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Factories consider lay-offs in response to minimum wage
After the government set the basic wage at 3,600 kyat (US$3) per day, some factory owners have considered redundancy rather than pay workers the increase.
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Angelina Jolie, Suu Kyi tour Rangoon factories
UN goodwill envoy Angelina Jolie joins Aung San Suu Kyi on a visit to Hlaing Tharyar industrial zone to speak with female workers about working conditions.
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200,000 jobs at stake as garment factories threaten closures
Foreign and domestic factory representatives say the proposed minimum wage is unaffordable.
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Thai fish factories scaling down abuses: NGO
Following up on reports of poor working conditions in Thai fish factories, a Finnish NGO finds the situation improved, but problems persist for migrant workers.
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Govt suing factories for polluting Taungthaman Lake
The 12-kilmetre lake is one of the region’s best known landmarks and is home to the world famous U Bein Bridge.
Gap’s report on supplier factories detail problems
The US Embassy of Burma released a report on Thursday voluntarily submitted by US retailer Gap Inc. detailing the compliance issues found in their two factories initially and the improvements made.
BUSINESS – Garment factories bid for Thilawa
Garment manufacturing accounts for approximately 60 percent of proposed investments in the Thilawa Special Economic Zone (SEZ), according to the zone’s Public Holdings chair Win Aung, who also heads the[…]
Power cuts force factories to close
Factories in Rangoon’s industrial zone are closing because of government imposed power cuts to combat widespread electricity shortages.
Shan army seizes ‘heroin factories’
Bases belonging to pro-junta Pa-O militia rumoured to be stocking material for heroin production raided as US releases damning drugs report
04:00 PM, 14 February 2021 News Briefing
Pyidaungsu Hluttaw Representative Committee formed by elected MPs announced today that the 2 recent amended laws, Ward and Village Tract Administration Law, and Protection of the citizen for the personal[…]
Drug woes in Burma may spur on peace
Burma has promised to speed up peace efforts with ethnic minority groups in order to better tackle drug trafficking across its borders.
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Garment industry gears up for rise in minimum wage
The minimum wage will rise from 3600 kyats ($2.70) to 4,800 kyats per day, but for some workers, fears have been raised it may come at the cost of other existing benefits.
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Thai court orders migrant rights activist Andy Hall to pay over $300,000
A court in Thailand on Monday ordered a migrant workers advocate to pay 10 million baht ($321,000) in damages to a Thai fruit company in the latest round of a long-running legal battle between the two parties.
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Thai PM hears Burmese migrant workers’ concerns
Surachai told DVB that migrant fishermen are frequently threatened by Thai authorities and bosses if they raise their concerns.
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Trafficking, debt bondage rampant in Thai fishing industry: study
More than a third of migrant fishermen in Thailand clearly were victims of trafficking over the past five years and even more workers in the industry were possibly trafficked as well, according to a report published on Thursday.
State counsellor touts peace efforts in visit to Burma heartland
State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi told villagers at the heart of the country on Monday that talks with ethnic rebels must be a priority, after putting peace negotiations ahead of economic reforms in her first months in power.
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Migrants face deportation from Malaysia
Malaysia has some two million registered migrant workers but also an equal number of undocumented ones.
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Burmese migrant exodus spreads to southern Thailand
More than 1,000 Burmese migrants have returned via the Maw Taung border checkpoint in Tenasserim, with perhaps a similar number crossing at Kawthaung, the southernmost port in Burma.
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Climate of uncertainty fuels anxiety, exodus in Dry Zone
A changing climate is putting downward pressure on residents in Burma’s Dry Zone, where farming families stretch back generations.
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Too young to toil: Burma’s child labour epidemic
The government has taken the first step to address the rampant problem of child labour throughout the country by drafting a five-year National Action Plan to eliminate child labour.
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Over 300 Burmese migrants arrested in Mae Sot
Moe Gyo said that Thai police inspected farms, crafts workshops and small businesses, mostly focusing on workplaces that are not officially registered.
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160,000 Burmese working abroad thanks to MoU scheme: Govt
Burma and Japan are currently negotiating a fresh MoU aimed at creating technical training programmes in Japan, as well as protecting trainees’ rights.
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In Burma, garment industry booms — and labour unions pay the price
Discrimination against workers standing up for their rights in Burma’s garment industry was highlighted this month after a union leader was fired at a factory supplying fashion brand H&M.
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Rohingya refugees sucked into booming Bangladesh drug trade
Bangladesh says the influx of Rohingya fleeing Buddhist-majority Burma is partly to blame for soaring methamphetamine use in its cities.
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Rethinking Burma’s waterways through Foucault’s biopolitics
Perspectives on Burma’s waterways have been polarised into two competing positions: focusing on developing its vast hydropower potential and advocating for local communities’ needs and concerns.
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Climate change-affected soybean farmers get new seeds, technology
For many small farmers in southern Shan State, where roughly one-quarter of all of Burma’s soybean is grown, harvests have declined in quality and volume, putting pressure on livelihoods.
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Malaysian police detain factory boss as suspect in Burmese migrants’ murder
Malaysian police detained 15 suspects after the grisly murder of five Burmese migrant workers outside the factory where they worked in Kuala Lumpur.
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Burma’s breakneck growth brings surge in fuel oil shipping from Singapore
Burma’s oil imports are surging to fuel a fast-growing economy and rebuild rotting infrastructure, creating a small but profitable route for ships making a beeline for the emerging Southeast Asian nation from the regional hub of Singapore.
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Interview: Migrants ‘need to tell their story’
A new exhibition at Rangoon’s Deitta Gallery explores the lives of Burmese migrants in Thailand.
