News Summary: Forum draws powerful to Myanmar
Post-military, reformist Myanmar welcomes movers and shakers to prestigious economic forum
PRESTIGIOUS FORUM: Myanmar prepared Wednesday to show off what two years of reform-minded elected government has accomplished as it welcomed business titans and decision-makers from around the world to the Asian edition of the prestigious World Economic Forum.
THE KICKOFF: President Thein Sein will inaugurate the meeting Thursday and is scheduled to share the stage with the prime ministers of Laos and Vietnam to discuss opportunities for development in Asia.
NEW MYANMAR: The focus of most participants will be on host Myanmar, emerging from almost five decades of military rule into the challenges of transitional democracy and the potentially lucrative status of a frontier economy.
