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Newly appointed Finance Minister Soe Win in a file photo. Photo: Facebook

AT Finance, Australia, Bangladesh, Laos, Myanmar, Oceania, South Asia, Thailand, World

New Fin Min revives reform hopes in Myanmar

by Peter Janssen June 15, 2018February 18, 2020

A Myanmar police officer looks at a notice displayed on a fence at a Muslim household during a census taking at the village of Theechaung on the outskirts of Sittwe in the western Myanmar state of Rakhine, April 1, 2014. Photo: AFP/ Soe Than Win

AT Finance, Bangladesh, China, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, Middle East, Myanmar, Northeast Asia, Russia, South Asia, United Kingdom, World

Myanmar scrambles to avoid its day in court

by David Scott Mathieson June 14, 2018February 18, 2020

Rohingya Muslims, who fled government-sanctioned violence in Myanmar, sought refuge in Bangladesh, which now hosts more than one million people. Photo: iStock/Joel Carillet

Afghanistan, AT Finance, European Union, Iraq, Middle East, Myanmar, South Asia, World

In Myanmar good Intentions led to bad outcomes

by Tej Parikh April 8, 2018

Rohingya refugees stretch their hands to receive aid distributed by local organisations at Balukhali makeshift refugee camp in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, September 14, 2017. Reuters photographer Danish Siddiqui: "I was going past one of the refugee camps when I stopped to photograph this aid distribution along a road. As the aid distribution got a bit chaotic, volunteers started throwing water bottles from the truck towards the refugees. I placed myself to get the newly made camp in the background as it showed how newly arrived Rohingyas living in these small makeshift shelters were in desperate need of aid." REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui

AT Finance, Bangladesh, Beijing, China, India, Myanmar, Northeast Asia, South Asia

India, China and the Rohingya issue

by Pema Tseten March 24, 2018March 26, 2018

Myanmar State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi sits for a group photo during the 21st Century Panglong peace talks with ethnic representatives to mark 70th anniversary of Myanmar Union Day in Panglong, Southern Shan State, on February 12, 2017. Photo: AFP/Lamin Tun

AT Finance, Middle East, Myanmar

Where Suu Kyi stands the most to lose

by Sai Wansai January 30, 2018February 18, 2020

Myanmar State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi talks during a news conference in Naypyitaw, Myanmar on September 6, 2017. Photo: Reuters/Soe Zeya Tun

AT Finance, Bangladesh, Middle East, Myanmar, North Korea, Northeast Asia, South Asia, World

Myanmar slipping on several fronts

by Andray Abrahamian January 8, 2018February 18, 2020

Myanmar State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi at the Presidential residence in Naypyidaw on 28 November 2017. Photo: Reuters/Phyo Hein Kyaw

AT Finance, Bangladesh, Beijing, China, India, Japan, Malaysia, Myanmar, Northeast Asia, Philippines, Singapore, South Asia, United Kingdom, World

From hope to despair in Myanmar

by Bertil Lintner December 27, 2017February 18, 2020

Thousands of Rohingya Muslims have fled to neighboring Bangladesh to escape military persecution in Rakhine state in Myanmar. The author says the government of Myanmar needs to work with minority groups such as the Rohingya to establish an all-inclusive national identify.
Photo: AFP/Dibyangshu Sarkar

AT Finance, Myanmar, South Asia

All-inclusive national identity is the way to peace in Myanmar

by Sai Wansai November 8, 2017

Myanmar State Counsellor and Foreign Minister Aung San Suu Kyi pays her respects to her late father as Myanmar marks the 70th anniversary of Martyrs' Day in Yangon on July 19, 2017. Photo: AFP/Ye Aung Thu

AT Finance, Bangladesh, European Union, Germany, India, Japan, Middle East, Myanmar, Northeast Asia, Russia, South Asia, World

The ties that bind Suu Kyi’s hands

by Bertil Lintner October 21, 2017February 18, 2020

Rohingya refugees arrive at a beach in Teknaf after crossing from Myanmar to Bangladesh on October 15, 2017. Photo: Reuters / Jorge Silva

AT Finance, Bangladesh, European Union, Israel, Middle East, Myanmar, South Asia, World

Rohingya resettlement risky business for Myanmar

by David Scott Mathieson October 19, 2017February 18, 2020

Myanmar State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi speaks during a joint a press conference with Sweden's prime minister on June 12, 2017, in Stockholm. Photo: AFP / Jonathan Nackstrand

AT Finance, Australia, Cambodia, China, Japan, Myanmar, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Oceania, Singapore, Vietnam, World

Suu Kyi’s fading allure repels foreign investors

by Peter Janssen September 6, 2017February 18, 2020

De facto Myanmar ruler Aung San Suu Kai's indifference to press freedom has attracted intense criticism. Photo: Soe Zeya Tun/Reuters

AT Finance, European Union, Myanmar, Northeast Asia, World

Why Suu Kyi should reach out to Myanmar’s media

by Tej Parikh July 15, 2017July 15, 2017

Myanmar's State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi gives a speech at the Swedish parliament in Stockholm, Sweden June 13, 2017. TT News Agency/Christine Olsson via Reuters

AT Finance, Myanmar, Northeast Asia, Singapore, South Asia

When will Suu Kyi challenge the military?

by Bertil Lintner June 21, 2017February 18, 2020

This photograph taken on November 10, 2013 shows Muslim lawyer Ko Ni delivering a public address on amending Myanmar's 2008 constitution, as senior National League for Democracy (NLD) party patron Tin Oo (R) listens, in Yangon. Thousands of mourners gathered on January 30, 2017 to bury Ko Ni, a top Muslim lawyer and adviser to Aung San Suu Kyi, who was gunned down outside Yangon airport in what the ruling party called a political assassination. / AFP PHOTO / Hong Sar

AT Finance, China, Indonesia, Myanmar, Singapore

No justice for slain Myanmar lawyer Ko Ni

by Bertil Lintner June 17, 2017February 18, 2020

Buddhist monks protest alongside activists (not pictured) against United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon for using the term Rohingya during the Asean summit in Yangon November 29, 2014. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun

AT Finance, Indonesia, Myanmar

Islamophobia redux in Myanmar

by David Scott Mathieson May 3, 2017February 18, 2020

A man gets his finger inked as he casts his ballot during Myanmar by-elections on April 1, 2017. Aung San Suu Kyi's party won nearly half of the contested seats. Photo: Reuters

AT Finance, Myanmar

Suu Kyi’s party wins nearly half of Myanmar by-elections

by Reuters April 3, 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

AT Finance, Indonesia, Myanmar, South Asia, Vietnam

Suu Kyi falls short of great expectations

by Bertil Lintner February 28, 2017February 18, 2020

Myanmar Buddhist monks participate in an anti-Muslim demonstration in Sittwe, Rakhine State on July 3, 2016. Sectarian violence has left scores dead since 2012. Photo: AFP / Win Moe

AT Finance, China, Myanmar, Thailand

Radical Buddhist revival in Myanmar

by Carole Oudot and Matthieu Baudey January 31, 2017February 18, 2020

People carry the coffin of prominent Muslim lawyer Ko Ni during a funeral ceremony held in Yangon, Myanmar on January 30, 2017. Ko Ni was shot in the head at Yangon International Airport on Sunday evening as he returned from a visit to Indonesia as part of a Myanmar delegation of Muslim leaders and government officials. Photo: Kyaw Kyaw / Anadolu Agency

AT Finance, Myanmar

Assassination puts Myanmar on a razor’s edge

by Bertil Lintner January 31, 2017February 18, 2020

Myanmar's State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi (L) shakes hands with ethnic rebel leader General Gun Maw (R) from the Kachin Independence Army (KIA), the military wing of the Kachin Independence Organization (KIO), at the conclusion of a peace conference in Naypyidaw on September 3, 2016. Photo: AFP / Aung Htet

AT Finance, Bangladesh, European Union, Myanmar, Northeast Asia, South Asia, World

No peace in sight for Myanmar

by Bertil Lintner January 19, 2017February 18, 2020

AT Finance, Myanmar, South Asia, World

Suu Kyi calls for investment as Obama pledges help

by Admin September 16, 2016September 29, 2016

AT Finance, Myanmar

Myanmar’s Suu Kyi holds landmark talks with rebel leaders

by Admin July 17, 2016July 17, 2016

AT Finance, Middle East, Myanmar

Suu Kyi drops plans to run 2 ministries, takes on spokeswoman role

by Admin April 4, 2016

AT Finance, Myanmar, World

Suu Kyi aide elected Myanmar’s first civilian president in decades

by Admin March 15, 2016March 15, 2016

AT Finance, Myanmar, South Asia

Public ire against Myanmar army’s vice president nominee blacklisted by US

by Admin March 12, 2016March 12, 2016

AT Finance, Beijing, China, Myanmar

Suu Kyi party may review China-backed dam project

by Admin March 9, 2016March 9, 2016

AT Finance, Middle East, Myanmar

Suu Kyi’s hopes of becoming president fade as Myanmar hastens vote

by Admin March 1, 2016March 1, 2016

AT Finance, Myanmar

Suu Kyi allies form Myanmar ruling party after long struggle

by Admin February 1, 2016February 1, 2016

AT Finance, China, Middle East, Myanmar, World

FDI poised to flow on Myanmar’s political transition

by Admin January 22, 2016February 11, 2016

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