24 March 2021
People in many cities and townships of Myanmar are conducting a "silent strike" today to...
23 March 2021
AFP Five people are feared dead and at least 20,000 Rohingya have fled a huge blaze...
07 February 2021
Foreign investors flocked to Myanmar as it began its democratic transition a decade ago...
Ferry boats dock at the bank of the Yangon river, Yangon, Myanmar, 07 June 2020. Photo: Lynn Bo Bo/EPA
14 June 2020
While the COVID-19 pandemic is still creating economic and trade disruption across the...
View of a nearly deserted road in Yangon, Myanmar, 10 April 2020. Photo: Nyein Chan Naing/EPA
29 April 2020
Government efforts to lessen the economic damage of the Covid-19 pandemic are too weak,...
Visiting the “Dragon’s Head” - Chinese President Xi Jinping, left, and Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, right, visit the cargo terminal of Chinese company Cosco in the port of Piraeus, Greece, 11 November 2019. Chinese President Xi was on a two-day official visit to Greece paving the way for the Belt and Road Initiative.Photo: EPA
05 December 2019
On the face of it, Chinese President Xi Jinping’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI)...
02 November 2019
Myanmar is not a country that comes to mind when one thinks of exquisite blends of coffee.
Sule in downtown Yangon. Photo: Ye Aung Thu/AFP
15 October 2019
Key takeaways from the latest (Oct 2019) World Bank ‘Asia Pacific Economic Update –...
People from Dala township arriving by boat in Yangon after crossing the Yangon River. Photo: Sai Aung Main/AFP
23 September 2019
On her scruffy, downtrodden bank of the river, teashop-owner Khin works just a few...
01 August 2019
Coffee production is not new in Myanmar, but speciality coffee production is. Recently...
Chinese President Xi Jinping (R) welcomes Myanmar State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi (L) prior to their meeting at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, 24 April 2019. Photo: EPA
18 May 2019
Much has been reported on the recent release of the two Reuters journalists in Myanmar...
03 January 2018
Businessmen and economists have been eagerly awaiting a crucial piece of legislation that...

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