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IMF urges Myanmar to focus on poverty reduction
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has urged Myanmar to "urgently prioritise" tackling widespread poverty.
"As Myanmar opens up and expands, it needs the structural foundations...
Myanmar, Mongolia move closer
Myanmar and Mongolia issued a joint statement on November 21 as Mongolian President Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj ended his three-day state visit to Myanmar, Mizzima reported.
Presidents...
Aung San Suu Kyi’s father to appear on banknotes
The vice-president of the Central Bank of Myanmar, Daw Khin Saw Oo, told the country's parliament on November 13 that the bank was planning...
Bill Clinton on surprise trip to Myanmar
Former US President Bill Clinton arrived in Myanmar on November 14 on a surprise trip and met with Myanmar political parties at the Myanmar...
Myanmar president does not seek second term
Myanmar's President Thein Sein, the architect of reforms after the end of military rule, will not be seeking a second term at the next...
Bomb attacks in Myanmar shake investors’ confidence
A series of bomb attacks on top hotels in Myanmar has frightened the local business community and the hordes of investors who flocked into...
ASEAN 2014: Myanmar’s chance to shine
No country resembles a laboratory of political and economic development more than Myanmar. A country with effectively two capitals, old and new, in Yangon...
China opens valve for Myanmar gas pipeline
A 793-kilometer natural gas pipeline (see map here) linking China’s Yunnan province with the Bay of Bengal through Myanmar opened on July 28, a...
US embraces Myanmar to absorb Chinese influence
China is quickly losing its footing in Myanmar. No longer the subject of international castigation, the Southeast Asian nation, once firmly held in the...
Aquino set for first Myanmar visit
Philippine President Benigno Aquino III is scheduled to make an historic visit to Myanmar on June 7, where a high-level delegation including senior executives...
Suu Kyi wants to run for president
Myanmar's opposition leader and democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi made it for the first time clear that she wants to run for the...
WEF: Myanmar’s capital fully booked
Naypyidaw, Myanmar’s secluded capital, will play host to its largest raft of visitors ever for the upcoming World Economic Forum on East Asia to...
Myanmar crosses the diplomatic Rubicon
US President Barack Obama used the word Myanmar when meeting with the country’s president, Thein Sein, during his historic visit to Washington, signalling that the nation had finally crossed the diplomatic Rubicon.
Official: Suu Kyi ‘eligible for president’
Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi may be able to run for presidential office in the 2015 election following an announcement made by...
Myanmar’s Suu Kyi defends China mine
Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi has come to the defense of a $1 billion copper mine in remote northwest to preserve the...
Waiting for the right time to invest in Myanmar
Myanmar has received a great deal of attention from investors when the country opened up its economy in 2011, and later on eased its investment rules to attract foreign direct investments: However, investors need to be cautious.
Obama on strategic visit to Myanmar
US president made history on November 19 when he arrived in Myanmar, the second station of his current Southeast Asia round-trip.
Obama is the first...
Obama puts focus on emerging Asia
Newly re-elected US president Barack Obama is steering the focus of his second term towards Asia. From November 17 to 20, the president will...
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Thailand, Singapore most vulnerable to potential US recession
Southeast Asia could be seriously affected in case the US falls into recession, but some countries would be more badly hit than others, economists...