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03 December 2023
South Korea calls for over 160,000 foreign workers including Myanmar nationals
An aerial view of the Mekong river, which separates Thailand and Laos, in Vientiane on Tuesday 22 March 2005. Photo: EPA
Development
17 June 2015
Thai cabinet approves draft ACMECS declaration
The Thai cabinet has approved the draft Nay Pyi Taw Ayeyawady-Chao Phraya-Mekong Economic...
Yangon region government is pursuing a major plan to redevelop several parts of the commercial capital. Photo: Mizzima 
Development
13 June 2015
Yangon region govt proposes K8,000 billion city...
The Yangon region government has its local parliament for over K8,000 billion [US$8...
Development
10 June 2015
Poverty main cause of school dropouts across...
Poverty is a leading cause in student dropouts across rural Mon schools in southern...
Wild ducks take flight from the surface of Inlay Lake, Nyaungshwe Township, Taunggyi, Shan Sate, Myanmar, 08 December 2014. EPA/NYEIN CHAN NAING
Development
10 June 2015
Inlay Lake inscribed as Myanmar’s first UNESCO...
Inlay Lake has been inscribed as the first Biosphere Reserve of Myanmar at the 27th...
A Karen man (L) holds his saline solution walks past a group of Karen women as they wait for medical treatment at Paw Bu La Hta clinic in Kow Poe Kee village, Karen state, Myanmar, 03 April 2008. Photo: Rungroj Yongrit/EPA
Development
09 June 2015
Australia slashes $55m in aid to Myanmar – 3MDG
Myanmar's largest development organisation has accused Australia of slashing nearly $55...
The Yangon Railway Station. Photo: Mizzima
Development
08 June 2015
Myanmar invites bid for railway station...
Myanmar railway authorities have invited local and foreign firms to bid for a project to...
Farmers in a rice field in Pegu region. Photo: Ye Min/Mizzima
Development
01 June 2015
Myanmar works with OECD to formulate agricultural...
Myanmar’s government is working closely with the 34-nation Organization for Economic...
General Post Office in Yangon Photo:laimythan/Flickr
Development
27 May 2015
Japan to help Myanmar postal services
Japan agreed Tuesday to help Myanmar launch new postal services in the hope of making its...
Wild ducks take flight from the surface of Inlay Lake, Nyaungshwe Township, Taunggyi, Shan Sate, Myanmar, 08 December 2014. EPA/NYEIN CHAN NAING
Development
26 May 2015
Ecotourism Policy and Management Strategy launched
Myanmar has launched what it calls an Ecotourism Policy and Management Strategy in an...
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Development
26 May 2015
Belarus, Myanmar sign memorandum of cooperation
The Council of the Republic of the National Assembly of Belarus and the House of...
The Asian Development Bank building in Mandaluyong City, east of Manila, Philippines. Photo: Rolex Dela Pena/EPA
Development
16 May 2015
ADB signs agreement to deal direct with companies...
The Asian Development Bank and the Myanmar have signed a non-sovereign framework...
$400 to be borrowed for poorest villages Photo: Hong Sar/Mizzima
Development
14 May 2015
Myanmar parliament approves borrowing of $400...
The Union Parliament has agreed to borrow $400 million to give to ...

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