Ditching clunkers, car imports drive Myanmar oil demand
SINGAPORE/YANGON (Reuters) - Myanmar businessman Lay has doubled the number of cars he owns to six in just three years, as reforms in Southeast Asia's poorest country unleash a wave...
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Northern Myanmar city calm after latest communal violence
YANGON (Reuters) - The city of Lashio in northern Myanmar was calm on Wednesday, residents and central government said, after violence between Buddhists and Muslims the previous day highlighted the...
Google’s Schmidt to visit Myanmar, an untapped telecoms market
YANGON (Reuters) - Google Inc Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt, who visited North Korea in January, will become the first high-profile tech company executive to visit Myanmar in the wake of...
Suu Kyi’s inexperienced party in search of policies for Myanmar
YANGON (Reuters) - Aung San Suu Kyi's inexperienced party begins its first congress on Friday aiming to push forward positions that will become increasingly important in the run-up to a...
U.S. gives banking green light to Myanmar tycoons
YANGON (Reuters) - Two banks owned by tycoons associated with Myanmar's former military regime will start to do business with U.S. companies and investors in the latest reward for the...
Myanmar rebels say army ignoring president’s ceasefire
YANGON (Reuters) - Myanmar's president said on Sunday he wanted peace talks with all ethnic rebel groups in the country, but government troops again attacked rebel positions in Kachin State...
Myanmar rebels say army ignoring president’s ceasefire
YANGON (Reuters) - Myanmar's president said on Sunday he wanted peace talks with all ethnic rebel groups in the country, but government troops again attacked rebel positions in Kachin State...
Myanmar government announces ceasefire with Kachin rebels
YANGON (Reuters) - The Myanmar military will observe a ceasefire in its fight with ethnic Kachin rebels with effect from Saturday, state television reported, but rebels would not immediately commit...
Myanmar government announces ceasefire with Kachin rebels
YANGON (Reuters) - The Myanmar military will observe a ceasefire in its fight with ethnic Kachin rebels with effect from Saturday, state television reported, but rebels would not immediately commit...
Suu Kyi’s party accepts crony donations in reform-era Myanmar
YANGON (Reuters) - Cronies of Myanmar's military junta which kept democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi under house arrest for nearly two decades have reached a milestone in their quest...