Soe Thane

Historian Gives Inside View of Myanmar’s Bumpy Journey

November 22, 2019 by thiha

As Myanmar embarked on an uncertain transition toward democracy after the flawed elections of 2010 there were relatively few people in the country who could offer advice on the process of change. One of them was Thant Myint-U, a former United Nations official with experience in the war-torn Balkans and Cambodia, and a grandson of […]

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Korean Investment in Burma Likely to Increase

March 10, 2016 by thiha

RANGOON — After a delegation from the well-known South Korean Daewoo Group of Companies met with Burma’s outgoing president on Tuesday, there is speculation that the country plans to increase investment in Burma. During the meeting between Thein Sein and Daewoo CEO Young-Sang Kim, the topics of discussion included investment in Burma’s hotels, energy, mining […]

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Lenders Urge Central Bank to Be More Flexible on Regulations

November 23, 2015 by Thiha

Bankers are urging the Central Bank of Myanmar to reconsider a recent regulation that might leave many of Burma’s commercial lenders struggling in the market. On Nov. 16, private lenders, officials from the Central Bank and President’s Office Minister Soe Thane met to discuss the state of Burma’s banking industry and its future when a […]

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Myanmar investment message undermined by politics, sanctions

October 2, 2014 by thiha

(Reuters) – The rapid economic transformation of Myanmar, less than two years after transitioning from military control and opening itself to the world, is not without its rough patches, the nation’s top economic minister said on Wednesday. At the same time, George Soros, one of the earliest investors in Myanmar’s economy and even more so […]