Blackouts are normally rare in the rainy season, usually from June to October, when hydropower dams fill and electricity production increases. Forty percent of Myanmar’s electricity is generated by …
Myanmar’s Cash-Strapped Junta Hikes Taxes, Utilities Despite Surging Inflation
The state-owned Myanmar Gems Enterprise issued a notice on September 15 saying that license fees for buying and selling finished jewelry will be increased from 50,000 kyats to 300,000 kyats (nearly …
Myanmar earns over 7.3 bln USD in export in nearly 6 months
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.