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Union Minister Nai Thet Lwin and officials pose for a group photo at the 73rd Anniversary of Mon National Day in Mawlamyaing yesterday. Photo: MNA
February 11, 2020
The 73rd anniversary of Mon National Day, which falls on the first day after the full moon on Tabodwe 1382 ME, was commemorated at Than Lwin Garden...
February 10, 2020
U Ba Tin — Artist depiction of the proposed Shwe Kokko development – Who really benefits? The most important trade route between Myanmar and Thailand...
A buyer checks a Jade stone at the LoneKhin night market in Hpakant, Kachin State, northern Myanmar. Photo: Nyein Chan Naing/EPA
February 10, 2020
Myanmar encounters illicit trade valued at about US$6.4 billion every year. But this large figure only reflects trade on official routes between...
The aerial view of Upper Paunglaung hydroelectric power project in Nay Pyi Taw council area, Pyinmana township. Photo: Ministry of Electric Power
February 10, 2020
Myitsone Dam project is well known for its controversial impact on Myanmar’s political landscape, as it involves on and off pressure from China to...
The KNU had condemned the prohibition of public peace meeting by the Tatmadaw.
February 9, 2020
By Kyaw Wai Min — Karen National Union (KNU) issued a press statement which says that the organization condemns the prohibition of holding a public...
February 9, 2020
By Andrew Landen - Myanmar is caught between a rock and a hard place. As the government seeks to pick up the pace of development, electrical power is...
Commander-in-Chief of the Myanmar Armed Forces, General Min Aung Hlaing (L), walks next to Cardinal Charles Maung Bo (R) as he leaves after visiting St. Mary's Cathedral on Christmas Day in Yangon, Myanmar, 25 December 2019. Photo: Lynn Bo Bo/EPA
February 8, 2020
Myanmar’s Catholic Church leader has appealed to the government to scrap the constitutional provision which prohibits members of religious orders...
Chinese tourists at the Maha Bandoola park in Yangon, Myanmar. Photo: Nyein Chan Naing/EPA
February 8, 2020
Myanmar has asked tour operators and guides to temporarily suspend services for Chinese visitors to prevent an outbreak of the novel coronavirus,...
Myanmar State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi (R) and Chinese President Xi Jinping (L) pose for photos while shaking hands during a meeting at the Presidential Palace in Naypyitaw Myanmar, 18 January 2020. Photo: Nyein Chan Naing/EPA
February 7, 2020
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, deputy permanent secretary Aung Kyaw Zan said that Myanmar was planning to donate rice to China where hundreds of people...
Rakhine children play near a telecommunications tower at Sat Yoe Kya Ward, Sittwe, Rakhine state, Myanmar. Photo: Nyunt Win/EPA
February 7, 2020
The Myanmar government directed all operators in the country to halt mobile internet service in five townships, citing security requirements and...
Chinese national flags flying on the border between Kokang and China’s Nansan township in Lincang, southwest China’s Yunnan province. Photo: AFP
February 7, 2020
Migrant workers returning to Myanmar from China’s Yunnan province because of coronavirus fears are walking away from their jobs without receiving the...
Opium poppies at a poppy field near Pekon township, southern Shan State. Photo: EPA
February 6, 2020
Opium poppy cultivation in Myanmar declined a further 11% in 2019 to 33,100 hectares (ha), according to the Myanmar Opium Survey released yesterday...