YANGON/BANGKOK — A full generation has grown up since the State Law and Order Restoration Council (SLORC) of Senior Gen. Saw Maung seized power on Sept. 18, 1988, putting a bloody end to a nationwide pro-democracy uprising that lasted some six weeks. An estimated 3,000 people died in the crackdown, which re-established direct military rule […]
Myanmar’s Historical High School Awarded as Heritage Building
January 26, 2018 by
YANGON, Jan. 22 (Xinhua) — The over a century-old Basic Education High School (BEHS) No.-1, Dagon in Myanmar’s former capital of Yangon has been awarded a blue plaque to be marked as an ever-memorial heritage building by the Yangon Heritage Trust, according to the education authorities Monday. The historical school is known as having […]
Myanmar and China to Cooperate on Economic Corridor
December 9, 2017 by
YANGON — Myanmar and China agreed Friday to build an economic corridor between the two countries, furthering Naypyitaw’s efforts to strengthen ties with Beijing as criticism over the Rohingya refugee crisis pushes it away from the West. The idea was proposed at a meeting between Myanmar State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi and Chinese President […]
Myanmar wants more investments from PH
November 22, 2017 by
CLARK FREEPORT — The Republic of the Union of Myanmar is looking forward to more Philippine investments on energy and agriculture. “Philippines and Myanmar have very long standing relations since 1950s. So we want Filipino businessmen to come to Myanmar to invest particularly in energy and agriculture. We have initial discussions,” Myanmar Ambassador to the […]
What’s Behind Myanmar Military Chief’s Europe Voyage?
May 2, 2017 by
Starting from April 22, Myanmar’s military chief Min Aung Hlaing embarked on a goodwill visit to the Federal Republic of Germany with a stopover in Austria. His trip, made at the invitation of his German counterpart, signals the continuing importance that Berlin, as well as Europe more generally, plays in Myanmar’s development as well as […]
Myanmar’s stabs at reform test public’s patience
April 25, 2017 by
Myanmar’s year-old government has drawn stiff pushback from its sudden cuts to a national holiday and crackdown on unlicensed buses, burning up goodwill won with the promise of change. The government said last month that the public holiday period for the Thingyan water festival marking the new year would be shortened to five days from […]
Myanmar opens Thilawa SEZ to foreign insurers
March 31, 2017 by
Myanmar is opening up its Thilawa special economic zone near Yangon to international insurance companies — part of a market liberalization effort expected to gain momentum this year. The government does not allow foreign insurers to offer their services outside of Thilawa — a Myanmar-Japanese joint venture and the country’s only operational SEZ. Only three […]
