In THe NEws

On 1 February 2021, under the command of General Min Aung Hlaing, Myanmar’s military initiated a coup, apparently drawing to a close Myanmar’s ten-year experiment with democratic rule.

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6일 G7 장관회의는 공동성명을 통해 미얀마 군부 주도의 정권에 대한 무기 공급 중단과 원조 중단 등 움직임에 국제사회의 동참을 요청했다. 미얀마 군부에 직접적 지원뿐 아니라 자금이 될 수 있는 연결고리 자체를 끊어야 한다는 것.

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With pressure mounting on international institutions to cut all ties to Myanmar’s junta, the World Bank Group has refused to say if it is considering moving out of the office it rents in a complex on military-owned land.

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Advocacy group Justice for Myanmar has started a petition calling on the tertiary institution Yale-NUS to remove its Governing Board Director, Kay Kuok Oon Kwong, over alleged business ties to the Myanmar junta.

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Justice For Myanmar has published details of 61 publicly listed companies that are in business with Myanmar’s illegitimate military junta and its conglomerates, complicit in the junta’s campaign of terror against Myanmar people. We demand urgent investor action.

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A recent report by Independent Economists for Myanmar (IEM) says that targeting the junta’s sources of foreign currency could force the regime to spend less on military expenses and instead prioritize the public’s needs.

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We have summarised some of the questions posed to the panel and asked them to respond. Here are their answers.

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French energy giant Total’s gas operation in Myanmar has been propping up the military junta by diverting funds from gas sales to offshore accounts instead of the government.

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China’s strategic and business interests in Myanmar had led it to side passively with the military junta after the February 1 coup. However, the anti-China sentiments prevailing among the military brass and civilians alike could spell trouble for Beijing.

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La Birmanie, caillou dans la chaussure du géant pétrolier Total ? Alors que la multinationale française essaie depuis maintenant plusieurs années de se présenter au grand public comme la major de l'énergie responsable, à grand renfort d'annonces sur le plan de la transition environnementale, ses activités dans ce pays du sud-est asiatique en proie à la guerre civile sont décriées ces dernières semaines.

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