Two Myanmar migrant workers on death row for the brutal murder of a pair of British backpackers in Thailand have had their sentences commuted to life imprisonment following a mass royal pardon. The …
Thai king commutes death sentence for Myanmar men in British tourist murder case
Two migrant workers from Myanmar on death row in Thailand for the 2014 murder of two British backpackers had their sentences commuted to life in prison on Friday thanks to a royal decree, their lawyer …
Thailand commutes death sentences in killings of UK tourists
Two migrant workers from Myanmar convicted in the 2014 killings of two young British tourists on a Thai holiday island have had their death sentences reduced to …
Ban on Myanmar’s largest observer group to have ‘huge’ election impact
The banning of Myanmar’s largest election monitoring group will have a “huge impact” on the transparency of November’s national polls, the organisation’s director said Friday.
Over 50% high schools reopen in Myanmar
Over 50 per cent high schools have reopened across Myanmar so far since last month amid the COVID-19 pandemic, an education official said on Thursday.
How’s Business in Myanmar? Interview with Torsten Edens, SVP, Memories Group
Those are just two of the questions that Steven Howard of TravelNewsAsia.com puts to Torsten Edens, Senior Vice President of the Memories Group, in this interview conducted over Skype on 12 August …
Myanmar bars Rohingya candidate from election
A Rohingya Muslim has been barred from standing in Myanmar’s upcoming election, in a decision decried by rights groups as discriminatory and a symptom of the “ongoing genocide” against the persecuted …
From Taiwan to Myanmar, the business interests of Apple Daily’s Jimmy Lai
The arrest of Hong Kong media mogul Jimmy Lai Chee-ying and the police raid on the newsroom of his tabloid-style Apple Daily have turned the spotlight onto the tycoon’s business empire.Lai – one of t …
Myanmar’s small businesses fighting to survive COVID-19
While Myanmar has escaped most of the effects of the deadly coronavirus pandemic, its economy has been roiled by the global crisis. Small businesses across the country, usually with limited cash flow …
71 projects worth $7.9B added to Myanmar Project Bank
A total of 71 new projects have been added to the Myanmar Project Bank since the start of the year, taking the list of projects to 129.