Junta waging war on Myanmar’s doom-loop economy
Myanmar’s freefall into failed state status is starkly evident across the multiple battle zones of the countryside but arguably the most alarming decline is being felt in the fast-collapsing economy.
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Myanmar’s military government denies allegations by ethnic army foe that it killed 76 villagers
BANGKOK (AP) — A spokesperson for Myanmar’s military government denied accusations that army troops and their local allies killed 76 people when they entered a village last week in the western state of Rakhine, state-controlled media reported Wednesday.
In Malaysia, business and human rights must go hand in hand, UN rights chief says
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 junta arrests dozens in bid to stabilise currency
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.
A Myanmar Rebel Group Is Accused of Persecuting Rohingya
International courts are still investigating the Myanmar military’s slaughter of the country’s Rohingya Muslim minority in 2017 that the United States has called a genocide. Hundreds of thousands of Rohingya fled to Bangladesh and those who stayed faced persecution from the junta. Now a new threat to the group is looming, this time at the hands of a powerful rebel force.
Singapore Airlines' turbulence incident offers a lesson to all in the business, says Emirates president
The recent Singapore Airlines turbulence incident and how the aftermath was handled offers a lesson to all in the industry, Emirates President Timothy Clark said.
China’s growing influence shapes talks at Singapore’s Shangri-La Dialogue, with spotlight on rules-based order
Singapore’s Defence Minister Ng Eng Hen summed up the mood on Sunday, the final day of the three-day security forum, when he said the system of global governance in place since the end of World War II “guarantees the security and survival of large nations and small”.
Myanmar's NLD co-founder and Suu Kyi ally Tin Oo dies at 97
BANGKOK/YANGON -- Tin Oo, co-founder of the National League for Democracy (NLD), Myanmar's political party led by pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, died on Saturday, a NLD source told Nikkei. He was 97.