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CHAMPASAK, LAOS – Laos has experienced extreme weather in recent years and agroforestry, an age-old method of growing coffee under the shade of trees, is being promoted as a sustainable lifeline. [1]

Myanmar’s regime is courting foreign investment in the electricity and energy sector. [2]

Chinese investments into the US may be discussed at upcoming talks Tune in to Nikkei Asia's podcast, bringing the region's key news to global listeners Akito Tanaka shares his weekly reflections and recommendations Entrepreneur is a backer of Trump f... [3]

Artificial intelligence remains the key focus for industry, investors and analysts in the new year Global broker to expand as authorities move to allow collaboration with agents Kito sees no direct impact on crude oil procurement from US military act... [4]

KUALA LUMPUR -- State fund 1Malaysia Development Berhad said on Friday that it will mount a legal response after being served with a request for arbitration by its bonds guarantor, International Petroleum Investment Co. [5]

In 1949, Mao Zedong established the Peoples’ Republic of China, which was formally recognized by the freshly independent Myanmar government. [6]

YANGON—Despite the surge in COVID-19 in Myanmar, Chinese companies including state-owned energy giants are seeking opportunities to invest in the Dawei Special Economic Zone (SEZ), a US$8-billion (10.4-trillion-kyat) strategic project in southern Mya... [7]

Though he has been dead for nearly a decade, long-serving military regime official Aung Thaung’s corrupt legacy lives on in the junta-allied business empires run by his children and their families and associates, whose interests now spread across Mya... [8]

Sources
[1] TH mekongeye.com · 2025-05-12 · 75% match

In Laos, coffee agroforestry needs more than just the shade

CHAMPASAK, LAOS – Laos has experienced extreme weather in recent years and agroforestry, an age-old method of growing coffee under the shade of trees, is being promoted as a sustainable lifeline.

[2] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2025-07-24 · 75% match

Myanmar Junta Looks for Foreign Energy Investment

Myanmar’s regime is courting foreign investment in the electricity and energy sector.

[3] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2026-03-06 · 42% match

U.S.

Chinese investments into the US may be discussed at upcoming talks Tune in to Nikkei Asia's podcast, bringing the region's key news to global listeners Akito Tanaka shares his weekly reflections and recommendations Entrepreneur is a backer of Trump f

[4] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2026-01-07 · 45% match

Rest of the World

Artificial intelligence remains the key focus for industry, investors and analysts in the new year Global broker to expand as authorities move to allow collaboration with agents Kito sees no direct impact on crude oil procurement from US military act

[5] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2016-06-17 · 75% match

Malaysia's state fund to respond to arbitration request

KUALA LUMPUR -- State fund 1Malaysia Development Berhad said on Friday that it will mount a legal response after being served with a request for arbitration by its bonds guarantor, International Petroleum Investment Co.

[6] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2020-01-13 · 75% match

TIMELINE: China-Myanmar Relations

In 1949, Mao Zedong established the Peoples’ Republic of China, which was formally recognized by the freshly independent Myanmar government.

[7] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2020-09-25 · 75% match

Chinese Companies Flocking to Southern Myanmar’s Industrial Complex Megaproject

YANGON—Despite the surge in COVID-19 in Myanmar, Chinese companies including state-owned energy giants are seeking opportunities to invest in the Dawei Special Economic Zone (SEZ), a US$8-billion (10.4-trillion-kyat) strategic project in southern Mya

[8] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2023-08-28 · 75% match

Children of Notorious Ex-Myanmar Junta Minister Continue Corrupt Legacy

Though he has been dead for nearly a decade, long-serving military regime official Aung Thaung’s corrupt legacy lives on in the junta-allied business empires run by his children and their families and associates, whose interests now spread across Mya

[9] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2020-09-12 · 75% match

Irrawaddy Business Roundup

YANGON—As COVID-19 cases spike in Myanmar, the government ordered residents in Yangon not to leave the region. As of Friday, 2,265 coronavirus cases have been reported with 14 deaths.

[10] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2014-09-13 · 75% match

China Turns Up Heat on Ex-Security Chief With Crash Probe

BEIJING/HONG KONG — Little is known about the exact circumstances in which Wang Shuhua was killed. What has been reported, in the Chinese media, is that she died in a road accident sometime in 2000, shortly after she was divorced from her husband.

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