The March 28 earthquake rattled Myanmar’s fledgling insurance industry, with companies that offered quake coverage now obligated to pay out massive amounts of compensation in.
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The March 28 earthquake rattled Myanmar’s fledgling insurance industry, with companies that offered quake coverage now obligated to pay out massive amounts of compensation in.
BY Frontier
Mastering control of the rising and falling rattan chinlone ball teaches patience, says a veteran of the traditional Myanmar sport – a quality dearly needed in the long-suffering nation.
BY AFP
The regional bloc is confronting Myanmar with a mixture of immobilism and wishful thinking, while other actors intervene more effectively – to the regime’s benefit.
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Development is regarded as key to resolving the complex situation in Rakhine State, and a recent report says greater sensitivity by international actors will also help to reduce tension and misunderstandings.
BY Oliver Slow
We support Daw Aung San Suu Kyi's call for practical solutions instead of rhetoric for the problems plaguing Rakhine State.
New technologies – mainly built around the smartphone – are set to dramatically reshape the banking landscape, bringing millions of new customers for those institutions that can best-position themselves to capture this market.
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Prominent monks have joined a growing chorus of criticism levelled against the nationalist group in recent weeks.
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Members of Myanmar’s disabled community have been waiting since last year for the implementation of a law that gives them greater rights.
Although most financial sanctions have ended, the high cost of violations and low potential profits means few US banks will do business with Myanmar.
Migrant workers are sending home up to $5 billion a year – and banks want a bigger piece of the action.
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