On 2 July 2017 leaders of the G5 Sahel, which consists of Chad, Burkina Faso, Mauritania, Mali and Niger, officially launched the new G5 Sahel force, in the presence of French President Emmanuel Macron. This followed a meeting in February 2017 in which the G5 Sahel heads of state announced that a ne...

Local Karen National Union (KNU) leaders have called on Burma Army troops to withdraw in order to ensure a safe return for displaced villagers. Several hundred internally displaced persons (IDPs) from Pla Kho area and Ei Htu Hta camp in Papun District in northern Karen State recently held a demon...

Restrictions on the disabled to pursue a college education will be removed and they will be eligible to apply to study in institutions of higher learning, said U Aung Aung Min, deputy director general of the department of higher education. Speaking to The Myanmar Times Thursday, he said that coll...

On a visit to a model farm in Israel this week, the potential for Myanmar’s agricultural development was there to see. I had the opportunity to see advanced techniques that Israeli agriculturalists developed and farmers use to maximize water use and grow sustainable crops. I assume that the main ...

COMPENSATION of nearly Ks2 billion were paid by authorities to affected farmers, who lost land, crops and buildings as a result of the Myanmar-Thailand friendship bridge project. The construction of the friendship bridge No.2 in Myawady, a border town in Kayin State, is nearly finished, said U Th...

A meeting of all armed ethnic groups, including the signatories and non-signatories to the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement (NCA), has resulted in a statement calling for all armed ethnic organizations to have equal and dignified status in the second 21st Century Panglong Conference. The meeting wa...

The UN body is hoping for progress following the report by the Advisory Commission on Rakhine State chaired by former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan. In an exclusive interview with The Myanmar Times on April 8, UNICEF deputy executive director Justin Forsyth shared his view on the current health...

The training of 400 teachers in a new child-centered curriculum for the instruction of the Mon language began this week in Moulmein. Regional volunteers and civil servants who work as Mon language instructors in government schools will attend the training in the Mon State capital. Participants ar...

The Pyidaungsu Hluttaw announced yesterday that group meetings for the nominations of three vice presidents will take place on March 17 in order to elect Myanmar’s next president and two vice presidents. The three candidates are to be respectively nominated by the Amyotha Hluttaw (Upper House), t...

The Mon State’s Department of Rural Development called for tenders on three rural development projects on Tuesday [April 26]. The projects will focus on roads, bridges and water distribution. The road project includes construction of a 18/4.78 miles concrete road, 13/1.4 miles of tarred road, 4/4...