Myanmar’s junta-owned telecoms company Mytel added to US sanctions list

The United States Bureau of Industry and Security announced this week that it has added Mytel, a telecommunications company partly owned by Myanmar’s military junta, to its sanctions list.

In a statement released on Monday, the US government agency said that Telecom International Myanmar Co, Ltd—better known as Mytel—had been sanctioned for “actions and activities” contrary to US national security and foreign policy interests.