YANGON • Myanmar’s multibillion-dollar jade mines risk becoming a “slush fund” for military repression, an international watchdog said, urging consumers to boycott jade or gemstone purchases from the …
Blindfolded and Beaten: American Journalist Recounts 98 Days in Myanmar Jail
When Burmese soldiers arrived at the offices of Kamayut Media on March 9, journalist Nathan Maung’s only thought was of survival. “They broke down our office door,” Maung told VOA. “Finally, (they) …
Myanmar Military now Controlling Country’s Lucrative Jade Market, Profits
“It is up to the international community to limit the amount of funding the military can receive from selling Myanmar’s natural resources by preventing the import of those resources and blocking …
Thailand Migrant Workers Sign Contracts They Don’t Understand, Undercutting Efforts to Stop Abuses
Migrant workers from Cambodia and Myanmar are being asked to sign contracts they cannot read in order to work in Thailand’s fishing fleet, a new study has found, undercutting efforts to expunge abuses …
Myanmar junta gains hold on jade profits as fighting flares
Independent researchers say the military takeover in Myanmar has given the junta full control of the country’s lucrative and conflict-ridden jade mining …
Myanmar junta gains hold on jade profits as fighting flares
Independent researchers say the military takeover in Myanmar has given the junta full control of the country’s lucrative and conflict-ridden jade mining …
Myanmar Jade Industry Risks Becoming Regime’s Slush Fund: Report
Global Witness has called for worldwide ban on the trade in Myanmar jade, warning that the regime plans a ‘massive fire sale to help it fund its operations’.
China urged to join boycott of Myanmar’s jade industry
A multi-year investigation by campaign group Global Witness finds up to 90 per cent of Myanmar’s jade is being smuggled out of the country, most of it into China.
Freed US journalist says he was tortured in Myanmar
An American journalist who was recently released after spending more than three months inside a notorious Myanmar prison, has said he was interrogated and tortured in custody along with many other …
Firm led by former Japan minister in joint venture linked with Myanmar military
With the ministry and the Southeast Asian country’s ruling military acting as one body, there are concerns such business projects may become sources of income for the junta.