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Covering geo-political news and current affairs across Asia

Tag: Magnitsky Act

Posted inMyanmar

Following the money behind Myanmar’s coup

by Richard S Ehrlich February 7, 2021February 12, 2021

BANGKOK – By seizing absolute power, Myanmar coup leader Senior General Min Aung Hlaing has protected his and his family’s financial interests and the military’s unscrutinized economic domination. Min Aung Hlaing spent much of his military career as a quiet, publicity-shy officer steadily promoted to higher positions before grabbing absolute power at dawn on February […]

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Posted inAT Finance, Cambodia, China, European Union, Japan, Myanmar, Northeast Asia, Russia, Singapore, World

US sanctions loom over Hun Sen’s ‘illegitimate’ polls

by David Hutt July 26, 2018February 18, 2020
Posted inAT Finance, Cambodia, China, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Russia, Thailand, Vietnam, World

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by Andrew Nachemson June 15, 2018February 18, 2020
Posted inAT Finance, Beijing, China, Hong Kong, Myanmar, Russia, World

China decries US human rights sanctions slapped on former official

by Asia Times staff December 23, 2017February 18, 2020
Posted inAT Finance, Bangladesh, China, European Union, Myanmar, Russia, South Asia, World

US looks at sanctions over Myanmar’s treatment of Rohingya

by Reuters and Asia Times October 24, 2017February 18, 2020

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