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Is Unesco overreaching in Myanmar?

September 6, 2017 by thiha

The United Nations may soon recognize the country’s pristine northernmost Putao area as a World Heritage Site, a protective designation many locals feel may cause more harm than good. “Full of Life, Full of Nature, Putao” read the cover of a recent edition of Myanmar National Airline’s inflight magazine, with a beautiful young woman sitting […]

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Bid to boost Myanmar shrimp trade begins

March 16, 2017 by Thiha

“We usually import broodstock from Thailand. But, possibility for the broodstock to suffer some diseases is truly a major risk to our shrimp production. Now we are about to start sustainable shrimp farming with the help of a firm from the United States,” he said. According to Kyaw Tun Myint, Myanmar entrepreneurs in the industry […]

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Max Myanmar looking for partnership in financial services

March 16, 2017 by Thiha

Max Myanmar Holding Co, a hotels-to-engineering conglomerate, said it is looking for partnerships in financial services and is in talks with France-based Accor SA to expand cooperation in hotel management. The Yangon, Myanmar-based group expects legal changes in the country to encourage more investment, U Zaw Zaw, Max Myanmar chairman, said in an interview Thursday […]

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Myanmar’s Max Looking for Financial Services, Banking Partners

March 10, 2017 by Thiha

Max Myanmar Holding Co., a hotels-to-engineering conglomerate, said it is looking for partnerships in financial services and is in talks with France-based Accor SA to expand cooperation in hotel management. The Yangon, Myanmar-based group expects legal changes in the country to encourage more investment, U Zaw Zaw, Max Myanmar chairman, said in an interview Thursday […]

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US terminated remaining sanctions against Myanmar on 7 Oct 2016

October 8, 2016 by thiha

On 7th October 2016 – President Obama signed the Executive Order to terminate the remaining economic and financial sanctions against Myanmar that make it very difficult for US banks, financial institutions and companies to do business with Myanmar. That means the following group of people and entities have been removed from the US Sanction List […]

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Complete List of 204 entities and individuals removed from the US Sanction List for Burma

October 8, 2016 by thiha

The following deletions have been made to OFAC’s SDN List for Burma as of 7/10/2016: STATE PEACE AND DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL OF BURMA [BURMA]. SHWE, Than; DOB 02 Feb 1935; alt. DOB 02 Feb 1933; nationality Burma; citizen Burma; Senior General, Minister of Defense and Commander-in-Chief of Defense Services; Chairman, State Peace and Development […]

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Time to re-look your investment plan in Myanmar as Obama pledges to lift all remaining sanctions against Myanmar

September 15, 2016 by thiha

President Obama this morning pledge that the US will lift all remaining sanction s against Myanmar after meeting Daw Aung San Suu Kyi at the Oval Office. Currently the last remaining Myanmar tycoons on the SDN List are Steven Law of the Asia World Group U Zaw Zaw of the Max Myanmar Group U […]

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US eases Myanmar sanction to aid business

May 17, 2016 by thiha

Photo Credit: File Photo from Nov. 14, 2014 meeting between Obama and Aung San Suu Kyi in Yangon (Nyein Chan Naing / European Press Photo Agency) The US government has removed 3 government banks and 7 government agencies responsible for promoting investment and export in various sectors of this resource rich country off the sanction […]

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In Burma, a Fine Line Between CSR and Karmic Cash

March 23, 2016 by thiha

RANGOON — It was perhaps inevitable that Burma’s business sector would struggle with the idea of corporate social responsibility (CSR), operating in a country of high charitable giving and stark contrasts between its wealthiest and poorest citizens. At least in part, this stems from the reality that CSR, as a concept, has only caught on […]

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To Court or Clamp Down? The NLD and Burma’s Cronies

February 24, 2016 by thiha

RANGOON — With the National League for Democracy (NLD) set to take power on April 1, political and economic observers will be closely watching for change, including whether the rampant cronyism that dogged the country for decades under successive military-backed administrations, will continue unchecked. While it is no secret that Burma’s top brass has long […]