“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 …
Even Myanmar’s Currency Is Gaining Against the Dollar This Year
Zaw Moe Ko was happy that his boss in Myanmar’s commercial center of Yangon pays him in dollars — until the pandemic struck. Now he can’t get rid of them fast enough.
Myanmar Rebel Group Sentences Child Murderer To Death
A rebel ethnic minority group that unofficially controls a swathe of eastern Myanmar has sentenced a man to death for the kidnap, rape and murder of a six-year-old girl. A member of the armed group, …
Casinos, COVID or Drugs? Why China Is Building a Fence on the 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 banks to inspect borrowers’ income disclosures: Central Bank
Myanmar banks should inspect borrowers’ disclosed income before extending loans to them, according to the Central Bank of Myanmar (CBM). This is to ensure the disclosures are legit and that borrowers …
Opportunities available for Myanmar businesses in the next five years
After winning the 2020 general elections, the National League for Democracy (NLD) party will once again lead Myanmar’s new government for the next five years. Despite setbacks from the COVID-19 …