US-Swiss drilling company Tranoscean has admitted it is under investigation by the US Treasury over its “operations in Myanmar [Burma]”. The probe comes amid ...

As if Cyclone Nargis, rat infestations and incessant drought were not enough to wilt rice production in Burma, farmers must now face the effects of global warming, ...

Frustration over the forthcoming elections in Burma is growing at United Nations headquarters, with the Secretary-General relating his feelings ...

A British Burma rights advocacy has called on the government of the recently elected British prime minister to take the lead in pushing for stronger and ...

U.S. President Barack Obama’s administration on Thursday renewed sanctions against military-ruled Burma for an additional year, the move premised on concerns over the regime’s continued ...

A National League for Democracy member of parliament elected in Burma’s annulled 1990 election and labour minister in Burma’s exiled government, the National Coalition Government for the Union of Burma, ...

The Swiss government’s sanctions unit deputy chief has told Mizzima that Swiss-American firm Transocean did not violate Switzerland’s Burma sanctions last year when ...

Earth Rights International, the NGO most famous for using American courts to sue Unocal (now Chevron) for its complicity in murder, rape, torture, and forced labour during ...

The Canadian Friends of Burma has called on the government of Canada to investigate reports first made by Mizzima that Vancouver-based Ivanhoe Mines violated ...

A scheduled European Union high-level visit to Burma was cancelled recently after the Burmese ruling junta denied a request from the EU Presidency Council to ...