23 July 2014
Prices for land around the Kyaukpyu Special Economic Zone have not risen very much recently, contrary to a trend that has shown rapid property price rises near important developments, including development in Thilawa and the planned Hanthawaddy airport. Land prices have barely shown any increase at all, according to U Maung San Shwe, the Arakan […]
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04 August 2011
In Gonechein village, 5 miles from Kyaukpyu Town, villagers are planning to reclaim cooperative society-owned land that was sold to the Daewoo Company by Maung Oo, the controversial former Home Minister and commander of the state. It is reported that while serving as the commander of Arakan state, Maung Oo appropriated the land without the […]
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21 October 2008
A Chinese-led consortium with a concession for oil exploration on Burma’s Ramree Island has left hundreds of local islanders landless and unemployed and their environment befouled, a human rights group said Tuesday. Blocking Freedom, a report compiled by the environmental and human rights group Arakan Oil Watch, said a consortium led by the China National Offshore […]
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