The President of Myanmar, Htin Kyaw, has stepped down today on suspected health grounds, the BBC reports. According to an official statement, Htin Kyaw, 71, has resigned “in order to…

…norms: For over two decades, Myanmar’s political development was the key barrier to ASEAN-EU progress. But with the democratisation process taking root in Myanmar, Brussels has adjusted its overall policy…

…often heard about the American dream or Chinese dream, but it appears that in the mass media, the Myanmar dream, Lao dream, Cambodian dream or Vietnamese dream are barely heard…

…77 members, with seven new members having joined in May. The AIIB was launched in January 2016. Since then it has made 13 investments, including investments in India, Indonesia, Myanmar,…

…significant disparities between the ASEAN 6 and the CMLV (Cambodia, Myanmar, Laos, Vietnam) countries. As ASEAN carves out a road for itself in the international landscape, the region, unlike the…

…bank CITIC, bids for a 70-85 percent stake in Myanmar’s US$7.3bn deep sea port at Kyauk Pyu on the Bay of Bengal. The port will enable oil and gas pipelines…

The Ambassador of the European Union (EU) to Myanmar, Roland Kobia, said that political stability and investment protection is needed to secure more European investment into Myanmar. He was speaking…

Myanmar’s Ministry of Construction has called for international firms to tender for work on the Yangon-Nay Pyi Taw-Mandalay Highway, according to The Myanmar Times. The highway connects the country’s largest…

…the new proposed ‘Silk Road’, Southeast and Central Asia are unsurprisingly well represented within this 28. The leaders of Malaysia, Cambodia, Laos, Indonesia, Myanmar, Philippines and Vietnam will all be…

…ASEAN, should not be forgotten. A recent World Bank report forecasts the five fastest growing economies in East Asia and the Pacific as Laos, Philippines, Cambodia, Myanmar and China. With…

With continued reforms and firming recovery of major industrial economies, Myanmar’s economic growth is expected to grow again after a slowdown last year, says the Asian Development Bank (ADB) in…

…protection, with Myanmar. The EU is the most important investor in ASEAN and its second trading partner. With bilateral trade in goods worth more than 200 billion euros per year,…