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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 country's 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. Myanmar's military seized power from the democratically elected government in February. It has been 100 days since the early mo...

Alleged links to Myanmar's 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 Malaysia's richest man Robert Kuok, is the director of Traders Square, the developer of Myanmar's 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 army up to 1,000 signatures! ✊���� Retweet, share, sign. Tell Yale-NUS to take immedia...

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 five-star Sule Square complex. TTR Weekly sought clarification from the Shangri-La communications offi...

Details 23 April 2021 Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts has refreshed its brand logo in line with its 50th anniversary celebrations, reflecting the brand's 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 brand's equity. The signature “S” mark is retained and takes on a new gold colour that evokes the warm glow of sunrise, and the original typeface is refined for a more modern feel to...

Myanmar’s Economy in Freefall Under Military Regime Myanmar’s Economy in Freefall Under Military Regime Feature: The military regime's 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 2021. In the immediate aftermath of the military’s Feb. 1 coup, junta leaders sought to keep the ec...