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03 December 2023
South Korea calls for over 160,000 foreign workers including Myanmar nationals
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...
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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...
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...
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 ...
SLCM aims to provide agri-financing solutions to farmers Photo: Ye Min/Mizzima
Development
12 May 2015
SLCM Ltd to tie up with CB Bank in Myanmar
SLCM, the wholly owned subsidiary of Sohan Lal Commodity Management, a leading agri...
Seven years on and cyclone shelter construction has stalled Photo: World Vision
Development
06 May 2015
Cyclone shelter construction stalled 7 years...
Only one of 45 cyclone shelters proposed to be built in 2012 have been constructed, this...
Myanmar children in Kayah State. An estimated 100,000 children are expected to have their births registered for the first time. Photo: Ye Min/Mizzima
Development
04 May 2015
UNICEF and Myanmar Government launch Birth...
UNICEF is supporting the Myanmar Government in launching Birth Registration week in...
The World Bank hopes its programme will help improve farmers' lives. Photo: Mizzima
Development
24 April 2015
World Bank to help poor farmers’ crop yields
The World Bank Group’s board of executive directors have approved a US$100 million [K100...
Waiting in a clinic in Kaying State. Photo: Rungroj Yongrit/EPA
Development
24 April 2015
Project aims to improve health and electricity...
About three million pregnant women and children in Myanmar are expected to benefit from...
Pedestrians walk past a branch of a United Overseas Bank (UOB) in Singapore, 18 June 2013. Photo: Sam Chin/EPA
Development
21 April 2015
Singapore bank to finance Myanmar power plant
United Overseas Bank has just announced a financing agreement with Singapore-based...

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