Myanmar and South Korea will promote bilateral trade and investment under a letter of intent on the move signed at a S. Korea-Myanmar forum underway in Yangon, official media reported Friday.
One more Japanese bank giant, the Mizuho will open its first Myanmar branch in Yangon on August 3 and will become the third Japanese bank and the fifth out of nine international banks granted licenses to open a local banking branch in the country, official media reported Monday.
Myanmar government troops have seized strategic Point 2202 tophill, the last stronghold of the Kokang ethnic army, in a latest offensive, local media quoted the military sources as reporting Friday.
Myanmar President U Thein Sein met with visiting Chinese State Councilor Yang Jing here on Monday with both sides pledging to deepen their cooperation.
World Bank Vice President for East Asia and Pacific Axel van Trotsenburg will visit Myanmar this week to launch the World Bank Group's new Country Partnership Framework with Myanmar, according to the World Bank's release on Tuesday.
Myanmar authorities has banned sale of alcohol around water throwing pandals in Nay Pyi Taw during the traditional Thingyan Water Festival commencing on Monday.
A total of 22 Myanmar surviving sailors from a sunk Russian fishing trawler returned home by air on Sunday from Russia via South Korea, official media reported on Monday.
The "Belt and Road" initiatives, proposed by China, is a new opportunity for Myanmar in its economic development efforts, Myanmar's presidential spokesman U Ye Htut has told Xinhua in an exclusive interview in Nay Pyi Taw.
A Myanmar-China Buddha Heritage Photo and Painting Exhibition was launched at Myanmar's Shewdagon Pagoda in Yangon Wednesday.
Vice-chairman of Myanmar's ruling party U Htay Oo on Tuesday voiced support for China's "Belt and Road" initiative, saying that it is a very good concept which his country has a keen interest in.
Fierce fighting continued in Laukkai, Myanmar's Kokang region in northeastern Shan state, Thursday with the government forces seizing one more strategically important hill point-1479, the military-run media Myawaddy reported Friday.
Myanmar government forces had claimed capture of some military bases of the Kokang ethnic army in five engagements over the weekend after air strikes, an official report said on Monday.
Myanmar and Thailand have stepped up cooperation in drug control with Thailand agreeing to provide Myanmar with 596,698 U.S. dollars in aid for curbing narcotic drugs, an official report said Monday.
Myanmar's parliament has adopted suffrage of white card holders, allowing them to vote on the national referendum bill on constitution amendment, local media reported Tuesday.
Two Thailand-based companies will take up the development of the initial phase of Myanmar's Dawei Special Economic Zone (SEZ) in the country's Tanintharyi region following efforts by Myanmar and Thai governments in pushing the implementation of the delayed project, official sources said Monday.
The tender process for Myanmar's Yangon Central Railway Station expansion project is in progress with three developers having formally submitted the tender proposal to the Myanmar railways authorities recently to compete for the station's comprehensive development project.
Myanmar President U Thein Sein said on Monday that ASEAN tourism sector has seen considerable positive growth in the last consecutive years, reflecting the growth potentials and regional cooperation of ASEAN.
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