BANGKOK--A deputy governor of Myanmar’s Central Bank was shot at her home on Thursday, less than a week after tough new regulations were issued ordering that foreign money held in bank accounts ...
The attack Thursday came days after the Central Bank tightened rules to reduce the use of U.S. dollars, ordering local holders of foreign currencies to exchange them for kyat within one working ...
Rather than the Myanmar central bank, it was the country’s former democratically elected government, the National Unity Government (NUG), now in exile, that launched the DMMK in 2022 in a bid to ...
Nevertheless, the government is working to increase the bankable population to 40 percent by 2020, by implementing such positive steps as the passing of the Central Bank of Myanmar Law in July 2013.
Demand for hard currency is skyrocketing in Myanmar, partly because of rising imports of solar panels, and the regime is ...
A protester holds up a poster featuring Aung San Suu Kyi during a demonstration against the military coup in front of the ...
A UN report in June said Thai companies had used local banks to transfer US$120 million for weapons and related materials destined for Myanmar. Thailand’s central bank and anti-money laundering ...
BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand's central bank and anti-money laundering agency ... that some of the country's banks were used to help Myanmar's junta acquire weapons. The report from the Office ...