Siam Commercial Bank is opening “Siam Commercial Bank Myanmar” to fully expand to Myanmar’s financial market, the only Thai bank allowed to operate a wholly owned subsidiary bank in the Republic of …
China Promises Myanmar 300,000 Vaccine Doses
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi has promised to provide Myanmar with 300,000 doses of coronavirus vaccine, according to the website of State Counselor and de facto head of state Aung San Suu Kyi. The …
Children and armed conflict in Myanmar – Report of the Secretary-General (S/2020/1243)
The present report, submitted pursuant to Security Council resolution 1612 (2005) and subsequent resolutions on children and armed conflict, is the sixth report on children and armed conflict in …
Bangladesh fire destroys hundreds of homes in Rohingya refugee camp
A fire destroyed hundreds of homes in a Rohingya refugee camp in Bangladesh. Thousands of refugees, who fled war and persecution in neighboring Myanmar, saw their makeshift homes go up in flames.
Joint Government-UN Meeting on Myanmar’s LDC graduation
Myanmar is one of the five countries that will be reviewed by the Committee for Development Policy (CDP) in February 2021 and may be recommended for graduation from the category of least developed …
Myanmar’s Shangri-La Hotel Temporarily Closes Amid COVID-19 Impact
By the end of December, nearly 30,000 hotel staff have been made unemployed, according to Myanmar’s Ministry of Hotels and Tourism. The Sule Shangri-La said the temporary closure from February 1 …
Myanmar Sends Rohingya Back to Rakhine
However, since Myanmar reported COVID-19 in March last year, immigration departments have not filed lawsuits and sent them straight back to Rakhine State. However, police opened a case against the …
617 foreigners granted permanent residency in Myanmar since 2015
The Myanmar government has granted permanent residency to 617 foreigners out of 705 applicants since 2015, according to the Ministry of Labor, Immigration and Population on Thursday. “Former Myanmar …
China helps Myanmar beat Covid
China will stand firm with Myanmar to jointly fight against the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic, push for economic recovery and build the China-Myanmar community with a shared future, …
China to mediate Myanmar-Bangladesh meeting on Rohingya on Jan 19
Bangladesh will hold a tripartite meeting in Dhaka on Jan 19 with Myanmar and China on the Rohingya refugee crisis.