangon, on Wednesday.

Asia in Pictures 2011

River Gallery Khin Zaw Latt and his painting 'Crowd in the Fog,' on view at the River Gallery.

Traveling in Yangon 2011

Will Baxter for The Wall Street Journal Shukaku Inc., which is headed by senator Lao Meng Khin, according to local media reports, was given rights in 2007 to begin work on a housing and commercial development project at the Boeung Kak Lake site.

In Cambodia, No Land Title, No Rights 2010

Khin Maung Win/Associated Press Aung San Suu Kyi, center, speaking in front of paintings of herself during an art exhibition at her the headquarters of her National League for Democracy party Sunday in Yangon, Myanmar.

Transcript: Aung San Suu Kyi 2011

Khin Maung Win/Associated Press Visitors looked at portraits of Rabindranath Tagore during an exhibition to mark the Nobel Laureate's 150 birth anniversary celebrations at the Indian Embassy in Yangon, Myanmar, Monday.

India in Pictures 2011

Khin Maung Win/Associated Press Cardinal Renato Raffaele Martino, center, a Vatican envoy, was greeted by the faithful as he attended a ceremony to mark the 100th anniversary of the founding of St. Mary's Cathedral in Yangon, Myanmar, on Wednesday.

Asia in Pictures 2011

But as Khin Ohmar of Burma Partnership wrote in these pages last week, peace negotiations with ethnic armed groups cannot succeed without broader efforts to accept minorities as equals and respect their rights.

Will Burma Follow Through? 2011

Khin Mai Aung , attorney for the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund, called the plan a "major step forward."

City to Boost English Learners Lisa Fleisher 2011

Khin Maung Win/Associated Press Myanmar officials have said repeatedly in recent months that they are serious about reform.

Suu Kyi Sees a Shift in Myanmar 2011