YANGON, Oct. 1 (Xinhua) — Myanmar earned over 7.3 billion U.S. dollars in export earnings in nearly six months of the 2023-2024 fiscal year, according to the ministry of commerce on Sunday.
It’s on again – Myanmar’s well-known hot air balloon festival to resume after three-year halt
Myanmar’s renowned hot air balloon festival in Taunggyi, Shan state will resume this year after being suspended for three years due to the Covid-19 pandemic, organisers have confirmed.
More Myanmar youth choose work in Japan as homeland endures military rule
Aiming to work in Japan, Myanmarese youth study Japanese in Yangon, Myanmar, on Sept. 12, 2023. (Mainichi/Aya Takeuchi) YANGON (Mainichi) — Two and a half years since a military coup, young people in …
A young engineer 3D prints drones for rebel forces fighting Myanmar’s military dictatorship. ‘My parents would kill me’ if they knew, he says.
An curved arrow pointing right. A young engineer has been producing semiautomatic rifles and drones for a rebel group fighting against Myanmar’s military regime behind his parents’ backs, Wired …
The Rebel Drone Maker of Myanmar
In a cave in northern Myanmar, a young engineer who goes by the nom de guerre “3D” is building weapons to fight against a brutal military dictatorship.
Myanmar to host China-Myanmar twin city media forum
YANGON, Sept. 29 (Xinhua) — Myanmar will host the China-Myanmar twin city media forum in its second largest city of Mandalay in the last week of November this year, an official from the country’s Ministry of Information has said.
UK, Canada, Taiwan criticise Myanmar as generals unleash ‘corrective purge’
Taipei, Taiwan – The United Kingdom and Canada have joined the United States in condemning plans by Myanmar’s coup leaders to hold tightly controlled elections, as Taiwan voiced strong criticism of the regime’s atrocities and crackdown on its opponents.
As Manipur, Mizoram spar, porous Indo-Myanmar border remains a security nightmare
Security officials said Myanmar has also been a safe haven for the Indian insurgent groups who are crossing into the country via the porous border. These outfits carry out terrorist strikes and then return to their camp and hideouts across the border, says a report shared with the union home ministry.
China to set up ‘restricted zone’ near Myanmar border to stop human trafficking by cybercrime gangs
From October 1, city in Yunnan province will control flow of people and vehicles in area bordering the Southeast Asian country Law enforcement agencies are cracking down on criminal groups that lure Chinese citizens to the country to force them to work for telecoms scam rings Authorities in southwestern China’s Yunnan province have announced they will set up a restricted zone near the Myanmar border in an attempt to prevent human trafficking by telecoms fraud gangs that target Chinese nationals.
Myanmar Coup Interview Series: ‘The fact is, I cannot bear to live under oppression’
In the nearly three years that have passed since Myanmar’s coup d’état, the global media has shifted its attention to other crises, from the sudden withdrawal of Western forces from Afghanistan to