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THG set to spend B1-1.5bn on three cancer centres
Business, Lamonphet Apisitniran, Published on 22/05/2024
» Thonburi Healthcare Group Plc (THG) plans to spend 1-1.5 billion baht building three cancer centres in Thailand, continuing the trend of specialist hospitals, while growing its hospital and healthcare businesses in Myanmar and Vietnam.
FTI foresees drop in border trade
Business, Lamonphet Apisitniran, Published on 27/02/2024
» Thailand's border trade is expected to slow down this year due to the ongoing political conflict in Myanmar and economic problems in other neighbouring countries, says the Federation of Thai Industries (FTI).
THG set to expand Myanmar investment
Business, Lamonphet Apisitniran, Published on 16/02/2024
» Thonburi Healthcare Group Plc (THG) plans to expand its hospital business in Myanmar following an increase in patients seeking medical treatment.
DeeMoney and SCB Revolutionise Cross-Border Money Transfers
Published on 08/11/2023
» DeeMoney has partnered with SCB to facilitate secure cross-border money transfers, expanding access to the Myanmar market.
Myanmar opium cultivation surging under military rule: UN report
Published on 26/01/2023
» Opium cultivation in military-ruled Myanmar jumped 33% last year, reversing a six-year downward trend in the strife-torn country, a United Nations report said on Thursday.
Myanmar shadow government raises $100m to oppose junta
Published on 15/01/2023
» Myanmar’s shadow National Unity Government said it has raised more than $100 million to fund its democracy effort and topple the junta.
Sanctioned Myanmar tycoons find shelter in Singapore
Published on 18/10/2022
» Frangipani plants and coconut trees front the three-story villa on Sentosa Island where Myanmar tycoon Tay Za stays when he’s in Singapore. It’s one of two houses his family owns in a development overlooking the South China Sea known as a playground for the wealthy. A short drive away is the Marina Bay Sands casino, where he would often show up carrying a duffel bag stuffed with cash. On a sunny day in June, a yellow Ferrari F8 Spider and a Mercedes were parked outside one of the villas.
Myanmar’s Suu Kyi gets 6 more years in jail in corruption cases
Published on 15/08/2022
» Myanmar’s deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi was sentenced to six more years in prison on Monday in a judgment that could further anger supporters of the 77-year-old Nobel peace prize laureate.
Myanmar 'has enough funds to avert Sri Lanka-like crisis'
Bloomberg News, Published on 26/07/2022
» Myanmar has sufficient foreign reserves to avoid an economic crisis similar to Sri Lanka’s, the military government said, pushing back on suggestions by some analysts that the Southeast Asian nation faces a growing possibility of default.
Steel sector keeping tabs on Myanmar
Business, Published on 25/07/2022
» Thai steel manufacturers have fresh concerns over the impact of the suspension of foreign loan payments in Myanmar on steel exports to Myanmar.