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Revealed: the craven corruption behind the Myanmar coup
Published on 08/09/2021
» BANGKOK/LONDON: A week after the Burmese military seized power, a Twitter account that had lain dormant for nearly a decade flickered back into life.
US cases surpass China; global deaths at 24,000: Virus Update
Bloomberg News, Published on 27/03/2020
» The US overtook China with the most coronavirus cases worldwide, fuelled by a large jump in infections in New York, while global deaths from the pandemic reached 24,000.
Chinese project in Cambodia raises alarms of military build-up
Kyodo News, Published on 12/08/2019
» While Cambodia welcomes an ongoing influx of Chinese tourists, investment and development, the world at large increasingly suspects that China is launching a military build-up in the country for stronger Chinese influence in Southeast Asia.
Getting high in Laos' opium-riddled mountains
AFP, Published on 09/09/2018
» HOUAPHAN PROVINCE, Laos: In a hut on the top of a fog-licked mountain in northern Laos, Vo Pali is getting high.
US slaps sanctions on Laos Golden Triangle 'casino'
Reuters, Published on 31/01/2018
» HONG KONG: The US Treasury Department has slapped sanctions on a gambling empire hacked from the Laotian jungle which it said was involved in drug, human and wildlife trafficking and child prostitution.
Myanmar renews SEZ push
Asia focus, Larry Jagan, Published on 02/10/2017
» Myanmar's special economic zones (SEZs) are a central part of a revitalised economic strategy in which increased manufacturing activity will play a key role. And breathing renewed life and energy into stagnant or stalled SEZs has moved to the top of the government's agenda.
Govt mulls B4.5bn loan for Myanmar
News, Amornrat Mahitthirook, Published on 18/02/2017
» Thailand is considering granting a 4.5-billion-baht loan to Myanmar to fund an infrastructure development project including the planned construction of a 132-km long road to stretch from the Thai-Myanmar border in Kanchanaburi to the Dawei special economic zone in the neighbouring country.
Millcon invests in $12m Myanmar plant
Business, Mongkol Bangprapa, Published on 28/11/2016
» SET-listed Millcon Steel Plc (MILL) has partnered with local companies to invest in a US$12 million plant to produce construction steel to meet rising demand in Myanmar, where construction business and investment in infrastructures are booming.
Thilawa Zone B to start in November
Published on 09/08/2016
» Construction of Thilawa Special Economic Zone B will begin this November on 700 hectares of land, an official responsible for the project said.
Yangon's real estate challenge
Asia focus, Tanyatorn Tongwaranan, Published on 07/03/2016
» Myanmar has experienced dramatic changes economically and politically over the past few years. As foreign investors rush to set up shop in the newly open market, office space in the country's commercial capital is among the most expensive in the world.