On Saturday, three human rights experts and student advocates gathered over Zoom to call the Yale community’s attention to the Rohingya Genocide in Myanmar. “Justice for Burma,” moderated by Yale …
India Gives Submarine to Myanmar Amid Growing Chinese Footprint in Indian Ocean Countries
India has given a submarine to Myanmar as part of a military outreach to its eastern neighbor that strategic analysts say is driven by New Delhi’s bid to counter China’s growing influence in Southeast …
Pivotal Myanmar ~I
The Andaman Sea and Bay of Bengal are fast becoming new flashpoints in the Sino-Indian strategic maritime competition. In the last two years, PLA Navy entered the Bay of Bengal on several occasions. T …
Mother Finance launches credit scoring system to continue digital lending
Loan requests and inquiries have surged in Myanmar as households and businesses struggle to cope with COVID-19 restrictions. This has yielded business opportunities for non-bank financial institutions …
Myanmar vote ban extinguishes hope for ethnic minorities
For many marginalised ethnic minority groups in conflict-plagued regions of Myanmar, next month’s national elections had at least offered a glimmer of hope for empowerment.
The Australians betting on the Myanmar economy
“My head of finance is Burmese-Australian and we’ve also employed Burmese-Singaporeans, Burmese-Americans, Burmese-English. My deputy chief technology officer had 25 years in the UK before she …
‘Eating Rats’: Myanmar’s Second Lockdown Drives Hunger in City Slums
Myanmar’s Second Lockdown Drives Hunger in City Slums YANGON (Reuters) – After the first wave of coronavirus hit Myanmar in March, 36-year-old Ma Suu closed her salad stall and pawned her jewelry and …
As Myanmar prepares to vote, a COVID-19 outbreak is exposing the country’s meager progress
Five years after emerging from military rule, optimism over Myanmar’s future is sinking over a troubled economy, a tarnished international image and an election that observers say won’t be free or …
Rooting out inequalities: Women’s participation in forest management in conflict-affected areas of Karen state in Myanmar [EN/MY]
Forests are a critical resource for people in Myanmar, in particular for ethnic minorities such as the Karen people. Neglecting forest management in conflict-affected areas can increase conflict risks …
Myanmar assures China to take back Rohingyas
Bangladesh, Myanmar and China are planning to hold foreign minister-level tripartite talks after Myanmar’s national election in November to begin the repatriation of Rohingyas wit …