Links 9/24/2021 | naked capitalism nakedcapitalism.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from nakedcapitalism.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Brother of Slain Myanmar Pastor Says Regime Fails to Take Accountability for Atrocities irrawaddy.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from irrawaddy.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Since Myanmar's armed forces overthrew the country’s elected government, revenge porn has become a weapon employed by both the military junta and its opponents.
Communities across Myanmar are forming armed bands with mostly crude guns and explosives in an increasingly violent resistance to the military junta that toppled the country’s democratically elected government more than four months ago, raising fears of a sweeping civil war. Dominated by Myanmar’s ethnic Burman majority, the military has been at war with an…
Myanmar Junta Mixes Violence With Extortion in Onslaught Against Protesters rfa.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from rfa.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Introduction Adopting IFRS Standards is a top priority for many stakeholders in economies in the Mekong region. Such countries in the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) are suffering from the impact of Covid-19 and are looking to attract foreign direct investment to speed recovery and grow. IFRS Standards adoption will assist greatly in this goal. It is therefore helpful to look across the Mekong region to assess the state of adoption by respective nations, and understand the successes and challenges therein. Representatives from Myanmar, Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam gathered at an online conference hosted by the ASEAN Federation of Accountants and ACCA to discuss the challenges and benefits of implementation, and to hear from representatives from the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB), the Big Four, the World Bank and a recent successful adopter, Malaysia.
US Citizen Among the Advisers to Myanmar Military Regime Despite Sanctions Imposed by US Dr. Salai Ngun Cung Lian in 2020. / The Irrawaddy 28.7k By Nyein Nyein 20 February 2021 Myanmar’s military regime formed an advisory board to its State Administrative Council (SAC) on Thursday, and one of its seven members is a United States citizen, despite the fact that the US has imposed sanctions on coup leaders. Dr. Salai (Andrew) Ngun Cung Lian, a United States citizen, is former legal counsel for the defunct Myanmar Peace Center and Rakhine State Inquiry Commission under the President U Thein Sein administration from 2012 to 2015.
Myanmar's Creative Anti-Regime Protesters Stay One Step Ahead of Police irrawaddy.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from irrawaddy.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Htwe hasn’t been in touch with her parents in Myanmar since Feb. 2, the day after a military coup replaced the democratic government, she said. Htwe and her husband Daniel, who live in Utica, are asking that their full names be withheld to protect her parents, siblings and nieces and nephew who all still live in Myanmar, many refugees still refer to by its former name of Burma. “I’m really concerned about my family,” Htwe said, “and also the rest of the civilians in Burma.” She’s far from alone. After the military seized power the day before a newly elected parliament was to be seated, it shut off phone and internet service, cutting off most contact between Utica’s large population of Myanmar refugees and their families back home. They’re worried about their loved ones and about the future of their homeland.