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BBC News Published image captionSule Square in downtown Yangon was the location of a pro-democracy protest in February A high-end office block in Myanmar linked to the countrys military leaders is seeing an exodus of international organisations. Coca-Cola, the World Bank and McKinsey have told the BBC they have moved out or are reviewing their leases at the Sule Square complex in Yangon. The United Nations said the complex was built on land owned by the military. Myanmars military seized powe...

Alleged links to Myanmars military The Change.org petition has garnered slightly more than 2,230 signatures as of Wednesday afternoon, May 5, which is a few hundred signatures away from its target of 2,500. The group pointed out that Kuok, who is the niece of Malaysias richest man Robert Kuok, is the director of Traders Square, the developer of Myanmars Sule Square mall and office tower. Petition calling on @yalenus to remove Kay Kuok Oon Kwong from Yale-NUS Board unless she ends biz w/ Myanmar...

YANGON, 23 April 2021: Justice For Myanmar alleges one of the region’s top hotel companies, Shangri-La Group, has an ongoing business link with Myanmar’s military junta that overthrew the elected government in the 1 February coup. The covert activists campaigning for justice and accountability for the people of Myanmar alleged in a 16 April statement that the hospitality group, listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, leases land from the army’s quartermaster general’s office for its fi...

Details 23 April 2021 Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts has refreshed its brand logo in line with its 50th anniversary celebrations, reflecting the brands journey and evolution with its guests while staying true to the brand roots of constantly delivering warm Asian hospitality. According to Shangri-La, the logo presents are more contemporary look and feel while maintaining the brands equity. The signature “S” mark is retained and takes on a new gold colour th...

Myanmar’s Economy in Freefall Under Military Regime Myanmar’s Economy in Freefall Under Military Regime Feature: The military regimes security forces guarding City Hall in downtown Yangon Feb.6 / The Irrawaddy 958 By The Irrawaddy 22 April 2021 Before last year’s November election, the World Bank and the Asian Development Bank predicted that Myanmar would bounce back strongly from the economic impact of the global COVID-19 pandemic, with the economy set to grow at around 6 percent in 20...

Details 22 April 2021 Activist group "Justice for Myanmar" has called out Shangri-La Asia for "continued business with the Myanmar military" through the Sule Square development. It urged consumers to boycott Shangri-La hotels and asked investors to divest. Sule Square is a mall and office development in Yangon by Shangri-La and according to the activist group, it is on land leased from the quartermaster general’s office of the Myanmar army, which is responsi...

Hkun Lat/Getty Images A local affiliate of Colliers International, the international property management company headquartered in Toronto, is a leasing agent for a high-end building in Myanmar built on land owned by an arm of the country’s military. The Sule Square complex is located on land owned by the Quartermaster General Office of the country’s army (officially known as Tatmadaw), which is tasked with securing supplies for its forces – including, activists say, the bullets and artill...

Three people have now been killed by security forces defending the military's takeover, but the deaths are only adding fuel to the pro-democracy movement's fire.

Posted: Feb 20, 2021 4:00 AM ET | Last Updated: February 20 Members of the LGBTQ community protest against the military coup in Yangon, Myanmar, on Friday. A wide swathe of Myanmars civilian population is protesting the coup, something the military generals may not have planned for.(Reuters) On the streets of Yangon, the mood captured by news cameras seems friendly, even festive. Young people with brightly painted faces and determined looks fill parks and intersections day after day. Their sign...

Myanmar coup: Celebrities opposing military junta added to arrest list CNN 2/18/2021 © Paing Phyo Thu Myanmar actress Paing Phyo Thu at a protest in Yangon. Since "day one" of the military coup, Burmese actress Paing Phyo Thu -- one of the countrys highest-paid stars -- says she has been on the streets opposing the ruling junta. One of Myamars highest-paid actresses, she has been offering financial help to striking staff who have given up their jobs to take part in the growing civil disobe...