Pirated Rambo copies frighten military junta in Burma
Reuters reports on the popularity of the new Rambo film in the streets of Burma.
Police in Myanmar have given DVD hawkers strict orders not to stock the new Rambo movie, which features the Vietnam War veteran taking on the former Burma’s ruling military junta, a Yangon resident told Reuters on Friday.Despite the prohibition, pirated copies [...]
Rare public arrest of human traffickers in Myanmar
Myanmar authorities reported of arresting two human traffickers of attempting to smuggle four women into China.
From the AFP:
In a rare acknowledgement of the problem, the Myanmar-language Mirror paper said the two were held as they tried to bring four women to board a train in the commercial hub Yangon to the border town of Muse.
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Burma buying, stealing children to work in its Military
A report by Human Rights Watch is accusing the Military Government in Burma of forcing children as young as ten to enlist into its military.
From the International Herald Tribune:
According to a report that was to be released Wednesday, the military, struggling to meet recruiting quotas, is buying, kidnapping and terrorizing boys as young as 10 [...]
Burma’s Black Markets bigger than foreign aid from Japan
According to Havocscope’s calculations, on the conservative side the illicit market in Burma generates around $470 million dollars a year. The breakdown is as follows:
$350 Million in Illegal Logging. Timber from the Burma’s famed teak forests are cut down and smuggled and sold in China.
$120 Million in Opium Production. The Opium industry is [...]
Myanmar’s wildlife being smuggled into China
According to an article by Reuters, wildlife in Myanmar (Burma) is slowly being depleted due to the demand in China for exotic species.
If the market of Mong La is anything to go by, the remaining wild elephants, tigers and bears in Myanmar’s forests are being hunted down slowly and sold to China.
Nestled in hills in [...]
