Dagon International

Dagon International Limited (Burmese: ဒဂုံအင်တာနေရှင်နယ်ကုမ္ပဏီ) is a major Burmese conglomerate with interests in construction, timber extraction, agriculture and import-export.

[1] From 2009 to 2015, Dagon International and its chief executive officer Win Aung were placed on the American sanctions list since 2009, for its close ties with the Burmese military.

[citation needed] Dagon International's real estate portfolio includes: In 2003, the company opened a major retail shopping centre, Dagon Centre at the Myaynigone junction in Yangon's Sanchaung Township.

[6] The company also upgraded and extended the national highway from Rangoon to Mandalay.

[7] Through the Dagon Win Aung's ties to the military, the company gained exclusive logging rights to harvest timber from Myanmar's protected forest reserves.