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Singaporean Withdraws From Myanmar Military-Linked Tobacco Venture. A week on, the military coup is exacting an increasingly steep economic cost.

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Senior General Min Aung Hlaing’s coup was supposedly for upholding the integrity of Myanmar’s electoral process, but Justice for Myanmar posits that his motivation lies on preserving his financial interests as head of the military’s economic conglomerates and the business interests of his family.

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L’Europe défile à toute vitesse. Assis près de la vitre, Min Aung Hlaing regarde le paysage fuyant du train Bruxelles-Anvers, engoncé dans son écharpe et son manteau. Le froid est assassin en cette soirée du 8 novembre 2016.

Als Reaktion auf den Militärputsch im Myanmar vor einer Woche will Japans größter Bierbrauer Kirin seine zwei Gemeinschaftsunternehmen mit den dortigen Streitkräften möglichst schnell beenden.

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#HearOurVoices! @Razer board member Lim Kaling is in biz w/#Myanmar military, financing #MyanmarCoup + crushing hopes.Pls sign + share our petition + give #Razer an ultimatum: Either Lim Kaling ends biz w/Myanmar military or kick him off Razer's board - http://ow.ly/Uv0M50DtpgZ

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An Indian technology company co-founded by Rishi Sunak’s billionaire father-in-law is under fire for maintaining business ties with Burma’s generals after they overthrew Aung San Suu Kyi in a coup.

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Kirin Holdings Company Limited, a Japan-based beer manufacturer, has severed ties with Myanmar government-run Economic Holdings Public Company Limited following the evolving situation of military takeover.

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ミャンマー国軍によるクーデターを受け、日本政府や企業が対応の見直しを迫られている。2011年の民政移管以降、日本は国軍側とも結びつく形でミャンマーへの経済支援や企業進出を進めてきたが、今回の政変で環境は急変。欧米の経済制裁が復活すれば、国軍は中国との関係強化に傾くとみられ、向き合い方に苦慮している。

Japanese conglomerate Kirin Holdings Company Limited has terminated its ties with Myanmar's military-linked company Myanmar Economic Holdings Public Company Limited -- a decision being seen as a strong message to the Myanmar military.

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The military coup of Myanmar on February 1 is the saga of General Min Aung Hlaing financial interests and the military's unscruitinised economic domination, reported Asia Times.