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Singapore and Malaysia on January 11 signed an agreement on a new Johor-Singapore special economic zone under which both sides will work towards boosting the cross-border flow of goods and people, and supporting investments on both sides of the Causeway.
YANGON — Poverty in Myanmar is more widespread than at any time in the last six years and growth in the conflict-torn nation is likely to remain at a measly one per cent in the current fiscal year with little respite in sight, the World Bank said on June 12.
BANGKOK -- Efforts by the military regime in Myanmar to halt the flight of war-weary citizens' remaining wealth could cut into the real estate market of neighboring Thailand, where Myanmar nationals have climbed the ranks of top condominium buyers.
Yun Sun is a senior fellow and director of the China program and co-director of the East Asia program of the Stimson Center, a Washington-based think tank.
BANGKOK -- The death from old age on June 1 of Tin Oo, Myanmar's most respected soldier and politician, was so widely mourned that even Senior Gen. Min Aung Hlaing was reported to have sent a wreath. The incumbent military regime chief visited his former commander in December 2021 with an offer of superior military hospital care that was firmly declined.
A fierce gunfight between Myanmar’s military and the Arakan Army (AA) rebels in Rakhine state has thrust Rohingya Muslims into a fresh spiral of organised violence as alleged beheadings and arson attacks rattle the persecuted community.
Malaysia has been in the spotlight for months over allegations that forced labour, debt bondage and scam jobs – in particular targeting Bangladeshi migrants – have riddled its recruitment market for foreign labour.
Myanmar's junta is cracking down on gold and foreign exchange traders and agents selling foreign real estate, with 35 arrests announced in the last two days as part of efforts to stabilise its rapidly depreciating currency.