/tags/myanmar-burma Myanmar (Burma) en-US Copyright »Ê¹ÚÍøÖ·/Community Radio for Northern Colorado 2020 Sun, 15 Dec 2019 05:28:18 GMT /business/2019-12-14/new-belgium-execs-meet-with-protesters-as-employees-weigh-brewerys-sale Protesters hoping to stop New Belgium Brewing’s pending sale to a subsidiary of international beer conglomerate Kirin Holdings made their case to top… Sun, 15 Dec 2019 05:28:18 GMT /business/2019-12-14/new-belgium-execs-meet-with-protesters-as-employees-weigh-brewerys-sale Matt Bloom /npr-news/2014-05-28/in-buddhist-majority-myanmar-muslim-minority-gets-pushed-to-the-margins As Myanmar has opened up its political system, it has unleashed long-suppressed tensions. The Rohingya Muslims have been hard hit, with many driven from their homes and now confined to camps. Wed, 28 May 2014 07:25:00 GMT /npr-news/2014-05-28/in-buddhist-majority-myanmar-muslim-minority-gets-pushed-to-the-margins Anthony Kuhn /business/2013-10-30/tending-to-a-cultural-crossroads-in-garden-city-kansas Sister Janice Thome’s office is a 2003 brown Ford Focus with a backseat piled high with paperwork and a prayer book. Thome puts 125,000 miles a year on… Wed, 30 Oct 2013 11:00:00 GMT /business/2013-10-30/tending-to-a-cultural-crossroads-in-garden-city-kansas Harvest Public Media /2013-06-07/translating-the-coca-cola-experience For 60 years, Myanmar was officially without Coca-Cola. Now, Coke is back, and the new Myanmar bottle says a lot about the challenges of re-establishing a brand. Fri, 07 Jun 2013 09:00:00 GMT /2013-06-07/translating-the-coca-cola-experience Robert Smith, Lam Thuy Vo /npr-news/2013-06-07/how-to-sell-coke-to-people-who-have-never-had-a-sip Coca-Cola is returning to Myanmar after 60 years. They'd been kept out of the country by international sanctions. This week they officially opened their new plant outside of Yangon. Fri, 07 Jun 2013 07:30:00 GMT /npr-news/2013-06-07/how-to-sell-coke-to-people-who-have-never-had-a-sip Robert Smith /npr-news/2013-06-05/myanmars-aung-san-suu-kyi-walks-fine-line-in-her-new-role The Myanmar opposition leader is being criticized for cooperating with the former military rulers who kept her under house arrest for nearly two decades. But supporters say she is trying to show she has what it takes to lead the nation. Wed, 05 Jun 2013 17:12:00 GMT /npr-news/2013-06-05/myanmars-aung-san-suu-kyi-walks-fine-line-in-her-new-role Anthony Kuhn /2013-05-28/in-a-single-atm-the-story-of-a-nations-economy In Myanmar — a country that's been cut off from the world for decades — it's still a surprise when money pops out of the ATM. That may soon change. Tue, 28 May 2013 19:00:00 GMT /2013-05-28/in-a-single-atm-the-story-of-a-nations-economy Robert Smith /npr-news/npr-news/2013-05-24/can-this-man-bring-silicon-valley-to-yangon A Stanford MBA who used to work for Google returned to Myanmar to be an Internet entrepreneur. But it's tough to start an Internet company in a country where the power goes out every day. Fri, 24 May 2013 06:53:00 GMT /npr-news/npr-news/2013-05-24/can-this-man-bring-silicon-valley-to-yangon Robert Smith /npr-news/2013-05-10/why-almost-no-one-in-myanmar-wanted-my-money Like people in other countries that have gone through economic turmoil, people in Myanmar want U.S. dollars that look like they just rolled off the presses. Fri, 10 May 2013 07:12:00 GMT /npr-news/2013-05-10/why-almost-no-one-in-myanmar-wanted-my-money Robert Smith /npr-news/2013-04-24/as-myanmar-reforms-old-tensions-rise-to-the-surface After decades of military rule, Myanmar is experiencing rapid economic and social reforms. But some now fear that long-suppressed ethnic and religious tensions will be hard to contain. Violence between Buddhists and Muslims that began in the western part of the country last year now appear to be spreading. Wed, 24 Apr 2013 20:29:00 GMT /npr-news/2013-04-24/as-myanmar-reforms-old-tensions-rise-to-the-surface Anthony Kuhn