SITTWE, Myanmar: A shadow government is breaking taboos in Buddhist-majority Myanmar by welcoming Rohingya into its anti-junta coalition, but many in the long-persecuted Muslim minority are wary after …
Protesters in Myanmar ‘will not be as brave’ after Telenor’s exit: Professor
Htwe Htwe Thein of Curtin University says since the Myanmar coup started, Telenor had gained a lot of customers as they believed the telecommunications company will “act with transparency,” which it …
Head of Aid Group Reports Increased Attacks by Myanmar Military in Border Areas
The head of a Thai-based volunteer aid group, speaking from inside Myanmar, has described increasing attacks by that country’s military in the ethnic areas along the country’s borders with China and …
Myanmar imposes lockdown on 2 million residents amid rising Covid cases & anti-coup health workers’ strike
Residents of Myanmar’s second city of Mandalay, and two townships in southern Bago, have been ordered to remain at home to curb the spread of Covid cases throughout the country, as healthcare workers …
Nearly 1,200 Coronavirus-Positive Myanmar Workers in Thailand’s Tak Need Help, Groups Say
Migrant factory workers in Mae Sot are struggling to pay rent and buy food, and lack proper access to health care, rights organizations trying to assist them say.
Norway’s Telenor exits Myanmar, sells stake to military-linked firm
Norwegian telecom behemoth Telenor has sold off its Myanmar operations to the Lebanese investment firm M1 Group, a firm now on the Burma Campaign UKs ‘Dirty List’ in 2019 for business ties with …
Myanmar general says Russia will supply 2 million vaccines as outbreak worsens
Min Aung Hlaing, who led a Feb. 1 coup against Aung San Suu Kyi’s elected government, said the virus was spreading fast in Myanmar and that senior Russian defence officials had told him help with …
Norway’s Telenor Sells Myanmar Telecoms Operation to Lebanese Firm
The Norwegian telecoms company Telenor said yesterday that it has agreed to the sale of its operations in Myanmar to the M1 Group, a Beirut-based investment firm, for $105 million. In May, Telenor …
Telenor signals Myanmar exit, as UN calls for urgent action
Mobile phone firm says it is selling its business because of the coup as UN officials urge more action against generals.
Telenor hangs up on Myanmar
LONDON (Reuters Breakingviews) – Telenor’s brave punt on a democratic Myanmar has gone badly wrong. The $24 billion Norwegian communications firm said on Thursday it had flogged its operations in the …