Land conflicts in Burma have escalated in recent years, with military and armed groups driving people from their land, and new laws failing to protect farmers, says a rights watchdog.
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According to the President’s Office, the company gave the 5 million kyat bribe to the assistant of an unnamed official.
Thein Sein has scheduled a law limiting business monopolisation to take effect in 2017, guaranteeing his government will not have to pursue its mandate.
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Burmese tycoon Zaw Zaw’s attempt to take over a listed Singaporean company has been blocked by stock market regulators citing concerns about his continued presence on the US government’s Burma sanctions list
The National League for Democracy donated more than 12.8 million Kyat to migrant schools on the Thai-Burma border with money it raised during a controversial fundraiser
Opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi has criticised a provision in Burma’s controversial 2008 constitution, which prohibits her from becoming president in 2015 because her family members are foreign citizens
If Burma’s reforms stay on track, its growth rate could be on par with Asia’s fastest growing economies according to the Asian Development Bank; however, experts fear the nation’s wealth may remain concentrated in the hands of a few
Investors are flocking to Burma’s in hordes to inspect the resource-rich country, but few are prepared to put money on the table as cronies and poor infrastructure plague the country
