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US dilutes Burma investment reporting requirements

Rights groups criticised the move, which they said would increase the risk of undermining political and economic reforms.

Over 1,000 in Mandalay protest mining activities

The mining sector in Burma receives flak, with protestors taking to the streets in Wetthay and Phetshay villages in Thabeikkyin, Mandalay.

NGOs say Burma’s military continues to abuse

A new report by ND-Burma has revealed more than 100 cases of human rights violations committed by the Burmese military in the second half of 2013 including torture, rape, extra-judicial killing, land grabs, unlawful arrests and detentions, arbitrary taxation and forced labour.

Poor governance in Burma’s extractive sector risks fuelling abuses: report

An influx of foreign investment in Burma’s extractive industries is likely to fuel human rights abuses and environmental degradation across the country, a new report warned on Wednesday

Burma fails on natural resource governance: report

Burma has the worst record on natural resource governance in the entire world, according to a new international study, which activists on Thursday described as a “warning” to global investors eyeing oil and gas deals in the country

Burma eyes ‘symbolic’ energy deals with the West

A number of lucrative energy contracts are likely to be handed to Western firms in April, when the Burmese government is set to open a long-awaited bidding round for some two dozen off-shore oil and gas tenders

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