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News Myanmar Business: Belarus, Myanmar sign over 10 agreements at business forum

Published on: Thursday 06 March 2025
Belarus, Myanmar sign over 10 agreements at business forum
News source: https://eng.belta.by/economics/view/belarus-myanmar-sign-over-10-agreements-at-business-forum-166058-2025/

MINSK, 7 March (BelTA) – Enterprises of Belarus and Myanmar signed 13 bilateral documents at the Belarus-Myanmar business forum in Minsk on 6 March, BelTA has learned. Belarus’ MTZ and Myanmar Empire ...

News Myanmar Business: Myanmar Set For Blacklisting by Financial Watchdog: Report

Published on: Sunday 23 October 2022
Myanmar Set For Blacklisting by Financial Watchdog: Report
News source: https://thediplomat.com/2022/09/myanmar-set-for-blacklisting-by-financial-watchdog-report/

Nikkei Asia is reporting that the Financial Action Task Force is likely to add the military-ruled nation to its “call for action” list at a meeting next month. Military-ruled Myanmar could ...

News Myanmar Business: FATF meet: Myanmar blacklisted by money-laundering and terrorist financing watchdog

Published on: Friday 21 October 2022
FATF meet: Myanmar blacklisted by money-laundering and terrorist financing watchdog
News source: https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/newsindia/fatf-meet-myanmar-blacklisted-by-money-laundering-and-terrorist-financing-watchdog/ar-AA13ffjH

In February 2020, Myanmar committed to addressing its strategic deficiencies. Myanmar's action plan expired in September 2021.

News Myanmar Business: After Pakistan's removal, terror watchdog FATF puts Myanmar on 'black list'

Published on: Friday 21 October 2022
After Pakistan's removal, terror watchdog FATF puts Myanmar on 'black list'
News source: https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/world/after-pakistans-removal-terror-watchdog-fatf-puts-myanmar-on-black-list/ar-AA13fcUY

Myanmar pledged to resolve its strategic shortcomings in February 2020 The action plan for Myanmar ran out in September 2021 ...

News Myanmar Business: Widow of death riddle Briton: I fear Myanmar deportation

Published on: Saturday 22 October 2022
Widow of death riddle Briton: I fear Myanmar deportation
News source: https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/oct/23/widow-of-death-riddle-briton-i-fear-myanmar-deportation

Wife of man from Inverness found dead in London flat is ‘traumatised’ after Home Office decides she can’t settle in UK ...

News Myanmar Business: Myanmar Joins North Korea and Iran on Global Illicit Finance Blacklist

Published on: Friday 21 October 2022
Myanmar Joins North Korea and Iran on Global Illicit Finance Blacklist
News source: https://www.wsj.com/articles/myanmar-joins-north-korea-and-iran-on-global-illicit-finance-blacklist-11666368938?tpl=cb

The Financial Action Task Force’s action follows last year’s military coup and could further isolate the junta-controlled nation.

News Myanmar Business: WWF report says online wildlife trade on rise in Myanmar

Published on: Thursday 31 March 2022
WWF report says online wildlife trade on rise in Myanmar
News source: https://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory/wwf-report-online-wildlife-trade-rise-myanmar-83788464

A report by the World Wildlife Fund shows illegal trading in wildlife online is growing in Myanmar in a threat both to public health and to endangered species BANGKOK -- A report by the World ...

News Myanmar Business: Myanmar orders foreign money held by banks changed to kyats

Published on: Tuesday 05 April 2022
Myanmar orders foreign money held by banks changed to kyats
News source: https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/myanmar-orders-foreign-money-held-by-banks-changed-to-kyats/2022/04/05/2ab8d5f0-b4e0-11ec-8358-20aa16355fb4_story.html

An order by Myanmar’s central bank that all foreign currency in bank accounts must be converted into the local currency has many in the military-ruled country worried over potential losses ...

News Myanmar Business: Telenor completes Myanmar business sale, to be paid over 5 years

Published on: Thursday 24 March 2022
Telenor completes Myanmar business sale, to be paid over 5 years
News source: https://www.msn.com/en-gb/finance/other/telenor-completes-myanmar-business-sale-to-be-paid-over-5-years/ar-AAVtDay

Telenor will receive payments for the sale of its Myanmar operations over the next five years, the Norwegian telecoms company said on Friday as it announced the completion of the transaction.

News Myanmar Business: Myanmar’s Garment Workers Are Caught Between COVID-19 and the Coup

Published on: Tuesday 12 April 2022
Myanmar’s Garment Workers Are Caught Between COVID-19 and the Coup
News source: https://thediplomat.com/2022/04/myanmars-garment-workers-are-caught-between-covid-19-and-the-coup/

After rapid growth in the garment sector during the country’s period of opening, workers face a host of political and economic challenges.

News Myanmar Business: Foreign businesses protest Myanmar foreign currency rules

Published on: Friday 08 April 2022
Foreign businesses protest Myanmar foreign currency rules
News source: https://apnews.com/ac44f4d8fea57df6c86c23dd175da16e

BANGKOK (AP) — Foreign business groups in Myanmar have raised concerns about new rules requiring businesses and individuals to convert all foreign currency held in bank accounts into the local currency.

News Myanmar Business: Myanmar's Suu Kyi 'in quarantine' after staff tests Covid-19 positive

Published on: Sunday 27 March 2022
Myanmar's Suu Kyi 'in quarantine' after staff tests Covid-19 positive
News source: https://www.daily-sun.com/post/612610/Myanmars-Suu-Kyi-in-quarantine-after-staff-tests-Covid19-positive

Detained former Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi has skipped three days of her trial in a junta court after Covid-19 was detected among her staff and she was placed in quarantine, a source with ...

News Myanmar Business: Myanmar Herald journalist Ye Yint Tun sentenced to 2 years in prison

Published on: Monday 28 March 2022
Myanmar Herald journalist Ye Yint Tun sentenced to 2 years in prison
News source: https://www.daily-sun.com/post/612777/Myanmar-Herald-journalist-Ye-Yint-Tun-sentenced-to-2-years-in-prison

Myanmar authorities should immediately and unconditionally release journalist Ye Yint Tun and stop imprisoning members of the press for their work, said the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ). On ...

News Myanmar Business: Myanmar accepts Thai baht for border trade, eyes Indian rupee

Published on: Thursday 17 March 2022
Myanmar accepts Thai baht for border trade, eyes Indian rupee
News source: https://www.pattayamail.com/thailandnews/myanmar-accepts-thai-baht-for-border-trade-eyes-indian-rupee-392643

Myanmar has confirmed it will start accepting the Thai baht currency for settling border trade transactions and is also looking at a similar plan to use the Indian rupee for such trade. Myanmar’s ...

News Myanmar Business: Myanmar to accept Thai baht for border trade, eyes using rupee

Published on: Monday 14 March 2022
Myanmar to accept Thai baht for border trade, eyes using rupee
News source: https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/myanmar-accept-thai-baht-border-trade-eyes-using-rupee-2022-03-15/

Myanmar will start accepting the Thai baht currency for settling border trade transactions and is also looking at a similar plan to use the Indian rupee for such trade, the ministries of information and investment said on Tuesday.

News Myanmar Business: Myanmar to initiate rupee convertibility for trade along Indian border

Published on: Monday 14 March 2022
Myanmar to initiate rupee convertibility for trade along Indian border
News source: https://www.business-standard.com/article/current-affairs/myanmar-to-initiate-rupee-convertibility-for-trade-along-indian-border-122031500311_1.html

Read more about Myanmar to initiate rupee convertibility for trade along Indian border on Business Standard. Myanmar intends to initiate the currency convertibility for the Indian rupee for trade along the border it shares with India.

News Myanmar Business: Despite Solid Evidence, Businessman Denies Selling Arms to Myanmar Junta

Published on: Monday 14 March 2022
Despite Solid Evidence, Businessman Denies Selling Arms to Myanmar Junta
News source: https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/burma/despite-solid-evidence-businessman-denies-selling-arms-to-myanmar-junta.html

U Jonathan Kyaw Thaung acknowledges knowing Min Aung Hlaing and his family but says he has not met the junta boss since the coup.

News Myanmar Business: Myanmar OKs use of Thai currency in border trade

Published on: Monday 14 March 2022
Myanmar OKs use of Thai currency in border trade
News source: https://abcnews.go.com/Business/wireStory/myanmar-oks-thai-currency-border-trade-83451627

Myanmar's military-led administration has agreed to accept Thai baht as an official currency in border trade dealings and plans a similar arrangement for use of India's rupee ...