I am not sure where my money is,” he said. “It is very difficult to run a business here now. We don’t know how long the crisis will last,” he said. Myanmar’s banking system remains one of the most …
Myanmar’s Informal Financial Service Providers Take Advantage of Post-Coup Banking Crisis
I am not sure where my money is,” he said. “It is very difficult to run a business here now. We don’t know how long the crisis will last,” he said. Myanmar’s banking system remains one of the most …
Aid Groups Fear COVID Third Wave in Post-Coup Myanmar
Myanmar, April 4, 2021. A so-called civil disobedience movement has also seen thousands of public and private sector workers go on strike, bringing much regular daily life and business to a grinding …
Kirin’s flawed exit from Myanmar tests the bounds of ESG
Just five days after Myanmar’s military seized power in early February, the Japanese brewer Kirin expressed grave concern and announced that it was terminating its five-year-old joint venture with a …
Myanmar crisis looms with warnings economy will shrink up to 20%
YANGON (BLOOMBERG) – With a tea shop right next to key protest zones in Myanmar’s biggest city, Mr Soe is never quite sure whether he should keep the business open. If protesters enter to evade …
Philippines to Myanmar: Adhere to ASEAN Human Rights Declaration
MANILA, Philippines — The Philippines has called on Myanmar to … The 33rd meeting of the AICHR also discussed ongoing priority programs and activities of the AICHR in business and human rights, …
More Bloodshed in Myanmar as Crackdown on Coup Protests Continues
By Richard C. Paddock The Myanmar military’s bloody crackdown on the nationwide resistance to its rule showed no sign of easing on Sunday, with a human rights group reporting that the death toll …
Myanmar coup: ‘Dozens killed’ in military crackdown in Bago
More than 80 people have been killed by Myanmar security forces in a crackdown on a protest in the city of Bago, activists say. The military is reported to have taken away the bodies of those killed, …
Security guard is wounded in bomb blast outside military-owned bank in Myanmar as civilian death toll from junta’s brutal crackdown on protesters tops 700
Protesters took to the streets of Myanmar’s two largest cities on Sunday as the civilian death toll from the military’s brutal crackdown on dissent following a coup topped more than 700.
China, Russia undermine international Myanmar response, EU’s top diplomat says
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union’s top diplomat said on Sunday Russia and China were hampering a united international response to Myanmar’s military coup and that the EU could offer more …