India’s foreign secretary paid a call on Myanmar junta chief Min Aung Hlaing earlier this week in Naypyitaw and discussed the potential for comprehensive bilateral cooperation, even as many foreign governments continue to impose sanctions against the regime. Vinay Mohan Kwatra’s November 21 visit was the first to Myanmar by a high-ranking Indian government official […]Read More
Newly released Australian economist Sean Turnell has said it was a tragedy for Myanmar’s people to be ruled by the military junta, whom he called “knaves and fools”. Turnell, who was released in the regime’s mass amnesty on Thursday along with four other foreigners, had been locked up since the coup in February last year, […]Read More
A Chinese-backed power plant that forms an important part of the China-Myanmar Economic Corridor (CMEC) scheme in Myanmar’s western Rakhine State opened this week, signaling that Beijing is moving forward with its projects in post-coup, conflict-torn Myanmar. The US $180-million, gas-fired 135-MW power plant in the Kyaukphyu Special Economic Zone (SEZ) was opened by Chinese […]Read More
Myanmar will likely see more civilian deaths as Russia will soon deliver new Sukhoi SU-30SM jet fighters to the military regime that is employing deadly airstrikes against civilians and resistance forces. Junta spokesperson Major General Zaw Min Tun said coup leader Senior General Min Aung Hlaing personally inspected the production and testing of the planes […]Read More
The Myanmar military regime and Russian state-owned nuclear corporation Rosatom have signed a roadmap for further atomic energy cooperation including the possible implementation of a modular reactor project in Myanmar. The agreement was signed on the sidelines of the Eastern Economic Forum (EEF-2022) in Vladivostok, Russia, where regime chief Min Aung Hlaing has been since […]Read More
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