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Last foreign-owned telco to quit Myanmar
Published on 08/09/2022
» Qatar-based Ooredoo, the last foreign-owned telecommunications provider in Myanmar, has finalised a deal to sell its operation in the military-ruled country to a Singapore-based investor.
One killed, 9 injured in Yangon bomb blast
AFP, Published on 31/05/2022
» A bomb blast killed one person and injured nine others in a busy district of central Yangon on Tuesday, a Myanmar police source told AFP.
Junta-appointed Myanmar central bank deputy head shot
Reuters, Published on 07/04/2022
» The deputy governor of Myanmar's central bank was shot and wounded in her home in the commercial capital Yangon on Thursday, a junta spokesman told AFP, in the latest high-profile attack on military-linked officials.
A year after Myanmar coup, growing surveillance threatens lives
Published on 31/01/2022
» A group of young men were recently stopped at a security checkpoint in Yangon and asked to hand over their mobile phones. After being questioned about social media apps on their phones, one was fined for using a virtual private network (VPN).
Myanmar soldiers collecting bills at gunpoint
Asia focus, Published on 31/01/2022
» The schoolteacher had just got out of bed when four Myanmar army soldiers pounded on her door. Her electricity payment was overdue, they said, and ordered her to pay it immediately at the government power company office.
Myanmar junta backs Telenor unit sale after buyer M1 pairs with local firm
Published on 21/01/2022
» BANGKOK: Lebanon's M1 Group will partner with a Myanmar firm to take over Norwegian telco Telenor's business in the Southeast Asian country after its military junta sought a local buyer, three sources familiar with the matter told Reuters.
Telenor sale of Myanmar unit stalls as junta seeks local buyer participation
Reuters, Published on 09/11/2021
» Plans by Norway's Telenor to withdraw from Myanmar by selling its telecom operations there to a Lebanese firm have stalled after the junta indicated it favoured at least part-ownership by a local company, according to people familiar with the matter.
Telecom exec linked to Myanmar junta gunned down
Reuters, Published on 04/11/2021
» A top executive from a major Myanmar telecoms firm was shot dead on Thursday, the military said, the most senior figure to be hit in a spate of assassinations of junta-linked officials.
Air strikes reported in Myanmar battle, internet cut in more areas
Reuters, Published on 27/09/2021
» Myanmar's military launched air strikes at the weekend after clashes with fighters opposed to the junta in the Sagaing region, according to media and a militia member, as phone lines and the internet were also severed in some districts.
Myanmar junta blames internet blackouts on anti-coup fighters
Published on 26/09/2021
» Myanmar's junta has denied suspending the internet in conflict-wracked regions, blaming a recent spate of data blackouts on anti-coup protesters who had destroyed military-owned communications towers.