US to Upgrade Burma’s Transportation Infrastructure
By LIN THANT / THE IRRAWADDYThe United States will help Burma to repair some of the main infrastructure of the country’s transportation sector.
NLD Members Threatened at Gunpoint to Resign in East Burma
By LAWI WENG & NANG SAI NOM / THE IRRAWADDYDozens of members from the National League for Democracy party fear for their safety after an ethnic militia stormed their office in Shan State.
Burmese Migrant Workers’ Group Receives International Award
By NYEIN NYEIN / THE IRRAWADDYA Burmese migrant labor activist group receives the International Labor Rights Award for its contribution to the labor rights movement and exposing work-related rights violations.
On Salween River, Growing Signs that Work on Hat Gyi Dam Resumes
By SAW YAN NAING / THE IRRAWADDYA research team of the Thai dam developer EGAT consulted Thai villages that would be affected by the controversial 1,200-megawatt project.
NGOs Step up Pressure on Firms Bidding to Exploit Burma’s Resources
By WILLIAM BOOT / THE IRRAWADDYWhile still far from transparent, Burma’s resource sector is coming under growing international scrutiny.
Burma Business Roundup (Saturday, May 18)
By WILLIAM BOOT / THE IRRAWADDYBurma has world’s least transparent oil, gas industry; Thai airline flies opens small-town routes; European giants battle for Burmese beer market; Yoma opens department store
‘Bangladesh Syndrome’ Looms over Burma’s Electricity Crisis
By WILLIAM BOOT / THE IRRAWADDYBurma’s chronic power shortages could turn it into the next Bangladesh, rather than the next Asian tiger.
Starbucks Sees Burma Entry in ‘Couple of Years’
By PAMELA SAMPSON / AP WRITERStarbucks says the coffee chain’s first stores in India and Vietnam have been received positively and it might soon give Burma a shot too.

















