Foreign investment gets boost in June
Five new foreign businesses were granted permission to invest in Myanmar on June 12, according to the Myanmar Investment...
June 18, 2013
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155 remaining political prisoners may soon be released, says campaigner
Ko Bo Kyi, a member of the government-appointed committee to investigate the cases of po...
Buddhist monks visit Yangon mosque
A group of Buddhist monks were welcomed to the C.S. Arkatti Jamah Mosque in Yangon’s Kya...
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$500 million tourism deal announced
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) announced at the WEF on Wednesday that it had agreed a Myanmar tourism plan valued at nearly half a billion dollars ...
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) announced at the WEF on Wednesday that it had agreed a Myanmar tourism plan valued at nearly half a billion dollars ...Microsoft connects with Myanmar
Microsoft becomes the latest big name to invest in Myanmar, forming a partnership with a local IT firm, and announcing its plans at ...
Microsoft becomes the latest big name to invest in Myanmar, forming a partnership with a local IT firm, and announcing its plans at ...Migratory discontents
EDITORIAL— Migration is one of humanity’s oldest impulses. The first hunter-gatherers left Africa in the dim recesses of time for reasons we can only ...
EDITORIAL— Migration is one of humanity’s oldest impulses. The first hunter-gatherers left Africa in the dim recesses of time for reasons we can only ...OPINION—Stillborn democracy
CONTRIBUTOR—I woke up one morning at the end of January in northern Kachin State listening to the birds singing in the morning mist.
CONTRIBUTOR—I woke up one morning at the end of January in northern Kachin State listening to the birds singing in the morning mist.Photographer helps monks and nuns find ‘spiritual link’
When photographer and Young Global Leader (YGL), Gina Badenoch, found out that this year’s YGL Forum would be held in Yangon, ...
When photographer and Young Global Leader (YGL), Gina Badenoch, found out that this year’s YGL Forum would be held in Yangon, ...Thein Sein vows to tackle poverty
President Thein Sein vowed to tackle Myanmar’s severe poverty in a speech in Yangon on Sunday.
President Thein Sein vowed to tackle Myanmar’s severe poverty in a speech in Yangon on Sunday.Business
Foreign investment gets boost in June
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Thura Swiss releases first Myanmar equity report
International research and consulting company Thura Swiss has conducted an equity research project on First Myanmar In...
Air KBZ flies solo
Managing Director Nyo Myint says that Air KBZ has become a 100 percent privately owned airline. Previously, the compa...
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Time for a Ministry of Ocean Affairs?
Our current systems are inadequate to address the growing risks faced by oceans, such as overfishing, loss of coastal protection and colla...
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Education for girls is key
EDITORIAL — When I was at school I remember a poster on the wall in my history classroom that read: “Education for wom...