China slow down hits Burmese mining by Moe Thu    Wednesday, 28 January 2009 14:40 Like most other sectors that earn Burma hard currency, the mining sector is likely to crash given the slow down in China, which has dramatically brought down mineral and metal prices... Read more...

Junta struggling to keep state budget afloat by Moe Thu    Sunday, 11 January 2009 12:44 Experiencing increased pains related to the global financial crisis, Burma's military government is struggling to maintain a solvent state budget, seemingly exploiting every option available to them ... Read more...   Thirty more firms financing Burmese junta by Mizzima News    Saturday, 13 December 2008 15:29 The lack of effective sanctions on Burma's military rulers has allowed business firms to invest in the Southeast Asian nation providing millions in revenue to the regime, which faces international condemnation given its appalling human rights record, a campaign group said on Thursday. Read more...   Burmese fishery export hit hard by The The    Thursday, 27 November 2008 18:02 An official from the Myanmar Fishery Department said that exports of fishery products to Bangladesh have fallen by about fifty percent, while the price has suffered a ten percent hit. Read more...   Garment workers hit hard by global economic turmoil by Nem Davies    Wednesday, 19 November 2008 17:07 Some garment factories in the Hlaing Tharyar industrial zones in Rangoon have reduced their workforce in the face of declining foreign demand, while laborers are struggling to earn a sufficient income with fewer orders to fill. Read more...

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