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03 December 2023
South Korea calls for over 160,000 foreign workers including Myanmar nationals
Construction labourers working on an elevated platform at a deep sea port project in Mayingyi, part of the Dawei Special Economic Zone development. Photo: AFP
Development
07 July 2015
Japan, Myanmar, Thailand sign agreement on Dawei...
Japan, Myanmar, and Thailand have signed an agreement for the mutual development of the...
Photo: Hong Sar/Mizzima
Development
02 July 2015
New resource centres will help understanding of...
A resource centre, which will help government staff learn how to collect and analyse data...
Left to Right (front line): Dr. Win Zaw Aung, Managing Director, Sea Lion Company Ltd.; Mr. Kovit Kantapasara, GE CEO of Thailand, Myanmar, and Laos; Professor Dr. Myint Han, Director General, Department of Medical Services, Ministry of Health; Dr. Daw Aye Aye Thein, Professor and Head (Neonate), Central Women’s Hospital
Development
29 June 2015
GE completes medical equipment commissioning in...
In partnership with the Myanmar Ministry of Health, GE and ...
The Girl Determined fundraiser will be held this Sunday June 28 from 4pm until 7pm at the Goethe Villa on 8 Ko Min Ko Chin Road, Bahan Township. Photo: Andrew Standbridge
Development
26 June 2015
Fundraiser for NGO supporting Myanmar’s...
Myat Aye is 15 years old and it is her job to take the family cow out to graze for a few...
Three Pagodas Pass, a border checkpoint between Thailand and Myanmar.  Photo: Joaquinuy/Flickr
Development
24 June 2015
Myanmar proposes new checkpoint
A new border crossing between Kayah State and Thailand’s Mae Hong Song province will open...
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Development
18 June 2015
Norstar sets up Myanmar crewing office
Norstar Ship Management has opened a new crewing office in Yangon, Myanmar, which will...
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...
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...
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...
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...

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