Japan will provide waste management technology to Myanmar to help the country deal with its burgeoning garbage problem. The aid was formalised in a memorandum of understanding on environmental conservation signed on Monday by Myanmar’s Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Conservation...

YANGON — Non-signatories of the nationwide ceasefire agreement (NCA) will not attend an event in Naypyitaw on Sunday to mark the two-year anniversary of the signing of the accord. Ethnic bloc United Nationalities Federal Council (UNFC) stated it would not attend because it had little time to prep...

In a Karen State Day message to the Karen people Burmese President U Htin Kyaw said that he looks forward to a thriving Karen State where factories and mills operate in the near future. In the message, delivered on the 61st Karen State Day on 7 November, U Htin Kyaw said: “It is quite heartening ...

The Union government is implementing the nation’s ‘Women and Girls First Initiative’ in four areas - Rakhine, Kachin, Kayin and the northern Shan states. The plan that aims to protect women and girls from abuse and sexism began last year and is scheduled to wrap up next year, Union Minister of So...

A group led by the Karen Women’s Organisation (KWO) met with residents of ten villages in Htantabin Township in the Karen National Union (KNU)-controlled district of Taungoo to find out their views on refugee resettlement. The 24 September meeting was organised by the central, district and townsh...