LFM News Service 4-5-19

ADB Forecasts Myanmar's Economy to Resume Growth This Year The Asian Development Bank (ADB) expects Myanmar’s economy to resume growth this year and continue to expand in the next thanks to more foreign investment and a positive...

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LFM News Service 3-29-19

Myanmar Supreme Court agrees to rule on journalists' appeal Myanmar's Supreme Court agreed Tuesday to rule on an appeal filed by lawyers for two Reuters journalists sentenced to seven years in prison for their reporting on Myanmar's...

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LFM News Service 3-22-19

Naypyidaw, peace talks. The most hostile rebels are also invited They will take place this week and are the result of a series of informal meetings. The government asked each of the eight organizations to form a delegation. Groups opposed to the...

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LFM News Service 3-15-19

International School Yangon to open Nay Pyi Taw campus The International School Yangon will open its new campus in Nay Pyi Taw in September, said Gregory Hedger, the school’s director. “The school is going to be in Nay Pyi Taw because...

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LFM News Service 3-8-19

Groups Say INGO Threatens to Inflame Religious Tensions in Meiktila Residents of Mandalay Region’s Meiktila have signed a petition protesting against international non-governmental organizations (INGOs), saying their actions threaten to...

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LFM News Service 3-1-19

People Say Myanmar’s Constitution Can’t Be Changed.  They’re Wrong. Aung San Suu Kyi has more power over the military than you think.  Read More Myanmar’s Aung San Suu Kyi drops off U.N. agenda in Geneva next week Myanmar...

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LFM News Service 2-22-19

Indian Troops Seal Off India-Myanmar Border At least two infantry companies from the Indian army have been deployed in Mizoram, a state located at the border with Myanmar’s Paletwa Township in southern Chin State as fighting intensifies in the...

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LFM News Service 2-15-19

Myanmar’s land law is a ticking time bomb The government’s March deadline of implementing the 2018 amendments to the 2012 Vacant, Fallow and Virgin (VFV) Lands Management Law has created a ticking time bomb for farmers in ethnic...

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LFM News Service 2-8-19

Myanmar parliament approves panel to discuss constitution despite military protest Myanmar's parliament on Wednesday voted to set up a committee to discuss amending the country's constitution, despite objections by military-aligned...

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LFM News Service 2-1-19

Suu Kyi to investors: Myanmar is open for business Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi on Monday urged global investors to put their money into Myanmar, seeking to offset the negative impact of the Rohingya crisis and slow pace of economic reforms...

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LFM Service 1-25-19

Three Kachin State Ministers Told to Quit ‘on Suu Kyi’s Orders’ The Kachin chief minister has ordered three ministers to resign their positions without giving a reason other than to say that the instruction came from State...

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LFM News Service 1-18-19

Myanmar’s 2019 Economic Outlook Despite Myanmar facing a significant economic downturn last year, government officials and business people alike have expressed positivity for the country’s economy in 2019, especially in regards to...

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