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    • Monday, 8 August, 2022
      Moral Money
      Kirin gets tangled in the divestment debate Premium content

      Plus, your reaction to the UN secretary-general’s call for windfall taxes on the oil and gas sector

    • Monday, 8 August, 2022
      News in-depthChinese economy
      Chinese investors ditch property for jade in search of higher returns

      Prices for the semi-precious stone have soared after supply was squeezed by coup, Covid and sanctions

    • Thursday, 23 June, 2022
      News in-depth
      Myanmar junta in ‘serious struggle to survive’ as insurgency gathers momentum

      Military regime is failing to contain armed resistance movement that is attracting recruits

    • Friday, 18 March, 2022
      Telenor ASA
      Myanmar junta approves Telenor’s divestment from country

      Exit of Norwegian group, which has been trying to leave for months, has dismayed human rights activists

    • Tuesday, 22 February, 2022
      EU targets Myanmar’s lucrative energy sector in latest sanctions

      Companies under pressure to divest from country and cut off funding for junta

    • Wednesday, 9 February, 2022
      News in-depthNikkei Asia
      Yangon’s calm masks Myanmar’s pain a year after military takeover

      Commercial capital adapts to ‘new normal’ but fear and violence lurk just below the surface

    • Tuesday, 8 February, 2022
      Myanmar activist warns Telenor that sale will endanger junta’s opponents

      Norwegian telecoms company is struggling to appease both regime and human rights campaigners

    • Wednesday, 2 February, 2022
      FT News Briefing podcast9 min listen
      Has plant-based meat peaked?

      Alphabet announced a 20-for-one stock split on Tuesday

    • Tuesday, 1 February, 2022
      Myanmar businesses defy army nationalisation threat and join strike

      Companies caught in middle as opposition organises stoppage to mark anniversary of coup

    • Thursday, 27 January, 2022
      Australia’s Woodside pulls out of Myanmar gas projects

      Energy company relinquishes exploration licences over human rights abuses

    • Tuesday, 25 January, 2022
      Inside BusinessJohn Reed
      Stay or go: the dilemma for multinationals in Myanmar

      Companies are having to make judgment calls on dealing with a repressive regime

    • Sunday, 23 January, 2022
      News in-depth
      Myanmar junta’s air strikes force thousands of people to flee to Thailand

      Conflict in east of country reveals how violence after coup is widening and intensifying

    • Friday, 21 January, 2022
      Total and Chevron pull out of Myanmar gas project

      French group cites lack of progress in sanctions on gas revenues flowing to junta

    • Monday, 10 January, 2022
      Aung San Suu Kyi sentenced to four years for importing walkie-talkies

      Myanmar junta has brought numerous charges against deposed leader since staging coup in February

    • Thursday, 6 January, 2022
      John Reed
      Myanmar massacre fuels calls for vote on UN arms embargo

      Christmas Eve civilian killings brought condemnation but have not yet sparked international action

    • Friday, 17 December, 2021
      South Korean companies met Myanmar officials despite coup censure

      Samsung and LG representatives joined regime civil servants at event organised by Korean embassy

    • Wednesday, 8 December, 2021
      Meta removes Myanmar army-linked businesses from Facebook

      Social media company denies ban is related to lawsuit launched by Rohingya refugees

    • Tuesday, 7 December, 2021
      The FT ViewThe editorial board
      Deposed leader’s plight is a dark day for Myanmar

      Aung San Suu Kyi’s sentencing is symbolic of detention of thousands

    • Monday, 6 December, 2021
      Kirin Holdings Co Ltd
      Japan’s Kirin launches Singapore arbitration to exit Myanmar venture

      Brewery seeks to extricate itself from military junta-linked partnerships after February coup

    • Monday, 6 December, 2021
      Aung San Suu Kyi
      Aung San Suu Kyi handed first sentence by Myanmar court

      Ousted leader found guilty of inciting dissent against junta and violating Covid rules during campaign

    • Monday, 6 December, 2021
      News in-depthTelecoms
      South-east Asian telecoms merge into mega-groups to invest in 5G

      Lax regulators are allowing too much consolidation and harming competition, analysts warn

    • Sunday, 28 November, 2021
      Argentine court to hear Myanmar Rohingya genocide case

      Matter brought under universal jurisdiction allowing grave crimes to be tried anywhere

    • Sunday, 21 November, 2021
      News in-depth
      Companies struggling to exit Myanmar ventures face prospect of investor flight

      Campaign groups press multinationals to be ready to leave empty-handed

    • Thursday, 18 November, 2021
      FT Magazine
      The open-source investigators trying to bring justice to Myanmar

      They’re using pioneering digital forensics to lay the groundwork for future crimes-against-humanity trials

    • Tuesday, 9 November, 2021
      Telenor ASA
      Telenor’s sale of Myanmar unit to M1 sidelined over junta’s opposition

      Norwegian telecom draws up contingency plans to exit country in wake of coup

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