Thai PTTEP set to invest $2bn in Myanmar gas fields and po...
January 6 ,2021
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By: Yuichi Nitta
As urbanization and industrialization moved forward in Myanmar, hydroelectric power, which had previously been the main domestic powe...
Myanmar’s NLD, Mon Unity Party fail to meet due to venue d...
January 6 ,2021
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By: Zin Lin Htet
A planned meeting between delegations of the National League for Democracy (NLD) and the Mon Unity Party (MUP) to discuss building a de...
Myanmar industrial parks offer precious infrastructure to...
January 4 ,2021
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By: Yuichi Nitta
The 225-hectare Korea-Myanmar Industrial Complex north of Yangon will cost around $110 million
South Korean state-linked...
Myanmar conflict zones kept offline despite Suu Kyi digita...
Myanmar authorities began strengthening their grip over the nation's cyberspace in March, with directives to mobile operato...
Trash pickup takes a quantum spin in Myanmar's biggest cit...
January 4 ,2021
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By: Yuichi Nitta
Sanitation workers pick up garbage in Yangon, Myanmar. The nation's crowded commercial capital is looking for the most efficient way...
The UK should join the ICJ case against the Myanmar genoci...
January 2 ,2021
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By: Dr. Azeem Ibrahim
The ongoing case on behalf of the Rohingya people at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) against Myanmar for genocide has been ini...
Myanmar insurgents say they released ruling party politici...
January 2 ,2021
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By: SAM Staff
Insurgents from western Myanmar on Friday released three ruling party politicians who had been kidnapped from conflict-torn Rakhine sta...
Argentina is taking a unique route to try Myanmar's leader...
December 31 ,2020
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By: Arunav Kaul
In a landmark judgment delivered in May earlier this year, the Argentinian Federal Court of Appeals reversed a previous verdict and dec...
The Tatmadaw’s role in Myanmar’s new politics
December 31 ,2020
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By: Amara Thiha
Myanmar has transitioned into a quasi-democratic administration by completing the seven-step road map laid down by the military regime...
Singapore firm taking Myanmar military conglomerate to cou...
December 30 ,2020
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By: SAM Staff
Rothmans Myanmar Holdings Singapore (RMHS), a Singapore-based tobacco company, has announced that it is taking legal action against its...
Myanmar military proxy party files nearly 200 election fra...
December 30 ,2020
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By: Thiha Lwin
The Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP), led by ex-military leaders, has filed nearly 200 complaints with Myanmar’s ele...
Chinese foreign minister to visit Myanmar next month
December 29 ,2020
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By: Nan Lwin
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi plans to visit Naypyitaw, the capital of Myanmar, in early January, a senior official from the Myanmar...
Myanmar Navy has commissioned seven new warships and one s...
December 28 ,2020
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By: SAM Staff
On December 24, 2020, Myanmar Navy celebrated its 73rd Anniversary at Yangon's No 3 Naval Wharf in Thilawa. During this event, seven ne...
Rohingya complain about Myanmar’s relocation plans to ‘flo...
December 24 ,2020
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By: Khine Rola
Kyauk Ta Lone IDP camp. / Ko Phyu Che
The Rakhine State government is planning to relocate a camp for displaced Rohingya Muslims n...
Talks between Myanmar military, Arakan Army proceed smooth...
December 23 ,2020
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By: Sai Wunna
Women Soldiers in the Arakan Army
Talks between the Tatmadaw (military) representatives and the Arakan Army are proceeding smoothl...
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 organi...
Myanmar’s purchase of planes from Jordan a sign of things...
December 21 ,2020
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By: SAM Report
An Airbus CASA C295
News reports have emerged that Myanmar’s air force is buying two Airbus CASA C295 aircraft worth US$38.6...
British banks under pressure over £45m loans to firm with...
December 21 ,2020
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By: Jamie Doward
Human rights groups are demanding that two of Britain’s biggest banks explain why they have lent tens of millions of pounds to a...
Nail in the coffin of Myanmar’s dying peace process
December 19 ,2020
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By: David Scott Mathieson
Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA) fighters
There was a frustrating fait accompli to the recent statement by Myanmar’s ol...
Jordan is selling arms to the sanctioned Myanmar military:...
December 19 ,2020
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By: SAM Staff
A report published lately by the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project has revealed a Jordanian role in supporting efforts o...
Myanmar gang rape victim wins legal battle with military
December 19 ,2020
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By: SAM Staff
After being gang-raped by soldiers, steely-eyed Thein Nu went up against Myanmar's powerful military in a months-long fight for justice...
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