Myanmar is planning to sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Japanese government to send Myanmar workers to Japan, according to the Ministry of Labour, Immigration and Population on February 13. “Japan and Myanmar have similar lifestyles. So, they are like Myanmar. To my knowledge, Ja...

Karen National Union chair Saw Mutu Say Poe called on the leaders to approve the draft ceasefire agreement text provisionally approved in March between government and ethnic negotiators. China and a UN envoy also pressed them to move quickly and sign. The leaders are meeting, under international ...

Yangon (dpa) – Four ethnic rebel groups and a student militia in Myanmar said on Tuesday that they were prepared to sign a national ceasefire agreement after four years of negotiations. They were the first to respond to a letter sent by President Thein Sein last week to 15 armed groups, urging th...

YANGON – A government trade promotion body has signed a deal with the European Chamber of Commerce to promote bilateral trade and investment from European companies. The Memorandum of Understanding was signed between Mya trade – the Myanmar Trade Promotion Organization, under the Ministry of Comm...

Two more ethnic armed groups, the New Mon State Party (NMSP) and Lahu Democratic Union (LDU), have agreed to sign the government's Nationwide Ceasefire Accord (NCA) soon, Xinhua reported on 23 January citing a joint statement issued by the two parties. During their meeting with State Counsellor ...

South Sudan's government has reached a power-sharing agreement with the country's main rebel group. This agreement will not collapse and I am sure that it will not collapse because the people of South Sudan have now agreed that they must make peace among themselves," he [ Sudanese Foreign Minister A...