US sanctions

With General Ahmed no longer in active service, the sanctions' direct impact is limited, serving more as a symbolic gesture than a catalyst for significant reform.

The targeting of the Myanma Foreign Trade Bank and Myanma Investment and Commercial Bank is designed to choke off the military's access to the U.S. dollar.

Aung Moe Myint and his Dynasty International company are accused of procuring Russian-made arms from Belarus for the military.

Given its financial ties to Myanmar, Singapore's cooperation is vital if the world is to choke off the military junta's revenue streams.

The coordinated move follows a series of recent convictions against ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi.

According to Justice for Myanmar, U.S. companies imported nearly 1,600 metric tons of teak between February and December of last year.

The largely symbolic move is the latest in a series of measures that the U.S. government has taken in response to Phnom Penh's growing ties with Beijing.

While U.S. relations with Phnom Penh have long been frosty, new tensions relate to China's construction of facilities at Cambodia’s Ream Naval Base.

Fresh sanctions could entrench the Cambodian government’s determination to free itself from outside 'interference.'

The announcement followed reports that security forces killed at least 25 people in central Myanmar.

The move came the day that the U.S. government imposed a third round of sanctions on Myanmar's military.