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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 responsible for the purchase of arms. Justice for Myanmar also alleged in a statement that Shangri-La Asia, ...

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 artillery used to kill more than 700 civilians since the Feb. 1 coup. Colliers, which operates in Myanmar ...

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 Myanmar's 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 signs ask "Where is democracy?" Not here. For all the upbeat music and colourful costumes, worry weighs...

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 country's highest-paid stars -- says she has been on the streets opposing the ruling junta. One of Myamar's 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 disobedience movement, known as CDM. But on Thursday, the Myanmar Academy Award winner and her director...