Myanmar FDI drops to 8-year low, reflecting post-takeover...
October 20 ,2021
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By: SAM Staff
Construction work at many redevelopment projects funded by foreign investment has come to a halt in Myanmar. Photo was taken Oct. 8....
Asean's Myanmar snub - a necessary first step
October 20 ,2021
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By: Barry Desker
Asean's decision to exclude Myanmar junta leader Min Aung Hlaing from its summit next week was a necessary move to preserve the group...
Myanmar crisis highlights ASEAN's identity dilemma
October 19 ,2021
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By: Michael Vatikiotis
Southeast Asian leaders attend an emergency summit in Jakarta on Apr. 24: not surprisingly, ASEAN efforts to implement a five-point...
Myanmar military chief to be excluded from ASEAN summit
October 18 ,2021
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By: Kentaro Iwamoto
The commander-in-chief of Myanmar's armed forces, Senior Gen. Min Aung Hlaing, a conference on international security in Mo...
UN chief delayed ASEAN meeting to avoid Myanmar army envoy
October 16 ,2021
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By: SAM Staff
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres postponed a virtual meeting wtih ASEAN at the last minute to avoid the Myanmar regi...
Ex-Myanmar president says army tried to force him to cede...
October 14 ,2021
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By: SAM Staff
Win Myint was testifying alongside Aung San Suu Kyi, the Nobel peace laureate and de facto government leader before the coup, at thei...
Top UN official urges Myanmar action ‘before it’s too late...
September 25 ,2021
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By: SAM Staff
Myanmar has been in turmoil since the military seized power on February 1, ending 10 years of tentative democracy and prompting outra...
Attacks on Myanmar military spike following call for revol...
September 24 ,2021
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By: SAM Staff
There are believed to be between 120 and 300 militias under the People's Defense Force banner across Myanmar. (Photo t...
Myanmar’s Aung San Suu Kyi pleads not guilty in incitement...
September 22 ,2021
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By: SAM Staff
Myanmar’s military government has put deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi on trial for incitement, her lawyer said, the latest in a l...
Myanmar’s all-out war in the making
September 22 ,2021
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By: Robert Bociaga
After the announcement of the all-out war (dubbed D-Day) by the National Unity Government (NUG) on September 7, some Myanmar people res...
Myanmar junta to put ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi on tri...
September 18 ,2021
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By: SAM Staff
Ms Aung San Suu Kyi will face a new trial on four charges of corruption beginning on Oct 1, 2021.PHOTO: AFP
Myanmar's junta will p...
Myanmar currency hovers near all-time low
September 17 ,2021
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By: SAM Staff
A money-changer's office in Yangon: Myanmar's currency, the kyat, has fallen 20% to 30% since a military takeover of the governm...
Myanmar, a violent tale of two governments
A video of a little-known political leader declaring war on Myanmar's military regime went viral on social media on Sept. 7, garnering...
Myanmar's Suu Kyi back in court after health no-show
September 15 ,2021
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By: SAM Staff
Ms Suu Kyi's lawyer said she suffered from "car sickness" while being taken to the courtroom.PHOTO: AFP
Ousted Myanmar leader Aung...
U.S. Congress weighs sanctions on Myanmar’s oil and gas
September 14 ,2021
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By: Jack Detsch
Antony Blinken, U.S. secretary of state, speaks with Representative Gregory Meeks, a Democrat from New York, and chairman of the Hous...
Myanmar: Aung San Suu Kyi skips hearing after feeling unwe...
September 14 ,2021
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By: SAM Staff
Aung San Suu Kyi was deposed by the military in a February coup that sparked a mass uprising [File: Aung Shine Oo/ AP
Lawyers for...
UN’s challenge: Who will sit in Myanmar hot seat?
September 14 ,2021
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By: David Hutt
Myanmar's ambassador to the UN Kyaw Moe Tun making a three-finger salute as he addresses the General Assembly on February 26, 2021. P...
Myanmar shadow government reaps diplomatic harvest
September 10 ,2021
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By: Marwaan Macan-Markar
The United Nations headquarters in New York and protesters in Yangon: Myanmar's military junta is battling the opposition for interna...
Telenor's Myanmar sell-off mired in uncertainty
Industry insiders say the head of Myanmar's junta, Senior Gen. Min Aung Hlaing, may reject Telenor's exit plan. (Nikke...
Myanmar parallel government calls for revolt against regim...
September 8 ,2021
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By: SAM Staff
Duwa Lashi La, acting president of Myanmar's National Unity Government, addresses the nation in an online speech on Sept. 7.
The h...
Panic buying grips Yangon after shadow government in Myanm...
September 8 ,2021
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By: Tan Hui Yee
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