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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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Myanmar’s military-led regime exported more than $190 million worth of timber in 2021, including to countries with active sanctions on the country’s state-controlled timber monopoly, according to a recent report from Forest Trends.

One of Europe's largest pension funds, PFZW, ditched 24 companies - including Danske Bank and Swedbank - from its equity and bond investments in the second half of 2021.

Australia has been accused of “kowtowing to dictators” and an “act of treachery” after outgoing ambassador to Myanmar Andrea Faulkner met with junta leader Min Aung Hlaing this week, the military commander responsible for overthrowing the country’s democratically elected government and the deaths of at least 1730 civilians.

Australia’s ambassador to Myanmar met alleged war criminal and coup leader, Senior General Min Aung Hlaing on Wednesday, in a meeting the junta claims discussed “enhancement of cooperation” between the two countries.

ရုရှားနိုင်ငံဟာ မြန်မာစစ်တပ်ကို လက်နက်နဲ့ ဆက်စပ်ပစ္စည်းတွေ အဓိက တင်ပို့တဲ့ နိုင်ငံဖြစ်ပြီး ဒီလုပ်ငန်းမှာ ရုရှားကုမ္ပဏီ ၁၉ ခု ပါဝင်ပတ်သက်နေပါတယ်။

Facebook (ယခု Meta ) စာမျက်နှာထက်သို့ အကြမ်းဖက်စစ်ကောင်စီတပ်၏ လက်အောက်ခံပြန်ကြားရေးစာမျက်နှာများသည် ပြန်လည်ရောက်ရှိလာခဲ့ပြန်ပြီဖြစ်သည်။

„Unerklärlich“ ist einer österreichischen Firma, wie Bauteile ihres auch militärisch einsetzbaren Camcopters noch nach dem Putsch in Myanmar an die dortige Militärjunta gelangt sind.

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