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Based on 10 verified sources covering Thailand, Myanmar:

One man is defying the near-terminal downturn of Myanmar’s hotel and tourism industry since the 2021 coup. [1]

BANGKOK—Thai tycoon Anutin Charnvirakul took office as prime minister on Sunday, with the cannabis-championing conservative ousting the nation’s dominant political dynasty and setting course for elections early next year. [2]

SYDNEY -- Brazilian Rare Earths (BRE), a mineral exploration company backed by Australia's richest mining magnate, ended its first trading day on the Australian Securities Exchange up nearly 9%. [3]

HONG KONG -- Hong Kong's real estate tycoons are belatedly learning the merits of inclusive capitalism -- but only with a prod from Beijing. [4]

Private domestic banks, whose assets consist largely of money deposited by ordinary Myanmar citizens, are effectively using the public’s money to fund the military council’s war effort. . . Investigation Junta fills coffer [5]

Media magnate Ross Dunkley has been barred from leaving Burma ahead of a court case in which he is involved, Eleven News reported, citing the Myanmar Times. [6]

BANGKOK -- Four days after the coronation of King Vajiralongkorn Bodindradebayavarangkun in May, Thailand's richest businessman arrived at the Grand Palace in Bangkok for an audience with the new monarch, his two chosen successors in tow. [7]

CaixinMetal magnate's fall from among China's richest to bankruptcy Zhongwang founder Liu Zhongtian under legal restraint as lawsuits mount China Zhongwang Holdings, Zhongwang Group's main unit, has not reported financial results since 2021 and was d... [8]

Sources
[1] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2026-01-14 · 75% match

Meet Zaw Win Shein, Hotel Magnate in an Era of Collapse

One man is defying the near-terminal downturn of Myanmar’s hotel and tourism industry since the 2021 coup.

[2] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2025-09-08 · 75% match

Thai Construction Magnate Anutin Takes Office as PM

BANGKOK—Thai tycoon Anutin Charnvirakul took office as prime minister on Sunday, with the cannabis-championing conservative ousting the nation’s dominant political dynasty and setting course for elections early next year.

[3] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2023-12-21 · 75% match

Rare earths company backed by Australian mining magnate surges on listing

SYDNEY -- Brazilian Rare Earths (BRE), a mineral exploration company backed by Australia's richest mining magnate, ended its first trading day on the Australian Securities Exchange up nearly 9%.

[4] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2019-10-24 · 75% match

Payback: China presses Hong Kong magnates to share the wealth

HONG KONG -- Hong Kong's real estate tycoons are belatedly learning the merits of inclusive capitalism -- but only with a prod from Beijing.

[5] MM myanmar-now.org · 2023-08-17 · 75% match

Junta fills coffers with private bank magnates’ bond purchases

Private domestic banks, whose assets consist largely of money deposited by ordinary Myanmar citizens, are effectively using the public’s money to fund the military council’s war effort. . . Investigation Junta fills coffer

[6] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2013-04-22 · 75% match

Australian Media Magnate Prohibited from Leaving Burma

Media magnate Ross Dunkley has been barred from leaving Burma ahead of a court case in which he is involved, Eleven News reported, citing the Myanmar Times.

[7] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2019-06-14 · 75% match

Thai magnate grooms new generation for $63bn CP empire

BANGKOK -- Four days after the coronation of King Vajiralongkorn Bodindradebayavarangkun in May, Thailand's richest businessman arrived at the Grand Palace in Bangkok for an audience with the new monarch, his two chosen successors in tow.

[8] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2023-07-05 · 75% match

Metal magnate's fall from among China's richest to bankruptcy

CaixinMetal magnate's fall from among China's richest to bankruptcy Zhongwang founder Liu Zhongtian under legal restraint as lawsuits mount China Zhongwang Holdings, Zhongwang Group's main unit, has not reported financial results since 2021 and was d

[9] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2017-07-18 · 75% match

UK magnate plans Australian steelworks overhaul

SYDNEY -- British industrialist Sanjeev Gupta is planning a major overhaul of the aging Whyalla steelworks in South Australia after his GFG Alliance group agreed to buy the heavily indebted Australian mining and steel business Arrium out of administr

[10] MM www.scmp.com · 2026-02-10 · 34% match

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