Activists’ boycott list grows longer
On the heels of its recent success in forcing Japanese beer conglomerate Kirin Holdings to reconsider in part its joint-ventures partners in Myanmar, activist group “Burma Campaign UK” released an updated list of “military productsBiggest shipping company in the world pulls out of military-operated ports
Danish integrated shipping company, active in ocean and inland freight transportation and associated services, Maersk, has announced last week that it will stop using military-owned ports in Myanmar before the end of the month. The statement was repoAmnesty International takes aim at military conglomerate UMEHL in new report
Human rights organisation Amnesty International released a report this week highlighting the deep links between the Union of Myanmar Economic Holdings Limited (UMEHL) and the Myanmar military or Tatmadaw. Reported by many international news offices,Kirin Ichiban target of boycott campaign
After being singled out in June by Human Rights Watch, it is now the turn of Burma Campaign UK to take a jab at Kirin Holdings by launching a new boycott campaign against Kirin Ichiban lager.Kirin, a Japanese company making alcoholic and soft drinks,
Western Union latest to cut ties to Military
Money transfer giant Western Union announced that it is cutting ties with the military-owned Myawaddy Bank, becoming the latest foreign company to heed the United Nations’s advice and sever business ties with the Myanmar Army (Tatmadaw). In an
