Jun 26, 2024
THE Ministry of Foreign Affairs has reported that talks on signing an MoU to establish sister cities between Yangon and Chongqing took place in Chongqing, China, on 21 June.
Jun 26, 2024
MYANMAR has shipped over 180,000 tonnes of green gram to external markets with an estimated value of over US$118 million as of 14 June in the current financial year 2024-2025, beginning 1 April, according to the Ministry of Commerce.
Jun 26, 2024
AT the invitation of the Secretary-General of the United Nations Tourism Organization and the Secretary of the Department of Tourism of the Philippines, Myanmar delegation led by Deputy Minister for Hotels and Tourism U Phyo Zaw Soe left for the Philippines yesterday to attend the 36th Joint Meeting of the UN Tourism Commission for East Asia and the Pacific and the UN Tourism Commission for South Asia (36th CAP-CSA) and First UN Tourism Regional Forum on Gastronomy Tourism for Asia and the Pacific which will be held from 26 to 28 June 2024 in Cebu, the Philippines.
Jun 26, 2024
FOR the first time in Myanmar, a Thai music singing contest will be held under the theme ‘T-pop Star Challenge, Myanmar,’ sponsored by Thailand’s most extensive entertainment companies – GMM Grammy and GMMTV, as stated by the Royal Thai Embassy in Yangon.
Jun 26, 2024
THE Myanmar Embassy in Tokyo announced on 27 June that more than 200 Japanese companies have sent job offers to recruit about 700 Myanmar workers.
Jun 26, 2024
Deputy Prime Minister and Union Minister for Foreign Affairs U Than Swe who is now in Tehran to attend the 19th Asia Cooperation Dialogue (ACD) Ministerial Meeting separately met Mr Maris Sangiampongsa, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Thailand at 8 am, Mr Narayan Kaji Shrestha Prakash, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs of Nepal at 3:30 pm and Mr Soltan Saad S K Al-Moraikhi, State Minister of Foreign Affairs of Qatar at 4:30 pm Iran Standard Time on 24 June 2024 at the Parsian Azadi Hotel in Tehran.
Jun 26, 2024
THE Social Security Board (SSB) has announced an increase in penalties for the loss or damage of Social Security Benefit cards beginning in July.
Jun 26, 2024
Rehabilitation materials are being shipped to Rakhine State under the guidance of the Department of Disaster Management, as directed by the Rakhine State government and the transport and communication committee.
Jun 26, 2024
CONTINUED FROM YESTERDAY Where are the people For people with resources or contacts, war will force them to move onto greener pastures as economic migrants in other countries. Almost every day, we hear news of illegal Myanmar workers being detained and captured in Thailand. Malaysia is clamping down further on illegals, and they have stopped the intake of overseas workers in the foreseeable future. Myanmar’s next generation is caught in a dilemma between staying at home in a war-torn country or becoming an illegal migrant and possibly an enslaved person in one of the neighbouring realms.
Jun 26, 2024
Union Minister for Information U Maung Maung Ohn, accompanied by Mandalay Region Chief Minister U Myo Aung, attended a ceremony to launch the “Developing Libraries and Raising Reading Habits” campaign at No 1 BEHS in PyinOoLwin yesterday.