The Karen National Union (KNU) said its return to the peace process depends on the results of the informal meetings between the government and other armed ethnic groups. It said in a statement over the weekend that it will look at how the informal meetings address the stumbling blocks in the peac...

Chinese investors have big plans for garment production at several industrial parks near the river port city of Pathein in western Ayeyarwady Region. The garment industry seems poised to boom in Ayeyarwady Region, with a company developing an industrial park near Pathein signing a contract with a...

New school construction guidelines are aimed at making education more inclusive and accessible while also ensuring that schools can serve their communities as safe and secure shelters during natural disasters. In 2008, Cyclone Nargis destroyed 50 percent of the government schools in the Ayeyarwad...

Huawei, a leading global provider of ICT infrastructure and smart devices, and the Rectors’ Committee with the support of the Ministry of Education signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the ICT Talent Development Program to support efforts to meet the growing talent needs of the country’s I...

Mon community leaders plan to build a rehabilitation center for drug-addicted youth in Ye Township, Mon State, Mon sources said. The New Mon State Party (NMSP) donated 3 acres of land to house the care center. Committee members used a bulldozer to begin clearing the land, and started work on layi...

The government will give the monthly social pension of Ks 10,000 to the elderly aged 85 and above every three months beginning 2019-2020 fiscal year, according to Ministry of Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement. In 2018-2019 FY, the government paid the social pension only to senior citizens a...

Mon State legislative assembly deputy speaker Dr Aung Naing Oo said the Union Parliament had a plan to amend laws enacted by States/Regions legislative assemblies and they would be amended only after collecting the opinions of local assemblies. “We cannot just amend these laws. They can be only ...

YANGON—U Min Thu, minister for the Office of the Union Government, has urged General Administration Department (GAD) staff to change their mindset and shed old habits when carrying out their duties, according to the Ministry of Information. The minister held a meeting on Wednesday with GAD staff ...

The Japanese government is providing support to Myanmar to come up with a cybersecurity law that will govern internet-related activities, particularly e-commerce. Japanese experts recently participated in the e-commerce cybersecurity workshop held at the Ministry of Transport and Communications ...

Projects proposed on land considered fallow by the government’s new law worry residents of Myanmar’s Tanintharyi Region. Locals are concerned after some investors applied for a large construction project on a beach located on an island in Tanintharyi Region. “There are many fishermen in our re...