International firms aiding Myanmar air force’s attacks on...
November 4, 2022
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By: Sebastian Strangio
Myanmar Air Force Jet fighters drop bombs during military exercises in Ayeyarwaddy Region, Myanmar, February 2, 2018. Credit: Lynn Bo Bo/Pool via AP...
Myanmar’s military junta tightens control over foreign cur...
April 7, 2022
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By: Sebastian Strangio
Myanmar’s military administration is moving to tighten its control over movements of foreign currency, as the country’s economy reels from...
Myanmar ethnic rebel coalition to begin unity talks
April 30, 2021
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By: Sebastian Strangio
A coalition of ethnic armed organizations in Myanmar will begin talks aimed at establishing a common front against the country’s military junta,...
Chaos is opportunity for Myanmar’s drug trafficking syndic...
March 30, 2021
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By: Sebastian Strangio
Mainland Southeast Asia is bracing for a surge of illegal methamphetamines from eastern Myanmar, as a result of pandemic-related supply gluts and a li...
Indonesia urges Myanmar to create safe conditions for Rohi...
January 23, 2021
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By: Sebastian Strangio
Indonesia has called on the government of Myanmar to create safe conditions for the return of hundreds of thousands of Muslim Rohingya refugees curren...
Will supplementary elections be held in Myanmar’s Rakhine...
January 12, 2021
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By: Sebastian Strangio
Last week, Myanmar’s military issued a statement again calling for supplementary elections to be held in areas of Rakhine State where recent nat...
Suu Kyi announces reboot to Myanmar peace process
January 8, 2021
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By: Sebastian Strangio
In a New Year’s address to the nation on January 1, Myanmar’s State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi promised to take a new approach to long-del...
Report details military links of major Myanmar telecom fir...
December 22, 2020
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By: Sebastian Strangio
Among those engaged in tracing the knotted web of economic ties surrounding the crouched spider of Myanmar’s military, few organizations are cur...
Report details controversial purchases of Myanmar’s milita...
December 12, 2020
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By: Sebastian Strangio
Myanmar’s military continues to attempt to acquire European-made equipment in apparent violation of European Union sanctions and embargoes, acco...
Japan’s Kirin suspends payments to Myanmar military firm
November 13, 2020
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By: Sebastian Strangio
The Japanese beverages firm Kirin has suspended dividend payments to a tentacular Myanmar business conglomerate linked to the country’s military...