The majority of those drugs are from the Golden Triangle, the border region where Myanmar, Laos and Thailand meet. Myanmar’s Shan State is a particularly important production hub, and in response, …
After Another Mining Disaster, Ethnic Minorities Lose Patience With Myanmar’s Leadership
For those in the borderlands, the recent landslide in Kachin state is a symptom of the government’s empty promises.
Army-linked big business hammers Myanmar’s marble sculptors
Faces covered in white dust and chisels in hand, marble sculptors in Myanmar say the hills that have given them a livelihood for generations are disappearing, as large companies reap the rewards of …
‘We Want Our Mountains Back’: The Fight Over Myanmar’s Marble Hills
Faces covered in white dust and chisels in hand, marble sculptors in Myanmar say the hills that have given them a livelihood for generations are disappearing, as large companies reap the rewards of …
Myanmar launches handbook to help firms combat corruption
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 …