The stream of refugees and migrants crossing from Venezuela to Brazil has increased exponentially over the last five years, with almost 200,000 arriving since the start of 2017. Of these, more than 100,000 have since moved on, leaving the current total in the country at some 98,000 with an average o...

Eighty nine companies from 17 countries are investing in Thilawa Special Economic Zone, and construction of Zone-B infrastructure will be completed this year, according to a Cost of Doing Business in Myanmar report. Thilawa SEZ is located on 2,400 hectares of land, 14 miles southeast of Yangon c...

The Mon State government will issue licences for salt farming through the Salt Industry Department, an official said. U Khin Soe of the department said the date of the licence release will be decided at a meeting of the department today. “Applicants have to bring their land ownership documen...

The ministry plans to set up a central providence fund for pensioners instead of contribution by the government, said Union Minister for Planning and Finance Soe Win. The number of pensioners in the country is at almost one million. Pension fund accounts for one-sixths of revenue incomes. The min...

This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Adrian Edwards – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at the press briefing, on 26 May 2015, at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. In western Tanzania's Lake Tanganyika area, containment measures to deal with a cholera epidemic that has c...

WITH the opening of 78 labour and employment offices, licenses have been issued to 88 local and 260 overseas employment agencies to improve job opportunities for Myanmar youth, Union Minister for Labour, Immigration and Population U Thein Swe told the Amyotha Hluttaw yesterday. In his respo...

Before the crowds begin descending on the sea shore this coming dry season, local activists are calling on the government to help manage tourism and tourism infrastructure at a Mon State beach. Kabyar Wa Beach in southern Ye township has become an increasingly popular destination, especially for ...

Chisinau, Moldova-Wednesday 23 February was a day like any other in Ukraine’s Mariupol city. Liudmila Prodous, a resident of the port city travelled to Odesa, on the border with Moldova, to attend a workshop. She brought with her Veronica, her only child, to see places. The next day, the two hear...