This was a sidebar to a story about a then new way for domestic and overseas migrants to send money home using mobile phones. Explains how Myanmar migrants prefer the traditional means, although many have since gone digital.
* Report on 5th Conference on Media Development
I served as the rapporteur at this annual conference in Yangon and wrote the attached report (as pdf). The subtitle is "Inclusive Independent Media in a New Democracy." The presentation of a study at this conference about gender equity in media gave me the idea for this story for Mizzima. The conference's chief sponsor is... Continue Reading →
* The Crowning Fortune—Forbes Asia
The bureau's other assets are easier to value. Its 30% share in the Siam Cement Group, the country's second-largest company, is worth $1.9 billion and its 25% share in Siam Commercial Bank is worth $1.1 billion. As of July it also owns virtually all of Deves Insurance, worth $65 million, and stakes in various other public and private companies that Aviruth says are worth $600 million.
* Forbes Asia’s 2018 Heroes of Philanthropy—Forbes Asia
The boys stay in a family-owned building directly across the street from the Menam Riverside Hotel and take meals in a hotel staff canteen. Malee's seven children help out with supervision and field trips.
* Binod Chaudhary Helps Rebuild Nepal—Forbes Asia
Since then Nepal's first billionaire has pledged $2.5 million through his Chaudhary Foundation to restore schools and homes destroyed or damaged by the quake. The foundation will bear all the costs of building 1,000 transitional bamboo-and-plaster homes and is working with other donors to construct another 9,000
Susan J Cunningham 