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    24 Search results for "Steven Law"

    Business International Relations Lead Story News

    For Steven Law, sanctions are no obstacle

    The US decision to further ease restrictions on trading through Steven Law’s shipping port and airports put the blacklisted businessman in a position to profit from the latest changes to the US sanctions regime.

    Business Lead Story News Trade

    US sanctions fears choke Burmese trade

    Half of all Burma’s trade flows through the Asia World terminal, owned by blacklisted Steven Law.

    Lead Story Military News

    Refugee groups slam proposed Canadian-Burmese military deal

    A recent report indicating that Canadian and Burmese officials are discussing future military cooperation has raised alarm bells.

    Conflict Kachin Lead Story Military News

    Kachin exiles call for continued sanctions

    Kachin exile groups say US sanctions on the Burmese military should stay in place until the conflict in Kachin State is resolved.

    Business Economy Lead Story News

    Port jam puts government to the test

    As imports soar in Burma’s booming economy, the country’s largest port struggles to keep up.

    Business International Relations Lead Story News

    Some US sanctions eased, but most remain in place

    The US government has decided to maintain most economic restrictions on Burma in an effort to punish those Washington sees as hampering the country’s newly elected government.

    Business Lead Story News

    For Serge Pun, a high road to success tangled in red tape

    Serge Pun may be unburdened by international sanctions, but his Mr Clean image has done little to help him clear domestic hurdles.

    2015 Elections Lead Story News Politics

    Too soon to consider sanctions lift -US officials

    The US on Monday welcomed Burma’s election as a victory for the people, and the vote appeared to raise prospects of a further lifting of US sanctions.

    Environment Lead Story News

    Chinese ‘confident’ Burma will re-open Myitsone dam

    The Chinese company pushing to restart the controversial Myitsone dam in Kachin state is confident that Burma’s new democratic leadership, including Aung San Suu Kyi, will back the project.

    Analysis

    China’s ebbing red tide meets union spirit

    The decision to scrap the Myitsone dam may be more to do with astute politics than bowing to popular demands, and demonstrates a sea-change from past subservience to China

    News Politics

    Chinese dam company warns of legal action

    Legal consequences may result from cancellation of Myitsone Dam owing to the agreements already made by Burmese government

    Business News

    Car swap scheme looks to cut pollution

    Old vehicles to be swapped for a permit to import new ones, but analysts claim move may be an attempt to cool rising Burmese currency

    Business News

    Norway ups Burma oil investments

    Majority of increase targeted at companies with a stake in the Shwe pipeline, as campaigners criticise lack of ethical consideration

    News Politics

    Burma implicated in major oil fraud

    Burmese junta and several crony companies played a key role in a money-laundering scam involving cut-price Maldivian oil

    Business Environment News

    Dam projects inked as cronies prosper

    Three dams in the pipeline as Burmese tycoons and Chinese companies look set to dominate the lucrative hydropower sector

    Analysis News Politics

    How the CIA bedded down in Burma

    Accounts from torture victims, US-trained intelligence officers and a bugged anti-drugs officer illuminate the dark and secretive role of the Agency in Burma

    Business News

    China begins on trans-Burma pipeline

    Work begins on 800km pipeline to carry Burmese gas to southwestern China hours after the two allies sign a raft of bilateral trade agreements

    Analysis Business Features (OLD) Politics

    ‘Frankenstein’s’ state?

    One spectre threatens to over shadow the junta’s experiment with ‘democracy’ and in turn the country; a spectre that threatens to dominate the nation and define power within for years to come.

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    US widens sanctions against junta associates

    Feb 26, 2008 (DVB), Three more individuals and a number of companies linked to them and Burmese tycoon Tay Za have been designated by the US Treasury Department for their[…]

    Kachin Lead Story News

    Left in limbo: Kachin IDPs face monsoon season dilemma

    “Unless both sides stop fighting and allow these people to go home, [the Kachin IDPs] are facing a dire situation.”

    Chin Farmers Feature Lead Story

    Can agriculture, small loans lead Chin State to a fertile future?

    Challenges abound, but so too does hope that the right set of policies can spur development in this remote part of Burma.

    Lead Story Media News

    Calls grow to drop case against Eleven Media

    A lawsuit against the Eleven Media Group should be dropped immediately, according to right groups calling on Burma’s government to reform restrictive media laws.

    Features

    Investors and the new economy

    As Burma opens up to the world, experts warn the sharks and cowboys among the many frontier investors converging on the scene could exploit the impoverished nation

    Analysis News Politics

    UN inaction on Burma war crimes ‘unjustifiable’

    In a DVB exclusive, top international jurists, including lead prosecutor at the Slobodan Milošević trial, say evidence ‘strongly suggests’ that war crimes are taking place in Burma

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