WASHINGTON — Japan and the United States have agreed to help Myanmar improve its labour law in a multiyear project aimed at removing obstacles to foreign investment in the Southeast Asian ...

Since 1962, workers’ rights in Myanmar suffered decades of abuse and neglect under military rule, creating a labour market where basic protections were neither adequately established by law nor ...

Despite efforts to improve labour rights in Myanmar. Successive government has been trying to change labour law but activists say a strong legislation to protect workers is still needed.

He said the damage would cost around $75,000, and the company was planning to demand compensation ... a leap forward for Myanmar to catch up in terms of international labor laws," he said.