A veteran corporate lawyer has been shot dead in Myanmar’s biggest city by self-proclaimed urban guerrillas, highlighting the bloody struggle between the military government and its foes in the country’s cities as well as the remote countryside.
China Once Again on Wrong Side of History in Myanmar
Strategic interests have led Beijing to make its support for the Myanmar junta more explicit in recent months, but it may come to regret doing so.
China Looks to Myanmar’s Rebel Armies to Shore Up Business, Border Goals
China’s special envoy to Myanmar held a third round of meetings in four months last week with several of Myanmar’s most powerful armed rebel groups, some of them battling the military for control of …
US imposes sanctions on Myanmar military government and jet fuel
The US Department of State Friday imposed further sanctions against Myanmar, joining other nations in their efforts to condemn human rights violations and violence occurring in the country in the two …
US targets Myanmar military jet fuel suppliers with new sanctions
The US on Friday announced new sanctions against Myanmar, targeting aviation fuel suppliers of the military junta which seized power in 2021. The US Department of the Treasury issued a sanctions alert …
Life in Myanmar’s Yangon after COVID and a coup
Myanmar’s largest city has been cut off from the world for almost four years. DW spoke with Yangon residents about what life is like under a military regime.At first glance, Yangon seems to have …
U.S. Imposes Fresh Sanctions on Myanmar, Targets Jet Fuel Suppliers
U.S. Imposes Fresh Sanctions on Myanmar, Targets Jet Fuel Suppliers WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States on Friday announced further sanctions against Myanmar, targeting people and entities tied …
US Weighs Energy Sanctions on Myanmar That Risk Hurting Allies
(Bloomberg) — The US is weighing sanctions on Myanmar’s state-owned oil and gas company to choke funding to the nation’s military regime, according to people with direct knowledge of the matter, a …
Myanmar targets to expand four million acres of sunflower plantations to cover domestic oil consumption
YANGON, March 23 (Xinhua): Myanmar targets to expand the sunflower plantations up to 4 million acres across the country to cover domestic oil consumption, Ye Tint Tun, director general of the …
Barista becomes the largest coffee chain in Sri Lanka
Rajat Agrawal, chief executive officer of Barista, said the company is planning to increase its presence in Maldives, Bangladesh, Nepal, Myanmar and the Middle East …