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Looting licences: Junta transfers valuable alcohol permits from Sagaing to Yangon

Hungry for cash and unable to collect tax in resistance strongholds in Sagaing, the regime has taken the unusual step of revoking sought-after liquor licences in the region and transferring them to compliant businesses in Yangon.

BY Frontier

News, Business

Lights out: Myanmar’s junta dreams of electric cars

Despite struggling to keep the lights on, the military regime has unveiled plans to electrify the nation’s transport system, with many of the initial import permits going to companies close to the generals.

BY Frontier

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China and Myanmar resume work on Muse-Kyaukphyu railway

A Chinese state-owned company and the military regime are quietly pushing forward with a railway line that would run through active conflict zones, after lengthy delays due to Myanmar’s wariness, COVID-19 and then the coup.

BY Frontier

Business

Junta forced to wait on COVID-19 loans

An economic downturn exacerbated by the regime’s own disastrous policies is hampering efforts to recuperate loans given to businesses by the ousted civilian government.

BY Frontier

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News Feed, News

Vitriol in cyberspace for celebrities who stayed silent

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Samsung Asia's Irene Ng: 'Myanmar is one of our fastest growing markets'

Multinational giant Samsung is South Korea’s largest chaebol, or industrial conglomerate, and its dozens of subsidiaries include Samsung Electronics, one of the world’s biggest information technology companies. The group’s other activities range from shipbuilding and construction to entertainment and healthcare. Samsung has been consolidating its presence in Myanmar since the change of government in 2011. Frontier spoke to Irene Ng, Samsung Asia vice president for marketing, about the company’s plans for Myanmar.

BY Frontier

Affairs, Business, Features

Fishing for trouble in Myeik

Overfishing, corruption, indebted labour, boats going bankrupt and a lack of scientific data are creating problems for the seafood industry in Myeik.

BY Hans Hulst

Business

Samsung Asia’s Irene Ng: ‘Myanmar is one of our fastest growing markets’

Samsung has been consolidating its presence in Myanmar since the change of government in 2011. Frontier spoke to Samsung Asia's Irene Ng about the company’s plans for the local market.

BY Frontier

Bizfeed, Business

India approves $450m bill for Kaladan project

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Latest Issue

Volume 6, Issue 18

January 27, 2021

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Myanmar enters 2021 with more friends than foes

The early delivery of vaccines is one of the many boons of the country’s geopolitics, but to really take advantage, Myanmar must bury the legacy of its isolationist past.

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Will the Kayin BGF go quietly?

The Kayin State Border Guard Force has come under intense pressure from the Tatmadaw over its extensive, controversial business interests and there’s concern the ultimatum could trigger fresh hostilities in one of the country’s most war-torn areas.

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