Myanmar authorities and the Yangon-based Myanmar Centre for Responsible Business have recently launched a handbook for businesses to combat and steer clear of corrupt practices.
Myanmar’s Upcoming 4th Union Peace Conference: Time for a Rethink
The international community might leverage this clarity to take stock. In the lead up to Myanmar’s November 8 general elections, a fourth session of the 21st Century Panglong Union Peace …
Facebook Wanted to Be a Force for Good in Myanmar. Now It Is Rejecting a Request to Help With a Genocide Investigation
“We know we need to do more to ensure we are a force for good in Myanmar,” a company representative said in an official statement in 2018. Now, two years later, the company is doing exactly the …
Sembcorp unit to develop industrial park in Myanmar
Sembcorp Development (Sembcorp), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sembcorp Industries, will develop the Myanmar Singapore Industrial Park, a press release revealed. It’ll be the firm’s first integrated …
Families of Detained Myanmar Police, Soldiers Urge Rakhine Rebels to Free Their Breadwinners
Families of Detained Myanmar Police, Soldiers Urge Rakhine Rebels to Free Their Breadwinners. 2020-08-17 — The families of 11 police officers and military soldiers detained by th …
‘Sandbox’ could make Myanmar a leader in digital financial services
AFTER the opening of Myanmar’s economy in the early 2010s, little time was wasted in driving the country forward into the digital age. What seemed decades away in e-commerce and digital innovation …
Facebook Wanted to Be a Force for Good in Myanmar. Now Its Rejecting a Request to Help With a Genocide Investigation
“We know we need to do more to ensure we are a force for good in Myanmar,” a company representative said in an official statement in 2018. Now, two years later, the company is doing exactly the …
Myanmar firms slow to adapt to COVID-19 impact, survey shows
Due to COVID-19, the majority of Myanmar firms have experienced lower sales and cash flow shortages, resulting in reduced access to credit needed to support operations, according to the results of a …
Chinese dominated Myanmar’s unregulated gambling business
Border town sees Chinese investment, workers as armed groups join with Chinese crime to operate casinos, online gambling …
In Myanmar’s largest jade mining town, the semi-precious stone prized by Chinese costs more than money
Hpakant, in Myanmar’s Kachin State, is the epicentre of a multibillion-dollar jade mining industry in which thousands risk their lives every day hoping to strike it big and earn their golden ticket …