Eleven Myanmar men who said they had been working on trawlers in Malaysia have been arrested in Sungai Kolok district after illegally crossing the Sungai Kolok River into Thailand. They could produce …
Myanmar companies score slightly better in transparency this year
After opening up its economy in 2011 following decades of cronyism and opaque business dealings under military rule, Myanmar has been making efforts to catch up with global standards in governance …
Myanmar’s currency gaining against the dollar
Zaw Moe Ko was happy that his boss in Myanmar’s commercial centre of Yangon pays him in dollars – until the pandemic struck. Now he can’t get rid of them fast enough.
Casinos, COVID or Drugs? Why China Is Building a Fence on Myanmar Border
Media reports say Chinese authorities are putting up a barrier along their southeastern border with Shan State, a volatile part of Myanmar, a move some analysts believe will stop coronavirus-infected …
Myanmar Plans to Buy India’s COVID-19 Vaccine
Emergency authorization of the vaccine expected by the end of December with Myanmar vaccinations to roll out by April.
Anti-Myanmar hate speech flares over virus
“Wherever you see Myanmar people, shoot them down,” read one Thai comment on YouTube after a surge of coronavirus cases among workers from Myanmar.
Myanmar industrial parks offer precious infrastructure to investors
Another 18% will be held by Pahtama Group, a leading wholesaler under the wing of Myanmar’s biggest consumer business company, City Holdings, and 15% by Myanmar Agribusiness, a major agricultural …
Report says Yangon among best places to do business in Myanmar
Yangon, Sagaing, Bago and Nay Pyi Taw have emerged as the best environments in which to do business in Myanmar, according to the Myanmar Business Environment Index 2020 (MBEI).
Anti-Myanmar Hate Speech Flares in Thailand Over Virus
Facebook came under heavy criticism for the role it played in spreading hate speech that fuelled violence against Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar in 2017 and has since invested in sys …
Finding community at a COVID-19 quarantine centre in Myanmar
Only instead of staff, two fellow COVID-19 patients welcomed me at the door, with a plastic box filled with toiletries, snacks and masks, and showed me to a small room I would share with another woman …