Myanmar – Page 43 – Asia Times

Rohingya refugees wait in a queue to collect relief, including food and medicine, sent from Malaysia at Kutupalang Unregistered Refugee Camp in Coxs Bazar, Bangladesh, February 15, 2017. Photo: Reuters / Mohammad Ponir Hossain

AT Finance, Bangladesh, Malaysia, Myanmar, South Asia

Rohingya as Myanmar’s perpetual ‘other’

by Kyaw Zeyar Win March 29, 2017February 18, 2020

A Buddhist Monk walks along a 1.2 kilometer wooden bridge in Mandalay, central Myanmar. Photo: AFP Forum

AT Finance, China, India, Japan, Middle East, Myanmar, Northeast Asia, South Asia, Thailand

A weak plank in Asia’s infrastructure drive

by Christopher Briggs March 29, 2017February 18, 2020

China's Liaoning aircraft carrier with accompanying fleet. Photo: Reuters

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Malaysia speaks softly in the South China Sea

by David Hutt March 23, 2017February 18, 2020

A member of the youth wing of the National Front, Malaysia's ruling coalition, holds a placard at a protest at the North Korea embassy, following the murder of Kim Jong-nam in Kuala Lumpur. Photo: Reuters/Athit Perawongmetha

AT Finance, Beijing, Cambodia, China, Egypt, European Union, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Middle East, Myanmar, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Philippines, Singapore, South Asia, South Korea, Thailand, Vietnam, World

Tougher scrutiny for North Korean-Southeast Asian ties

by Bertil Lintner March 20, 2017February 18, 2020

Philippines markets are still waiting to see President Duterte's stimulus policies come to fruition. Photo: Reuters

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Unrelenting Duterte welcomes ICC case

by Reuters March 20, 2017February 18, 2020

A microfinance customer in Cambodia holds a loan denominated in the local currency, the riel. Photononstop via AFP / Philippe Lissac

AT Finance, Cambodia, China, European Union, France, Laos, Malaysia, Middle East, Myanmar, North Korea, Northeast Asia, South Asia, South Korea, Taiwan, World

Small is beautiful, and profitable, in Cambodia

by Peter Janssen March 17, 2017February 18, 2020

Historic pictures from Myanmar on display at the Yangon Photo Festival in Mahabandoola Park until March 19. Photo: Ron Gluckman

AT Finance, Iran, Middle East, Myanmar, World

Myanmar freedoms on show in photographs

by Ron Gluckman March 17, 2017February 18, 2020

A worker looks on at a garment factory at Hlaing Tar Yar industry zone in Yangon. Photo: Reuters / Soe Zeya Tun

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Mixed prognosis for Myanmar garment sector

by Martje Theuws and Pauline Overeem March 14, 2017February 18, 2020

A map shows the route of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor. Photo: Wikimedia Commons/ Wanishahrukh

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CPEC the game changer might change nothing

by Salman Rafi March 10, 2017

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The Daily Brief for Thursday, 9 March 2017

by Richard Cook March 9, 2017

Raw opium is prepared for smoking in an opium field in western Myanmar in this December 28, 2014 file photo. Photo: Reuters / Soe Zeya Tun

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Myanmar has a drug problem

by Bertil Lintner March 9, 2017February 18, 2020

Bangladeshi activists protest in Dhaka against the deaths of Rohingya in Myanmar's Rakhine state late last year. Photo: Mohammad Ponir Hossain, Reuters

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Plight of Rohingya becoming a jihadist cause célèbre

by Sudha Ramachandran March 7, 2017

Cambodian construction workers work at a port in the country's Kandal province in a file photo. Prime Minister Hun Sen's government is appealing to foreign investors to build up the country's laggard infrastructure. Photo: Reuters / Samrang Pring

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Hun Sen campaigns for more foreign direct investment

by Peter Janssen March 3, 2017February 18, 2020

Oil and gas drilling platform in Singapore. Photo: Roslan Rahman

AT Finance, China, Malaysia, Myanmar, New Zealand, Oceania

Oil and gas M&A boom to hit Asia: Nikkei Asian Review

by Asia Unhedged March 3, 2017February 18, 2020

Myanmar government troops board a military helicopter in Muse located in Shan State near China's border in 2016. At least 3,000 people have fled into China due to fighting. Photo: AFP/Ko Sai

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Scores killed in clashes on Myanmar-China border: army

by Agence France-Presse March 1, 2017February 18, 2020

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The Daily Brief for Tuesday, 28 February 2017

by Richard Cook February 28, 2017

Myanmar State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi reviews honour guards during a welcoming ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, August 18, 2016. REUTERS/Jason Lee

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China uses carrot and stick in Myanmar

by Bertil Lintner February 28, 2017February 18, 2020

In tune: United Wa State Army soldiers during a media display in Panghsang, Wa territory in northeast Myanmar October 4, 2016. Photo: Reuters/Soe Zeya Tun

AT Finance, Beijing, China, Myanmar

Wa rebel group torpedoes Suu Kyi’s peace drive

by Bertil Lintner February 28, 2017February 18, 2020

Myanmar State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi attends an event marking the 69th anniversary of Martyrs' Day at the Martyrs' Mausoleum dedicated to the fallen independence heroes in Yangon July 19, 2016. Photo: Reuters / Soe Zeya Tun

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Suu Kyi falls short of great expectations

by Bertil Lintner February 28, 2017February 18, 2020

A child plays with his mother at a beach in Port Blair, capital of India's Andaman and Nicobar islands. Tribal populations are endangered in the archipelago. Photo: Adnan Abidi, Reuters

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Rail link in Andaman Islands could threaten tribals

by Sudha Ramachandran February 24, 2017February 24, 2017

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The Daily Brief for Tuesday, 21 February 2017

by Richard Cook February 21, 2017February 21, 2017

Soldiers march during a parade to mark the 69th anniversary of Armed Forces Day in Myanmar's capital Naypyitaw. Photo: Reuters / Soe Zeya Tun

AT Finance, Bangladesh, Malaysia, Myanmar, South Asia

Myanmar military ill-prepared for Rohingya conflict

by Anthony Davis February 21, 2017February 18, 2020

Rohingya Muslim refugees shout slogans during a protest against what organisers say is the crackdown on ethnic Rohingya's in Myanmar, in New Delhi, India, December 19, 2016. Photo: Reuters / Adnan Abidi

AT Finance, Bangladesh, Malaysia, Middle East, Myanmar, South Asia

Rohingya insurgency heralds wider war in Myanmar

by Anthony Davis February 21, 2017February 18, 2020

Khin Khin Tun's back is a patchwork of burns, searing memories she says from when her former employer poured two flasks of boiling water over her flesh – one for each orange she was accused of stealing. Photo: AFP/Ye Aung Thu

AT Finance, Middle East, Myanmar

There was a lot of blood: Myanmar sisters scarred by abuse

by Agence France-Presse February 17, 2017February 18, 2020

Gabriel Wong, head of China corporate finance for PwC China and Hong Kong, says funding demands for projects will continue to drive capital flows from China. Photo: Asia Times

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Capital controls to drag on China outbound M&A, PwC says

by Jeff Pao February 15, 2017February 18, 2020

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The Daily Brief for Wednesday, 15 February 2017

by Richard Cook February 15, 2017

Myanmar men filtering the water for salt deposits from a pond in the village of Maekaye, Ngaputaw township, Irrawaddy Division. Photo: AFP / Ye Aung Thu

AT Finance, Australia, China, European Union, Laos, Middle East, Myanmar, Oceania, Singapore, Thailand, World

No democratic dividend for Myanmar’s frontier markets

by Peter Janssen February 15, 2017February 18, 2020

Money changers exchanging Myanmar kyat bank notes into US dollars in a back alley of the country's main city and former capital Yangon. Photo: AFP / Soe Than Win

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Risks remain for US companies in Myanmar

by Peter Janssen February 15, 2017February 18, 2020

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The Vatican’s soft realpolitik will be tested by China

by Emanuele Scimia February 14, 2017February 14, 2017

Laborers work at a construction site for an office building in Singapore. Photo: AFP / Roslan Rahman

AT Finance, Bangladesh, China, India, Myanmar, Singapore, South Asia, World

Singapore’s non-payment economy

by Kirsten Han February 14, 2017February 18, 2020