North Yangon News Today

A total of 253 people, including the vice-governor of the Myanmar Central Bank, have been killed over the last seven months as part of the Pyan Hlwar Aung offensive against the junta, according to a Yangon PDF Central Command report

YANGON, 17 February 2021: Tourism crops up as one of the industries that line the pockets of Myanmar’s ruling government but nothing on the scale of mines, banks, petroleum, agriculture and the gems trade. Experts and activists say key industries that have attracted foreign investors give army chiefs access to “enormous wealth from the sprawling conglomerates they control”, according to a widely publicised AFP report this week. The report accuses the military coup leaders of “vested...