Unlike the grand receptions afforded other visitors, Min Aung Hlaing met Noeleen Heyzer in the lowly parlor of his SAC Chairman’s Office.
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Young People Clamour to Leave Myanmar in Giant Brain Drain
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Other Asian countries, keen to boost post-coronavirus growth, are recruiting from Myanmar’s younger population as people flee military rule.
Myanmar’s Commercial Capital Yangon hit by Record Rainfall and Floods
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Torrential downpours and landslides also struck Mon and Kayah states with further heavy monsoon rain expected in southern and western Myanmar.
UK’s Euromoney Urged to Revoke Its Award to Myanmar Crony Bank UAB
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The British financial media firm last month named UAB as Myanmar’s ‘Best Bank’ despite its ties to Myanmar’s military regime and to sanction-hit company IGE.
Myanmar Junta Restricts Mobile Money Payments to cut Resistance Funding
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People at home and overseas have been using mobile wallet apps to give financial support to the anti-coup movement.
Junta Chief Blames Resistance for Myanmar’s Chaos
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Min Aung Hlaing told his ministers to expect more “counterterrorism operations” against Myanmar’s many resistance forces.
Myanmar Junta Uses UN Envoy for What It Craves: Legitimacy
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After Noeleen Heyzer met Min Aung Hlaing on Wednesday, a junta spokesman quickly declared it an ‘official meeting’ between the UN official and the ‘Myanmar government’.
Myanmar Regime Claims Ousted NLD Members Applying for Political Pensions
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National League for Democracy lawmakers said few would apply for the pensions and that it was an attempt by the junta to divide the anti-coup movement.
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