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The last frontier: Myanmar’s two-decade stock market journey
Bloomberg News, Published on 09/12/2015
» YANGON -- Two decades after his firm first laid the groundwork for an exchange in Myanmar, Ryota Sugishita found himself in a Yangon hotel ballroom in 2013, facing down sceptics in an audience of bankers, corporate executives and politicians.
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Medicine monk
Spectrum, Phil Thornton, Published on 27/12/2015
» The muscular arm of a saffron-clad monk, propped against the wall of a bamboo hut, draws air pictures to illustrate why his community is in desperate need of an ambulance.
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Myanmar in Aung San Suu Kyi's hands
News, Thitinan Pongsudhirak, Published on 04/12/2015
» After her massive electoral sweep of more than 80% of legislative seats on Nov 8, Aung San Suu Kyi now stands at a crossroads between her country's past and future amid her own leadership aspirations.
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Calls for justice: How smartphones allowed a country to share its anger
Spectrum, Published on 03/01/2016
» Despite police and the ruling junta blaming “instigators” for stirring trouble across the border over the Koh Tao murder trial, the truth is more likely a click away.
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Canada likely to legalise, market marijuana
AFP, Published on 09/12/2015
» OTTAWA - Justin Trudeau raised eyebrows when he admitted to having dabbled in marijuana while a member of parliament, but his pledge as prime minister to legalise pot has been broadly cheered.
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Rapprochement or sell-out? Taiwanese fear as presidents meet
dpa, Published on 05/11/2015
» There is a thin line between rapprochement and selling out. The first meeting between the presidents of China and Taiwan in six decades represents an historic breakthrough with the potential to reduce tensions between the two nations.
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Many faces of dissent
Spectrum, Published on 08/11/2015
» In a dining room in Queens, New York, Thai journalist Jom Petchpradab sits at a table loaded with Chinese food, juggling conversations on dog grooming and political exile. Next to him, an iPhone dangles from a charging cord plugged into the ceiling.
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Now comes the hard part, really running Myanmar
Spectrum, Larry Jagan, Published on 15/11/2015
» The people of Myanmar are now enthusiastically preparing for life under a democratic government led by Aung San Suu Kyi and her National League for Democracy, after the party swept to an enormous victory in last Sunday’s elections.
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Symbol of dignified defiance, Suu Kyi sounds provocative note
New York Times, Published on 18/11/2015
» NAY PYI TAW -- For two decades, Aung San Suu Kyi was a radiant symbol of dignified nonviolent resistance, most of that time confined to house arrest by the generals who have governed Myanmar for half a century.
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Old anti-drug sanctions killing US-Myanmar trade
Published on 09/11/2015
» <b>WASHINGTON/NEW YORK/YANGON</b><br> Western banks are cutting trade finance in Myanmar after learning that part of the country's main port is controlled by a man blacklisted by Washington.
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