In THe NEws

I slutten av januar vant frihetsforkjemper Aung San Suu Kyis parti valget, til mektige militærlederes store misnøye. Like etter ble det gjennomført statskupp og Kyi ble pågrepet.

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Myanmar, also known as Burma, has been beset with political instability since it declared independence from Britain in 1948. Between 1958 and 1960 the military formed a temporary caretaker government at the behest of UN.

တောင်ကိုရီးယားကုမ္ပဏီများ၏ မြန်မာစစ်တပ်နှင့် စီးပွားရေးဆက်ဆံမှုများသည် အာဏာသိမ်း စစ်ကောင်စီနှင့်အတူ ပြစ်တင်ရှုတ်ချမှုများ ပိုမိုခံလာရသည်။ လူ့အခွင့်အရေးအုပ်စုများသာမက ထိုလုပ်ငန်းများ၏ အစုရှယ်ယာရှင်များကပင် မြန်မာစစ်တပ်နှင့် အဆက်အသွယ်ဖြတ်ရန် POSCO ကို တိုက်တွန်းနေကြသည်။

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金融時報報導，投資者敦促韓國工業集團Posco退出與緬甸軍方控制鋼鐵合資企業，因為跨國公司承受壓力，要求其切斷與緬甸軍方的金融聯繫。

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Foreign banks cashing in on Myanmar’s brief economic liberalisation are facing new compliance headaches after fresh sanctions were imposed on the military junta, with the sector put on notice over further sanctions targeting the country’s energy and commodities sectors.

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A coup d’état in Myanmar began on 1st February 2021, when democratically elected members of the ruling party, the National League for Democracy (NLD), were deposed by the Tatmadaw—Myanmar’s military—which vested power in a stratocracy with year long state of emergency under Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services Min Aung Hlaing.

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A new report reveals that Norway's sovereign wealth fund might have indirectly financed the military junta in Myanmar.

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South Korean companies’ business ties with the military of Myanmar are being increasingly condemned along with the military. Especially, even shareholders, not to mention human rights groups, are urging POSCO to sever its relationship with the Myanmar military.

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Indiske Adani-gruppen er et multinasjonalt konglomerat og har tidligere vært i søkelyset for et kontroversielt kullprosjekt i Australia. Nå har et av konsernets selskaper igjen havnet i fokus.

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Oljefondet hadde ved utgangen av 2020 investert over 840 millioner kroner i selskapet Adani Ports. Selskapet har tette bånd til militærdiktaturet i Myanmar, ifølge en rapport.

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