The National Unity Government's Revenue Denial Strategy • Stimson Center
Myanmar’s National Unity Government hopes to cut off the military government’s revenue streams to tip the scales in favor of the resistance.
Source: stimson.org
Sule Square News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana
Stay updated with breaking news from Sule Square. Get real-time updates on events, politics, business, and more. Visit us for reliable news and exclusive interviews.
Top News In Sule Square Today - Breaking & Trending Today
Myanmar court imprisons ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi for 7 more years, capping proceedings against her
That gives her a total sentence of 33 years, capping a series of politically tinged prosecutions since the army toppled her elected government in February 2021.
Source: cbsnews.com
World Bank divests from Myanmar's Yoma Bank | Mizzima Myanmar News and Insight
According to campaign group Justice for Myanmar (JFM) the International Finance Corporation (IFC) of the World Bank Group is divesting from Myanmar’s Yoma Bank after its business with military companies was exposed.
Source: mizzima.com
IFC Divests from Yoma Bank After Myanmar Military Links Exposed
World Bank’s private sector development arm sells 4.5 percent stake in Myanmar bank and faces pressure to cut its other ties with junta.
Source: irrawaddy.com
Firms desert offices in Yangon's Sule Square
YANGON, 27 May 2021: Tenants of a high-end office block in Yangon that the United Nations said was built on military-owned land have moved out or are reviewing their leases. Prominent first on the move out include McKinsey, Coca-Cola and Reuters, according to the Business and Human Rights Resource Centre. The activist group Justice for Myanmar last month called on commercial tenants of the Sule Square complex of offices and shops in the heart of Myanmar’s commercial hub of Yangon to stop indirectly supporting the army. Photographer: Rory Daniel “Sule Square has big-name tenants that conti...
Source: ttrweekly.com