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Facing boycotts, Myanmar junta-run company boosted production of lesser-known Red & Blue cigarettes
Manufactured by the junta-run conglomerate MEHL, Red & Blue cigarettes are less commonly boycotted than other brands because fewer consumers know about their connection to the military
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Rakhine business owner to sue junta-owned insurance company
The Yangon-based company is a subsidiary of the military conglomerate Myanmar Economic Holdings Limited and is accused of not paying out insurance claims to a patron
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Myanmar’s junta-owned companies maintain international economic ties despite sanctions
In need of foreign revenue, military-controlled enterprises have found ways to skirt sanctions in response to the military’s ongoing violence against the people of Myanmar
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Japanese beer maker Kirin takes action to speed up exit from Myanmar market
Critics denounced the company’s decision to sell its shares to its military-owned joint-venture partner as “irresponsible”
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Junta acknowledges soldiers’ payouts from military conglomerate still missing
Troops’ shares in the annual profits of MEHL are more than seven months late, with junta leadership ‘trying to come up with a plan’ to deliver the funds