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Business weekly 12 June
In business this week; Thai energy drinks look to expand in Burma, Myanmar Airlines welcome a new Boeing, and talk of debt and deficit in Burma’s economy.
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Business weekly 17 April 2015
In business this week: Burma’s widening trade deficit; new food and drug regulations; raising the quality of Burma’s rubber exports.
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MP says corruption, waste risk more debt
Questions are raised in parliament about the effect on national debt of the government’s reliance on international loans, and wasting of funds.
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Business weekly 6 February
In business this week: plans in place to allow foreigner to buy stocks; Burma considers sales of debt; deprived Chin State targets tourists
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Burma Business Weekly
Foreign firms bid for Thilawa SEZ; foreign investors invited into Rangoon housing market; new bidders call to re-tender for Hantharwaddy Airport; garment sector exports riding high; and Thai soda firm refuses to recall ‘fungus-ridden’ drinks.
Burma’s debt to Germany halved
German President Joachim Gauck holds talks with President Thein Sein, opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi. Domestic conflict was discussed as debt relief package confirmed.
Japan’s PM cancels Burma’s debt
Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe pledges to provide Burma with USD$500 million in development aid and cancels the remainder of Burma’s debt, during his visit to the country to boost[…]
Burma announces major debt relief deal
Burma said on Monday that the Paris Club of creditor nations had agreed to cancel half of its debts, another milestone in the rapid transformation of the former junta-ruled nation
Japan to waive Burma’s multi-billion dollar debt
The Japanese PM Yoshihiko Noda is expected to waive Burma’s US $3.7 billion debt after a meeting with President Thein Sein in Tokyo on Saturday
Farmer hangs himself after failing to pay debts
Mar 6, 2009 (DVB), A farmer from Ywatthit village in Rangoon's Kayan township, which was badly affected by Cyclone Nargis, has hanged himself because he could not pay his debts.[…]
Farmers suffer losses after forced crop growing
Dec 3, 2007 (DVB), Farmers in Mandalay and Magwe divisions have been faced with rising debts and failed harvests after local authorities forced them to grow particular crops. In Ma[…]
