Category: Myanmar
Left behind by the Letpadaung copper mine
A Chinese and Tatmadaw-backed copper mine has left a trail of land disputes and alleged environmental damage, and local farmers fear they may never receive redress.
Sowing the seeds of growth in Myanmar
The country’s agricultural productivity is low. For example, to harvest rice, one day of work generates only 23 kg of paddy in Myanmar, compared to 62 kg in Cambodia, 429 kg in Vietnam, and 547 kg in Thailand.
MPs to visit tissue-culture banana farms in Kachin
Chinese firms are growing hundreds of thousands of acres of tissue-culture bananas that use excessive amounts of fertiliser and pesticides, damaging the environment.
The jade mining crisis
A recent, tragic accident was preventable and represents the latest result form a lack of political will and long-standing policy failures that have, if anything, worsened under the “Democracy” government.
China bids to bring Yangon into a modern age
Controversial Chinese firm has offered $1.5 billion to transform open fields opposite Myanmar’s colonial-era old capital into a modern new city