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Burma
U Tay Za’s Htoo Group is handed right to dominate imports as economy slides back toward monopoly conditions under military rule.
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Analysis
The current regime faces an unprecedented war in the Burmese homeland and its ruinous policies must be testing the patience of its crony financial backers.
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Burma
The area of land under poppy cultivation expanded by a third in the 2021-22 growing season as economic insecurity drove farmers back to the crop, the UNODC said.
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Asia
In the wake of the Tiananmen crackdown, Jiang steered China towards its emergence as the global trade, military, and political power that it is today.
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Myanmar’s Crisis & the World
Vinay Mohan Kwatra met Min Aung Hlaing and discussed financial, trade and border issues, according to junta media.
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Junta Watch
Also this week, Min Aung Hlaing added ‘health consultant’ to his job description, ordering staff at his regime’s bloated bureaucracy to lose weight.
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Guest Column
Building a rail link across the northern highlands is a dream that has eluded global capitalists, British imperialists, Chinese state planners and Myanmar governments.
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Burma
Regime tightens control on financial flows in commercial capital, sparking concern among business owners already struggling with soaring costs.
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Junta Watch
Also this week, military personnel were urged to show ‘solidarity’ with the people, and Min Aung Hlaing’s presidential dream took another step toward being realized.
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Burma
The Irrawaddy assesses the legacy of four National League for Democracy economic figures who helped stabilize finances after decades of military mismanagement.
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Guest Column
Facilitated by militia and military leaders, rare earth extraction in Kachin State near China has serious health, social, environmental and sovereignty implications.
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Burma
New governor Daw Than Than Swe and her team, including ex-military officers, are expected to merely rubber stamp the junta’s erratic and damaging financial directives.
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Junta Watch
Also this week, the coup leader offered another bizarre economic prediction, and the junta bristled as the world marked five years since the Rohingya exodus from Rakhine.
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Junta Watch
Also this week, Min Aung Hlaing changed his tune on his recent Russia visit, and the regime parroted Beijing’s line on a controversial US visit to Taiwan.
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Junta Watch
Also this week, the coup leader’s obsession with the NLD followed him to Russia, and the military meddled in another place it shouldn’t—the Central Bank of Myanmar.