Asian Insider Podcast: Descending into economic collapse, Asia News & Top Stories – The Straits Times

Asian Insider Ep 70: Descending into economic collapse 18:29 mins Synopsis: Each month, The Straits Times’ US bureau chief Nirmal Ghosh presents an Asian perspective of the week’s global talking points with expert guests. The international community needs to brace for a humanitarian catastrophe in Myanmar, as analysts Richard Horsey and Pwint Htun tell Asian Insider. They discuss the following points: 1. People risking their lives to withdraw cash (4:16) 2. UN should consider delivering aid through mobile phones (9:33) 3. Criminal networks already well-entrenched in Myanmar (12:40) 4. Risk of state failure spreading to centre of Myanmar (14:00) 5….