The Central Bank revokes another 123 licenses, in the regime’s latest effort to take control of foreign currency flows.
Junta boss’s cognac-loving protégé faces formal corruption probe for allegedly taking massive amounts of bribes in US dollars.
National Unity Government says 44 officials at the junta-controlled bank are complicit in financing war crimes.
Consumer boycott enters new phase as generals launch armed counter-offensive at shops and pubs in Yangon.
Chinese, Indian tourists will be the first to benefit from the pilot project, but tour operators say conflict is a deterrent.
Junta minister also said currency conversion and tourism agreements are also in the works between the two pariah states.
The Irrawaddy spoke to Australian economist Sean Turnell, an ex-aide to Daw Aung San Suu Kyi who was jailed in 2021-22, on the economic damage wrought by military rule.
The energy crisis will worsen as long as the junta is in control, expert adds.
Justice For Myanmar targets nine tycoons who do business in Singapore and support the junta’s atrocities.
In the second of a two-part series, The Irrawaddy’s Investigation Desk examines more of the vast business interests of the children of late military regime official Aung Thaung.
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