THIS WEEK IN BURMESE BUSINESS NEWS: Mining law to be redrafted; Burma's rubber exports receive a boost; Thai pharmaceutical firm steps up presence in Burma; and read how was the country rated by the World Bank as conducive to business investment.

Thailand’s Energy Minister Pongsak Raktapongpaisal has urged his Burmese counterpart to speed up the US$12-billion Tasang hydroelectric dam project.

This week: Telecoms firms think big; Japan remains to be convinced on Dawei; foreign firms eye wind power potential in Burma; and a project is approved for sky trains in Rangoon.

Ups and downs The Burmese currency rose by just one kyat this week against the US dollar. The buying rate on Thursday was 970, compared...

The two-day meeting between senior officers included negotiations on sea and land demarcations; security; narcotics; human trafficking; arms smuggling and illegal migrants.

In the absence of widely accessible formal complaints mechanisms, protests are cropping up and breaking the silence surrounding long-established projects