French oil and gas group Total and U.S. energy company Chevron have suspended some payments from a gas joint venture that would have reached Myanmar’s junta, earning praise from pro-democracy …
Shorthanded Myanmar in Japan for World Cup soccer qualifiers
Myanmar is missing up to 10 players who are boycotting the World Cup qualifier against Japan on Friday and that has ratcheted up the degree of difficulty against Asia’s top-ranked team …
French Energy Company Suspends Payments to Myanmar Army
Myanmar’s army has lost a source of revenue as French energy giant Total said Wednesday that cash payments to a joint venture with the army have been suspended due to unrest in the country. Total has …
AP Investigation: Myanmar’s junta using bodies to terrorize
It is part of a growing trove of photos and videos shared on social media that’s helping expose a brutal crackdown carried out by the junta since the military’s Feb. 1 takeover of the Southeast Asian …
Total Suspends Gas-linked Cash Payments To Myanmar Army
Myanmar’s army has lost a source of revenue as French energy giant Total said Wednesday that cash payments to a joint venture with the army have been suspended due to unrest in the country. Total has …
Greens raise Future Fund concerns, alleging links to childlike sex dolls, Myanmar military and fossil fuel
Senator Larissa Waters has urged the federal government to block the nation’s public wealth investment fund from tipping more money into companies she says are linked to fossil fuels, the Myanmar …
Myanmar cardinal appeals for fighting to end after fatal church attack
The conflict between the army and forces opposed to military rule has escalated in recent days in eastern Myanmar near the border of Shan and Kayah states, with dozens of security forces and local …
Japan Should Not Follow the Western Policy on Myanmar – Diplomat Op-Ed
Japan should play a bridging role to Myanmar’s junta rather than following the Western policy of regime change, said a senior official at the Japan-Myanmar Association, which has strong ties with …
Japan Should Not Follow the Western Policy on Myanmar – Diplomat Op-Ed
Japan should play a bridging role to Myanmar’s junta rather than following the Western policy of regime change, said a senior official at the Japan-Myanmar Association, which has strong ties with …
Family of American Journo Detained in Myanmar Shares Nightmare: ‘You Never Imagine’
Handout / Bryan FensterDanny Fenster, a 37-year-old American journalist based in Myanmar, was looking forward to returning to the U.S. to surprise his parents after being away from them for work for …