4 June, 2013
Foreign Affairs

Hundreds of global leaders, industry chiefs and foreign media are attending the World Economic Forum on East Asia, in Naypyidaw 5-7 June. Some 900 delegates from more than 50 countries will attend the forum, reflecting the huge interest in Myanmar as it opens to the world after decades of isolation under military rule. Sushant Palakurthi Rao, Asia head of the WEF, said the Myanmar forum was “by far the largest” meeting of the group. The theme for this week’s forum is “sharing prosperity”.