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Myanmar Can Raise Value, Volume of Agriculture Exports by Going Organic
Myanmar has potential to develop an organic market that will help to boost the value of local crops produced for export purposes and farmers’ standards of living. In fact, farmers in Myanmar already...
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OldTown’s China Business Model Provides Growth
Maintain buy recommendation and a fair value (FV) of RM3.20 per share: OldTown Bhd, through its wholly-owned subsidiary Shenzhen Kopitiam Asia Pacific Ltd, entered into a territorial licence agreement...
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Myanmar’s KBZ Bank to Ride Asean Growth Wave
KBZ, MYANMAR’S first bank to have expanded internationally with presence in Singapore, Thailand and Malaysia, is aiming high to grow further in tandem with the growth of Asean, said Nang Lang Kham,...
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More SMEs Tap Myanmar’s Potential
SINGAPORE’s small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are increasingly seeing the potential of the Myanmar market, with more local companies venturing out into the country. Singapore was the second...
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Questions Raised About $300 Million Downtown Development Project
YANGON — Land clearing and demolition for a project worth more than US$300 million on the former site of a Defense Services Museum, near Shwedagon Pagoda, has prompted a lawmaker to inquire about the...
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Yangon government takes first move to bring Reuters to court
The Yangon government has filed a complaint against international news agency Reuters before the Myanmar Press Council over a report about the alleged lack of transparency in the procurement of buses,...
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In Myanmar, an online platform is giving fledging comic book artists a chance...
White Merak Comics Studio offers comics published in English and Burmese — optimised for the Myanmar market Since I was a child, I ‘ve always enjoyed reading comic books. But in those days, 3.5 inch...
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Fish breeding implemented in Yangon Region
Increasing the numbers of butterfish, or Nga-Myin, which fetch a good price in Japan and other countries, is being undertaken in a fish farming centre in Twantay Township, Yangon, according to the...
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Business Mogul Tay Za Makes Surprise Appearance at SEA Games
YANGON — In his first public appearance for years, business mogul U Tay Za presented US$10,000 to the Myanmar men’s football team on Monday after the team beat Singapore in the 29th SEA Games in...
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Korea’s LOTTE to launch hotel, serviced apartments in Yangon
Korea’s LOTTE group will launch its awesome resort hotel and serviced apartments in Yangon on September 1 beside the picturesque Inya Lake in its march to become one of Asia’s formidable business...
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Shares of 55 companies can soon be traded locally
55 public companies which were given the green light to sell shares in the local over-the-counter (OTC) market must receive official permission from the Securities and Exchange Commission of Myanmar...
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Myanmar’s Military Holds Key to Further Reform
What does Myanmar need to push through a successful democratic transition? It must build strong institutions, transform the economy, and end decades of conflict between ethnic armed groups and...
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Myanmar Economy Needs ‘Predictable Policy,’ New Reform Leader Urges
NAYPYITAW — “Winston” Set Aung, Myanmar’s newly-appointed deputy minister for national planning and finance, has urged fellow government leaders to pursue further regulatory and policy reforms for the...
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Myanmar’s Infrastructure Deficit Outpaces the World
SYDNEY — A wide-ranging assessment of Myanmar’s infrastructure deficit and its ability to start closing the gap has found that the country is likely to meet only half of those investment needs by...
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Workers Demand Minimum Wage Increase
Around 2,000 workers staged a protest march in Hlaingthayar Township yesterday, demanding the immediate raising of the minimum daily wage to Ks 5,600. Members of the Myanmar Labour Union Network...
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Government guarantees needed for large investments in real estate sector
Government guarantees on investments and policies are required before Yangon and the rest of the country can secure the capital needed to develop large-scale megacity projects, real estate experts...
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Myanmar coffee gains market share amid rising demand from first world
Myanmar coffee is gaining market share globally and opportunities for local coffee producers to gain international exposure have been on the rise over the past two years. “Although local coffee...
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Former Sedona Hotel Mandalay to be renamed Hilton Mandalay
The Eden Group has bought the Mandalay Sedona Hotel owned by Keppel Land based in Singapore and it will be reopened as the Hilton Mandalay. Eden, one of the Myanmar’s largest conglomerates, bought the...
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Myanmar to Upgrade Domestic Dairy Products
YANGON, Aug. 11 (Xinhua) — Myanmar is striving to promote domestic dairy industry by raising the standard of its products, official media reported Friday. At present, the country’s Livestock Breeding...
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Japan Investments Expected to Rise
Japan is one of the biggest contributors to Myanmar and provides humanitarian support, loans at low interest rates, technological support and investments in the Thilawa Special Economic Zone (SEZ)....
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