Junta Cronies

Dr. Mya Han likes to keep a low profile, but thanks to excellent connections the Fortune International boss’s tentacles reach into every corner of the Myanmar economy, from elevators to...

A brush with the law in Thailand exposed the depth of casino boss and arms dealer Tun Min Latt’s links with the junta leader’s family.

After growing wealthy in the timber trade thanks to his father’s position in the previous junta, Sit Taing Aung has become a key supplier of arms to the current regime.

The 71-year-old resigned from his 105 Yoma-linked firms while he remains under junta interrogation over allegations that his bank added to Myanmar's inflation woes.

The shadowy head of Myanmar Chemical & Machinery has grown rich thanks to his high-level contacts in the military and among arms suppliers in Ukraine, Serbia and China.

The junta crony and Yoma Bank head is being held and questioned in Naypyitaw, sources said. He was earlier questioned over Yoma’s lending to local buyers of Thai condos.

After capturing Thandwe Airport, the Arakan Army is just steps away from Myanmar’s most valuable beach and the crony-owned resorts that line the seven-kilometer stretch of the country’s finest white...

The regime, which wants to exploit oil and gas reserves, says it will develop two major oil wells with technical assistance from tycoon Michael Moe Myint’s fuel firm.

Despite being sanctioned by Washington, daughter of the founder of Myanmar military junta-linked crony conglomerate has enrolled in elite business school in France.

One of the country’s major private carriers, it was bought in 2018 by U Aung Aung Zaw’s 24 Hour Group from KBZ Group of Companies.