Total Access Communication (DTAC), the country's third largest mobile operator by subscribers, is deepening its focus on migrant workers from Myanmar and Cambodia through the use of incentives, including online pharmacy vouchers, in a bid to gain a strong foothold in this huge market.

Lenders struggle to perform basic tasks while staff join mass demonstrations against junta

Statement from the Foreign Ministers of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the UK, and the US and the High Representative of the European Union: “We, the G7 Foreign Ministers of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States of America and the High Representative...

Kirin pulled out of military-linked beer deal but for others it’s business as usual

CHIANG RAI: Protests against the Myanmar military takeover in the border town of Tachileik have left many people stranded and stalled trade in farm products.

Feb 1 marked a return to the dark days of military rule for Myanmar. Concerns abound about how the coup will not only destabilise any progress in building democratic principles, but also freeze lucrative foreign investments and economic liberalisation.

TOKYO: Kirin Holdings Co said Friday it will end its beer partnership with Myanma Economic Holdings Public Co, the main business arm of the Myanmar military, following the coup it staged this week.

The firm has been under pressure to reassess the tie-up with Myanmar Economic Holdings Public Company due to the local partner's military connections.

The Foreign Ministers of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the UK, and the US and the High Representative of the European Union have issued a statement condemning the coup in Myanmar. "We, the G7 Foreign Ministers of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States...

KANCHANABURI: Trade between Thailand and Myanmar resumed in Kanchanaburi province on Wednesday after Thai authorities temporarily eased Covid-19 restrictions.

Industrial estate developer, Amata Corporation Plc on Tuesday said it was slowing down investment to an industrial complex in Myanmar's largest city, Yangon, over worries of foreign sanctions and unrest following a coup.

Many Thai and international companies have expanded rapidly into Myanmar in recent years, in what had seemed to be an unstoppable expansion of cross-border trade resulting from the country's emergence back onto the global stage. For those companies, the COVID-19 situation in Myanmar has been a cause for much concern ...

TAK: Cross-border cargo trade resumed over the second Thai-Myanmar Friendship Bridge in Mae Sot on Monday morning after Covid-19 restrictions were eased.

Myanmar's extension of the Yangon lockdown for another 14 days after a record daily jump in Covid-19 cases is unlikely to affect border trade with Thailand.

Foreign investment in Myanmar’s fledging capital markets should increase quickly after the pandemic subsides, as the country pushes ahead with new trading platforms for stocks and bonds, according a Securities and Exchange Commission of Myanmar official.

Mall operators Siam Piwat and The Mall Group are urging the government to allow resumption of flights from CLMV (Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Vietnam) nations in an effort to reboot the retail business.

PRACHUAP KHIRI KHAN: Business operators in this lower Central province have called for the government to reopen the Singkhon border pass with Myanmar, saying its closure has affected the province's trade and investment.