Yangon News

Myanmar and Egypt will cooperate in education, technology and culture under an agreement between the two countries, official newspaper the New Light of Myanmar reported Saturday. The agreement was signed by Myanmar Minister for National Planning and Economic development U...

These days everybody is talking about Aung San Suu Kyi and the US-Burma relationship with high and low hopes. Most of them are favourably optimistic hoping that America will bring about a miracle in Burma. But one should remember the...

A former military intelligence officer and ambassador to Britain and Germany, Win Aung served as foreign minister from November 1998 until September 2004 when he and other proteges of then Prime Minister Gen. Khin Nyint, who doubled as chief of...

U.S. diplomats Kurt Campbell and Scot Marciel are visiting Burma this week to test the Obama administration’s new policy of engagement with authoritarian regimes. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has asserted this policy will “help achieve democratic reform.” But this...

Burmese pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi met with a delegation led by US Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs Kurt Campbell at Inya Lake Hotel in Rangoon for two hours today, according to US officials. US Embassy...

Kurt Campbell, the US assistant secretary of state for east Asian and Pacific affairs, arrived in the Burmese capital, Naypyidaw, on Tuesday morning for a two-day visit during which he will meet government officials, opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi...

Hyundai Heavy Industries Co Ltd said on Monday it had won a $1.4 billion gas plant order in Myanmar from Daewoo International. Hyundai said in a statement that the order included construction of a 40,000-tonne class offshore gas platform, a...

However, it is not yet clear whether he will meet any US officials during his visit. Earlier, a Burmese analyst told Mizzima that he expected a meeting to take place between Burmese Prime Minister, Thein Sein and US officials, possibly...

Myanmar. The group wants the general election in 2010 in Burma to be “free”. Myanmar (GoF) chaired by Mr Ban Ki-moon, UN Secretary-General, according to a statement released on Thursday from Thailand Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Kasit accompanied Prime Minister...