CHIBA – Four families from Myanmar arrived Friday night in Tokyo on a pilot U.N. refugee resettlement program introduced in fiscal 2010. The families are from ethnic minorities in Myanmar and had been living in a refugee camp in Thailand, across the border. After a 180-day vocational and Japanese...

Nations at Cameroon summit pledge $86m to fight armed group and urge more support from international community. Leaders from Central Africa have met in Cameroon to finalise plans for a military offensive against Boko Haram fighters in Nigeria and neighbouring countries. Representatives of 10 n...

Houthi fighters have said in a statement that they would deal "positively" with any efforts to lift the suffering of the Yemeni people, a sign that they could accept a five-day humanitarian ceasefire proposed by Saudi Arabia. The Houthis political council said on Sunday that they would like to se...

Thai firm Italian¬Thai Development Plc (ITD) says it is ready to restart construction of the long¬delayed Dawei deep-sea port and special economic zone over the next few months if the Thai and Burmese governments approve continuation of the megaproject at a joint meeting on 10 February. Premchai ...

Basic primary healthcare packages will be implemented in the National Health Plan (2017-2021) for township and primary-level hospitals such as those with 16 and 25 beds, said its director Dr Thant Sin Htoo. “We have to meet the infrastructure and manpower demands of health centers and hospitals b...

A two-day land policy workshop was held in Moulmein from September 4-5. (Photo: Mimin Nwe / Facebook) Over 100 civil society representatives from across Mon State participated in a two-day land policy workshop in the state capital of Moulmein. The attendees formed a new 15-member acting co...

The Union government is drawing up a plan to help children survive and thrive, Ministry of Planning and Finance director general Daw Whar Whar Maung told The Myanmar Times yesterday. Specifics details were not released for the plan, which was discussed at a meeting in Nay Pyi Taw on October 21, b...

The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has handed over an updated version of its 2040 master plan for Yangon’s development to the region government, which is waiting until it has received a bevy of other plans from other agencies before deciding which recommendations to adopt. JICA fir...

Mae Pa, Thailand – The UN’s refugee agency unveiled a draft plan this week detailing how to carry out the voluntary repatriation of 110,000 refugees residing in Thailand’s camps, drawing mixed reactions from camp leaders. Thailand currently has more than 110,000 refugees from Burma residing in ni...