PTTEP says it wants to extend controversial contracts to ensure energy security, but critics say it should follow the lead of Chevron and exit the pariah country.
Some farmers in major rice-growing regions say they have already lost half their crop.
Residents and business owners in the country’s commercial hub are being crippled by the power crisis.
Regime chief Min Aung Hlaing told a gathering on Wednesday that more than 600,000 tourists had visited Myanmar this year.
Junta’s new energy minister discusses up and downstream investment with Russian association chief.
New income tax on migrant workers sparks backlash in Thailand, where many earn just US$ 8.25 per day.
New rice-price controls target sales from farmers, not traders, in bid to stabilize soaring market prices.
Nyunt Aung, who was also fired for graft under the previous military regime, becomes the latest victim of a corruption investigation triggered by soaring inflation.
Oil storage and distribution operations have been handed to a web of junta cronies under the KBZ Group of Companies.
Deputy commerce minister is the latest high-profile regime official detained over allegations of massive corruption.
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