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While investor appetite has waned in Myanmar following the military coup last year, Singapore remains one of its top sources of foreign investment. Singapore accounted for US$297 million (S$404 million) worth of investment approved by the junta from October 2021 to March this year, according to Myanmar state data.

Finnish technology giant Wärtsilä Corporation in partnership with sanctioned arms broker, Myanmar Chemical and Machinery (MCM) won two contracts from the junta to construct and operate two hybrid gas and solar power plants in Myingyan and Magway.

The military’s strategy of surveillance, overall, has shifted towards exerting power over the whole information arena. Right after the coup, the military started to practice total internet blackouts, then, nightly internet blackouts, then, infrastructure based blackouts (only FTTH services are available).

အာဏာသိမ်းပြီးနောက်ပိုင်း မြန်မာ့အသံနှင့် ရုပ်မြင်သံကြား (MRTV) နှင့် မြ၀တီတို့အပါအဝင်  ဖေ့စ်ဘုတ်တို့အပါအဝင် စစ်ကောင်စီ၏ဝါဒဖြန့်ချိရေးယန္တရားတို့ကို ဖေ့စ်ဘုတ်က ဖယ်ရှားခဲ့သည်။

The regime’s push for solar power to rescue Myanmar from massive blackouts has failed, and a new Chinese gas plant and hydropower provide controversial alternatives.

Myanmar is fortunate to have extraordinary travel destinations within its borders. But these tourist jewels have been denied to most foreigners since the pandemic began and then the coup in February 2021. But, after years of closed borders, Myanmar is once again opening upto foreign tourists from 17 April.

သတင်းအမှားများကိုတိုက်ဖျက်ခြင်းအစီအစဉ် (Misinformation Busters)မှ ပြန်လည်ကြိုဆိုလိုက်ပါတယ်။ ဖေ့စ်ဘုတ်ပေါ်ပြန်ရောက်လာသည့် စစ်ကောင်စီဝါဒဖြန့်စာမျက်နှာများ ပိတ်ပင်ပေးရန် Justice For Myanmar တောင်းဆို၊

Myanmar’s forests are dying. The Southeast Asian nation lost four million hectares of forest cover – an area the size of Switzerland – between 2001 and 2020, according to the Global Forest Watch.

Yesterday, we reported on a meeting between the outgoing Australian ambassador to Myanmar, Andrea Faulkner, and the leader of that country’s coup and alleged war criminal, Senior General Min Aung Hlaing.

Telenor har ved flere anledninger forklart sitt salg av virksomheten i Myanmar med at selskapet ikke kan gå med på krav fra militærjuntaen om utlevering av kundenes persondata.

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