Microsoft enters Myanmar

YANGON, June 11 (Xinhua) -- General Electric of America will provide 7 million U.S. dollars in aid for capacity building efforts in Myanmar, official media reported Tuesday. Under the Developing Health Globally Program, 3 million U.S. dollars ...

Written by Keith Barrow A team of Japanese consultants has completed a feasibility study for the proposed $US 1.7bn reconstruction of the 640km metre-gauge line between Myanmar's largest city Yangon and the northern city of Mandalay. According ...

YANGON, June 12 (Xinhua) -- Fifteen Myanmar ethnic parties have agreed to unify as one, the Federal Union Party (FUP), at a conference in Taunggyi, the capital of Shan state, the local Union Daily reported Wednesday. The 15 ethnic parties include ...

A woman count at a money changer in Yangon The Australian dollar recovered from three year lows but Malaysian Ringgit, Indian rupee as well as Japanese Yen remained weak on Wednesday. The Aussie dollar recovered from its lowest level three years ago ...

Yangon: Myanmar has grounded its Chinese-made MA60 planes for safety checks following two landing incidents involving the aircraft in the past month, a senior official said today. An MA60 carrying about 60 passengers skidded off a runway at a ...

Former Manchester United players played in a charity match at Thuwunna Stadium in Yangon, Myanmar on Sunday (June 9). They went up against the Myanmar National League and the Myanmar Senior Team in a friendly match aimed at drawing attention to ...

YANGON, June 10 (Xinhua) -- Selected Myanmar tennis players Amy and May Thi Tun are taking joint-training in Khon Kaen Srichaphan Tennis Academy in Thailand, according to sports circle Monday. They left here for Thailand to take joint training on ...

YANGON, June 7 (Xinhua) -- Selected Myanmar boxers are under joint training in Kazakhstan as part of preparation for 27th SEA Games to be held in 2013, said official daily New Light of Myanmar on Friday. The team formed with chief coach U Tin Maung ...

Yangon Heritage Trust's U Myint Thant on Myanmar's relationship with China and India Utpal Bhaskar Thant says diplomatically, the reason China was so important and countries like the US and the UK would have been more important is because of ...