Kirin will axe partnership in beer business
The military takeover of the government was the final blow for the troubled partnership between Japanese beverage giant Kirin and Tatmadaw-backed Myanma Economic Holdings Ltd. (MEHL). The company will divest its 55% stake in Myanmar Brewery, claimingKirin suspends dividends from Myanmar joint venture
In a press release from Thursday November 11, Kirin Holdings Company Ltd, announced that all dividend payments from Myanmar Brewery Limited (MBL), and Mandalay Brewery Limited (MDL), to Kirin and its Myanmar-army affiliated partner Myanma Economic HoKirin Ichiban target of boycott campaign
After being singled out in June by Human Rights Watch, it is now the turn of Burma Campaign UK to take a jab at Kirin Holdings by launching a new boycott campaign against Kirin Ichiban lager.Kirin, a Japanese company making alcoholic and soft drinks,
Kirin partnership takes heat (again)
The saga of Japanese beverage giant Kirin’s Myanmar Beer partnership continued this week with a scathing condemnation from Human Rights Watch. The highly influential global NGO called on Kirin to divest from Myanmar Brewery, the country’s
Kirin reconsiders partnership
Japanese beverage giant Kirin has announced that it will review and reconsider its business partnership with the military (Tatmadaw). The announcement follows mounting international pressure to sever ties with Myanmar Brewery, the country’s lar
