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News Myanmar Yangon: Myanmar Junta Chief’s Real Estate up for Sale

Published on: Monday 25 April 2022
Myanmar Junta Chief’s Real Estate up for Sale
News source: https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/burma/myanmar-junta-chiefs-real-estate-up-for-sale.html

Min Aung Hlaing’s two Yangon properties are among the regime-owned and confiscated real estate that the NUG will put on sale soon.

News Myanmar Yangon: Myanmar military government denies rumors of fuel shortages

Published on: Tuesday 19 April 2022
Myanmar military government denies rumors of fuel shortages
News source: https://apnews.com/article/business-myanmar-yangon-retail-sales-a67f91c79f6161623ebc9169bafccdbd

BANGKOK (AP) — Myanmar’s military government has denied the country is suffering from a shortage of fuel after rumors about low supplies of gasoline and diesel led to panic buying and long queues at service stations in several cities.

News Myanmar Yangon: Junta Watch: Regime Plans Thingyan Party Amid Chaos; Official Retirement Age Raised and More

Published on: Friday 08 April 2022
Junta Watch: Regime Plans Thingyan Party Amid Chaos; Official Retirement Age Raised and More
News source: https://www.irrawaddy.com/specials/junta-watch/junta-watch-regime-plans-thingyan-party-amid-chaos-official-retirement-age-raised-and-more.html

Also this week, the most high-profile regime official to be targeted so far was shot at her home, and foreign embassies complained about a harsh new foreign-exchange law.

News Myanmar Yangon: Myanmar Central Bank Vice-Governor Shot at Her Home

Published on: Thursday 07 April 2022
Myanmar Central Bank Vice-Governor Shot at Her Home
News source: https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/burma/myanmar-central-bank-vice-governor-shot-at-her-home.html

Conflicting reports have emerged over whether Daw Than Than Swe survived the attack; she is the most senior regime official so far to be targeted.

News Myanmar Yangon: Shooting of Myanmar central banker shows new forex-rule backlash

Published on: Friday 08 April 2022
Shooting of Myanmar central banker shows new forex-rule backlash
News source: https://asia.nikkei.com/Spotlight/Myanmar-Crisis/Shooting-of-Myanmar-central-banker-shows-new-forex-rule-backlash

BANGKOK -- The shooting of one of Myanmar's top central bank officials in Yangon on Thursday highlighted growing public hostility toward financial regulators and institutions associated with the ...

News Myanmar Yangon: Financial protest in Myanmar turns lethal

Published on: Wednesday 13 April 2022
Financial protest in Myanmar turns lethal
News source: https://www.euromoney.com/article/29yt6o1qg71a7c5w8h2ps/banking/financial-protest-in-myanmar-turns-lethal

Myanmar has been under tight sanctions from Western economies, particularly the US, alongside falling exports and a dramatic reduction in foreign direct investment. The idea appears to be that by ...

News Myanmar Yangon: How Myanmar’s Coup Leader Got Hold of Residences on Yangon’s Inya Lake

Published on: Sunday 16 January 2022
News source: https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/burma/how-myanmars-coup-leader-got-hold-of-residences-on-yangons-inya-lake.html

When he became military chief in 2011, Min Aung Hlaing did not own a home. Now he has two in the wealthy neighborhood, both far outside the range of his official salary.

News Myanmar Yangon: Norway's Telenor to sell stake in Myanmar's Wave Money

Published on: Tuesday 18 January 2022
News source: https://www.marshallindependent.com/wire/?category=5196&ID=158276

Norwegian telecommunications company Telenor plans to sell its stake in the Myanmar fintech company Wave Money to its main partner in the venture, Yoma Strategic Holdings. Telenor confirmed the $53 ...

News Myanmar Yangon: Myanmar Resistance Forces China-Backed Nickel Plant Shut Down

Published on: Monday 17 January 2022
News source: https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/burma/myanmar-resistance-forces-china-backed-nickel-plant-shut-down.html

A Sagaing Region people's defense force blew up electricity pylons supplying the major ferronickel-processing plant in Tigyaing Township.