May 24, 2026
At the invitation of the Korean Wave Culture Industry Forum (KWCIF), a delegation led by State Sangha Maha Nayaka Committee Chair Abhidhaja Maha Rattha Guru Aggamaha Pandita Dr Bhaddanta Candima Bhivamsa arrived in the Republic of Korea on 22 May to attend the “50 Years of Gratitude & Friendship, 100 Years of Mercy” ceremony to be held in Seoul on 25 May.
May 24, 2026
President of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar U Min Aung Hlaing, accompanied by Vice-President U Nyo Saw, Union Ministers U Myo Thant and U Min Naung, and officials, inspected the progress in upgrading local roads and bridges in Union Territory of Nay Pyi Taw and the operating industries using domestic crops to produce industrial products.
May 23, 2026
Nineteen fossils, including a lower jawbone with teeth and a set of molars of a primitive Stegolophodon elephant estimated to be around eight million years old, were handed over to the Department of Archaeology and National Museum (Yangon Branch) on 18 May.
May 23, 2026
Basic and advanced maritime training courses of Tatmadaw (Navy) started at the same time in the respective townships on 27 April to develop the knowledge of the young generation during the summer school holidays and to bring forth a future generation of young people with maritime and aviation expertise.
May 23, 2026
Myanmar films will be screened at the 32nd Minsk International Film Festival “Listapad”, to be held in Belarus, according to the Myanmar Motion Pictures Organization (MMPO).
May 23, 2026
Union Minister for Science and Technology Dr Myo Thein Kyaw, who is currently in Nizhny Novgorod, the Russian Federation, met the rector, pro-rector, professors, and officials at the meeting hall of the Nizhny Novgorod State Technical University (NNSTU) yesterday morning and held discussions on potential cooperation between universities in Myanmar and NNSTU.
May 23, 2026
Union Election Commission Chairman U Than Soe, along with commission members, attended a meeting yesterday morning at the meeting hall of the Sagaing Region Government Office with members and staff of the Regional Supervisory Committee for the Myanmar Electronic Voting Machine (MEVM), as well as regional-, district-, and township-level election subcommissions in Sagaing Region.
May 23, 2026
Vice-President of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar Nan Ni Ni Aye, accompanied by Deputy Minister for Education U Nay Myo Hlaing and officials, inspected the preparations for the school enrolment activities to implement the School Enrolment Week for the 2026-27 academic year at basic education schools in the Nay Pyi Taw Council Area yesterday morning.
May 22, 2026
Vehicles transporting food supplies, consumer goods, construction materials, and educational and medical supplies arrived in Haka on 21 May after key transport routes linking towns in Chin State were reopened, according to reports.
May 22, 2026
The seminar on capacity building for the development of industries and industrial zones was held yesterday morning at the SME Centre on Kyaikwine Pagoda Road, Mayangon Township, Yangon Region. Union Minister for Industry and MSME Development Dr Charlie Than attended the event virtually from the meeting room in Office 30.