An Arakanese civil society group says that 300,000 people in Arakan State have signed a petition calling for greater control over resource extraction in the impoverished region.
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Maday islanders see the light
Maday islanders now have access to four hours of electricity per day, after campaigning for compensation from the China National Petroleum Corporation.
12 Foreign companies await results on Kyaukphyu SEZ
Twelve companies from seven countries have submitted proposals for the development of a Special Economic Zone in Kyaukphyu, western Burma, according to the SEZ selection committee.
Burma Business Weekly: 1 August 2014
Burmese currency remained stable, SMEs assessed for loan eligibility, mobile access increases as Ooredoo issues affordable SIM cards, and gas exports to China keep a slow but steady pace to…
Tea industry in steep decline
Tea-leaf producers in Namhsan, northern Shan State, are struggling to stay in business due to labour shortages and a surge in untaxed tea from neighbouring China.
Pipeline arson suspects charged in western Burma
Seventeen labourers in Burma’s western Arakan State have been charged with arson, aggravated trespassing and abetting crime for alleged involvement in a fire at a relay station along the Shwe…