• OPINION

  Army key to Myanmar’s political future

  News, Larry Jagan, Published on 27/03/2014

  » As the country celebrates Armed Forces Day, Myanmar’s president Thein Sein is in the throes of making an unusually decisive move aimed at ending the current political impasse. Everything is currently stalled, with the government and bureaucracy paralysed by the absorption with constitutional change and the growing preoccupation with the forthcoming elections next year.

• OPINION

  Ruling party prepares to go to polls

  News, Larry Jagan, Published on 29/05/2015

  » Myanmar's ruling Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP) is getting ready for the forthcoming elections amid increased internal tension and uncertainty over its political future. "There is a very real danger of the party splitting," said a USDP MP on condition of anonymity.

• BUSINESS

  Can the NLD deliver?

  Asia focus, Larry Jagan, Published on 07/09/2015

  » With campaigning for Myanmar's forthcoming elections about to start officially in a few days, the main parties are putting their finishing touches on their policy platforms.

• OPINION

  Suu Kyi's rivals are trying to steal election

  News, Larry Jagan, Published on 02/11/2015

  » As electioneering enters its final days, most people in Myanmar are increasingly worried that these elections will not be free, fair nor credible.

• OPINION

  Military mulls next move in Rakhine state

  News, Larry Jagan, Published on 05/09/2017

  » For more than a week now violence has devastated Myanmar's western state of Rakhine as fighting continued between the Tatmadaw (the Myanmar military) and the Muslim activists and fighters. In the past few days the hand-to-hand fighting has subsided. The "attackers" have retreated into the hills," Aung San Suu Kyi's national security adviser, Thaung Tun told the Bangkok Post late last week.

• WORLD

  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.

• WORLD

  Myanmar businesses stumble on corporate responsibility

  Asia focus, Larry Jagan, Published on 30/10/2017

  » Many foreign investors are shying away from Myanmar because of the government's apparent failure to prioritise economic development and the violence in Rakhine state. Local businesses also complain of government inertia. But ministers still insist that the country is on the verge of a major economic breakthrough.

• BUSINESS

  Myanmar government overhaul imminent

  Asia focus, Larry Jagan, Published on 29/01/2018

  » A major shake-up in Myanmar's administration is in the pipeline as the government tries to tackle obstacles that stand in the way of economic progress, improved transparency and a more efficient bureaucracy.

• BUSINESS

  Insurers eye Myanmar

  Asia focus, Larry Jagan, Published on 12/03/2018

  » Myanmar is preparing to open up its insurance industry to foreign businesses, expecting to attract firms that see high potential in a country where few people have coverage and the middle class is growing.

• BUSINESS

  Myanamar reforms gather pace

  Asia focus, Larry Jagan, Published on 09/04/2018

  » Myanmar has reached a critical crossroads with the start of a new financial year as the National League for Democracy (NLD) government enters its third year in office. But concrete plans for accelerated economic and political reform are in the pipeline. They mark a return to the NLD's traditional, populist principles, stressing land rights and economic fairness but with an emphasis on economic liberalisation.

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