CHINESE investors have expressed an interest in investing and developing the area across Yangon River and to construct an international airport, a port and housing projects, according to a local Chinese business association. The proposed locality and projects overlap with the prospective South Korea-led special economic zone. Members of the Yangon-headquartered Myanmar Chinese Chamber of […]
China ups its game in Myanmar’s SEZ race
September 11, 2017 by Thiha
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Hpakant Jade Stone Estimated at 50 Tons
February 24, 2014 by thiha
YANGON — A massive jade stone recently discovered near a village in Kachin State’s Hpakant region is believed to weigh about 50 tons, though with half the rock yet to be unearthed, its exact mass remains unknown. After visiting the discovery site and sizing up the raw jade stone in Wai Ka village amid tight […]
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