Tag: Burma
Mystery of the King of Burma’s Golden Letter – Travel
In the month of Kason in the Sakkaraj year 1118, a letter was written at the Burmese royal court that could hardly be more magnificent. With sensitivity and surgical precision,…
China launches military exercises on border with unrest in Myanmar
Beijing is watching. China began military exercises this Saturday along its border with Burma, while that country is in the grip of internal fighting. For the past month, an alliance…
Beijing’s watchful eye on the unrest in Burma, China’s “quasi satellite state”
Burma is on the verge of collapse. Armed ethnic minority groups have launched an offensive in the north of the country, on the border with China. The military junta, in…
The advance of northern rebels endangers the military junta
Burma has been marked in recent days by violent fighting in the north of the country. An alliance of ethnic minority groups has launched an offensive that threatens the military…
Junta loses control of strategic city, Beijing calls for calm
Burmese ethnic armed groups facing the junta on the borders of China. The Burmese junta confirmed Thursday the loss of a strategic city on the Chinese border. Worried by the…
Ready-to-wear giant H&M to phase out Burma over workers’ rights abuses
Welcome Eco / Conso According to the multinational, the group does not have any textile production factory in the country, but gets its supplies from 26 suppliers. Published on 08/18/2023…
Putin praises Burma, “a reliable partner” of Russia
Banned from the international scene by Westerners, Vladimir Putin has his allies. The Russian president thus praised this Wednesday the “positive” relations between Moscow and Burma by welcoming the head…
The main dates of the five years of exile of the Rohingyas from Burma
Already five years of exodus. In 2017, some 740,000 Rohingyas took refuge in Bangladesh to flee the abuses of the Burmese army and Buddhist militias, which today earned Burma a…
TotalEnergies withdraws from Burma, pressed by human rights NGOs
The French oil and gas group TotalEnergies confirmed on Wednesday that it has now withdrawn from Burma, six months after making the announcement, pressed at the time by human rights…
TotalEnergies and Chevron withdraw from Burma, almost a year after the coup
The French energy giant TotalEnergies, Total’s new name since May 2021, announced on Friday January 21 its withdrawal from Burma, where it was a partner and operator of the Yadana…