Sanctions are, according to research, effective less than 10% of the time if success is defined as the complete compliance of a sanctioned regime with the imposed external pressure. Taking a more ...

Coup leader Sen-Gen Min Aung Hlaing reportedly urged Russian business officials not to be deterred from investing in mining ...

Azerbaijan--GEMS supported a country-wide community-driven development project and helped establish a digital citizen engagement platform for thousands of project sites. Myanmar--GEMS helped to manage ...

Myanmar’s jade mines may yield great wealth ... silicate known as jadeite—is one of the world’s most coveted gems, chiefly among the Chinese, whose growing buying power has spurred record ...

Mogok, which is at the center of Myanmar’s lucrative gem mining industry, is about 110 kilometers (70 miles) northeast of Mandalay, the country’s second-largest city. It said it captured about ...