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The International Labor Organization says about 1.6 million jobs were lost in Myanmar in 2021, with women suffering the biggest setbacks as work in factories, tourism and construction dwindled amid the pandemic and a military takeover

International Labour Organization says Southeast Asian country’s labour market remains fragile after tumultuous year.

Popa langur found living in an extinct volcano in Myanmar among 224 new species listed by the World Wildlife Fund.

Instead of looking for news, some journalists in post-coup Myanmar are looking after the cosmetics and clothes that they now sell for a living. Those who have stuck to news scrape by with slashed salaries if they are lucky enough, while some even work without being paid. Others have fled…

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Australia’s Woodside Petroleum says it is withdrawing from projects in strife-torn Myanmar, following a similar decision by Total and Chevron

An army patrol seized 200,000 methamphetamine pills and 750 grammes of heroin in drink bottles abandoned by armed men following a brief clash near the Myanmar border in Mae Ai district of Chiang Mai early Wednesday night.

The company has been under intense pressure over its involvement in a major deepwater gas development, and said it could "no longer contemplate" projects in the country due to the ongoing situation.

Australian fossil fuel giant follows Chevron and Total in exiting the country as military junta’s human rights abuses continue

Woodside is withdrawing from Myanmar, following two other oil and gas giants, saying human rights abuses under the junta mean development is no longer viable.

The United States on Wednesday issued a business advisory for Myanmar, warning of heightened risks associated with doing business in the country especially when the military is involved, nearly a year after a the army took power in a coup.