... these oil companies are even now being sued for their wrongful engagement with the authoritarian regime in Burma. In 1989, nine contracts were signed with US, Korean, Japanese, Dutch, British, Canadian, and Australian firms; these contracts allowed the firms to undertake onshore oil explorations. South Korea has also participated in oil extraction in Burma. In 1990, SLORC also began to pursue ... development projects. In 1998, the International Labor Organization (ILO) carried out the 1998 Commission of Inquiry. In 2000, the ILC adopted the never-before invoked article 33 of the ILO Con...

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