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Microsoft strikes deal with shady Myanmar conglomerate
US software giant Microsoft signed a software and service supply agreement with Shwe Taung Group of Companies, a Myanmar business conglomerate that in the...
Myanmar’s jade mining industry an illicit $31-billion business
A new report by UK-based non-governmental organisation Global Witness reveals that Myanmar's illicit jade trade is controlled by networks of military officials and their...
Myanmar property prices take off
Undersupply of housing, industrial land, hotel rooms and shopping space has caused a massive surge in Myanmar's property prices that have already reached levels...
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Thailand, Singapore most vulnerable to potential US recession
Southeast Asia could be seriously affected in case the US falls into recession, but some countries would be more badly hit than others, economists...