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Japanese brewery Kirin terminates partnership in Myanmar

Business weighs up the cost of investing in Myanmar

As business weighs up the cost of investing in Myanmar, Japan's Kirin brewery has terminated a joint-venture partnership with Myanmar Economic Holdings Limited. We get the perspective of Mark Farmaner, director of Burma Campaign UK, which promotes human rights in the country. And Vasuki Shastry, associate fellow of the Asia-Pacific programme at the research group Chatham House, tells us what wider impact the move is likely to have.
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(Picture: Cans of Kirin beer. Picture credit: EPA.)

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  • Fri 5 Feb 2021 22:32GMT