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Myanmar invites Chinese firms to invest in mature onshore oil fields and boost production efficiency
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Eleven Myanmar
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Myanmar’s Union Minister for Energy, U Ko Ko Lwin, invited Chinese companies with strong technological and human resource capacities to invest in Myanmar’s mature onshore oil fields and collaborate on production enhancement projects. The minister,...
Owner: Than Htut Aung
Myanmar garment sector sees 9 percent export growth in H1
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Xinhua News Agency
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YANGON, Oct. 22 (Xinhua) -- Myanmar's garment exports increased by nine percent in the first half of the 2025-2026 fiscal year, starting from April 1, compared to the same period last year, the state-owned daily The Global New Light of Myanmar...
Owner: Chinese Government
SpaceX says 'disabled' 2,500 Starlink devices at Myanmar scam centres
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LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International)
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SpaceX has cut service to more than 2,500 Starlink devices at scam centres in Myanmar, a company vice-president said on Wednesday, after AFP revealed that the use of the satellite internet terminals had exploded in the illicit industry. "SpaceX...
Owner: Daher-Saad Family
Chai Chat highlights Myanmar’s culture, politics
Tea and traditional clothes helped tell Myanmar’s history and political instability through a Chai Chat on Tuesday in the Honors College and International Center. The second Chai Chat of the semester brought Myanmar to WKU, shedding light on the...
Owner: Western Kentucky University
Myanmar dismantles large-scale scam hub
Hanoi (VNA) - The Myanmar military (Tatmadaw) has recently launched clearance operations in Karen state, in the southern region near the border with Thailand, to dismantle a large-scale scam centre called KK Park, rescuing 2,198 people. There were...
Owner: Vietnamese government
Thailand to let Myanmar refugees work to counter aid cuts and labour shortages
Thailand is setting a global precedent this month by giving refugees permission to work in the country in an effort to tackle aid cuts and its own labour shortages. More than 87,000 refugees living in nine refugee camps along Thailand’s border...
Owner: The Scott Trust
Myanmar garment sector sees 9% export growth in H1 2025-2026FY
A garment factory working on a Cut-Make-Pack model. Myanmar’s garment export rose by nine per cent in the first half of the current financial year 2025-2026, beginning 1 April, compared to that of the corresponding period last FY, said Daw Khaing...
Owner: Myanmar Government
Myanmar film ‘A Tuu’ to hit cinemas on 24 Oct
Actors and officials attending the ‘A Tuu’ film premiere show. The premiere show for the major Myanmar film entitled ‘A Tuu’ was held on 20 October at the Kanthaya Migala Cinema in Mingala Taungnyunt Township, Yangon Region, according to Director...
Owner: Myanmar Government
Southeast Asia's scam industry threatens stability of Indo-Pacific region
The remains of a Korean university student, identified only by his surname Park for privacy reasons, were returned to Korea on Tuesday, more than two months after he was found dead near a criminal compound in the Bokor Mountain area of Cambodia....
Owner: Myung-Ho Seung & Seung Family
Myanmar: Military Raids Scam Center, Detains Over 2,000 Suspects
Myanmar’s military has arrested over 2,000 people in a raid on a sprawling scam center on the border with Thailand, according to state media. The raid also saw the military seize dozens of Elon Musk's Starlink satellite internet terminals. The...
Owner: Journalism Development Network
China leads as top buyer of Myanmar rice with over 1M tonnes in H1 2025-2026
China was the largest buyer of Myanmar rice with over one million tonnes of rice and broken rice in the past six months of the current financial year 2025-2026 beginning 1 April, according to the Myanmar Rice Federation (MRF). Indonesia is the...
Owner: Myanmar Government
Over 47,300 private industries registered with DISI as of end-Sep
A total of 47,343 private industries have been registered with the Directorate of Industrial Supervision and Inspection as of September 2025, the Ministry of Industry’s data indicated. Yangon Region, a commercial hub of Myanmar, is home to the...
Owner: Myanmar Government
Myanmar Military Raids Major Scam Hub Close to Border With Thailand
Myanmar’s military junta recently conducted raids on online scam centers in a rebel-held region of eastern Myanmar, seizing Starlink satellite internet devices and occupying around 200 buildings, it said. According to a report yesterday in the...
Owner: James Pach
Starlink Devices Seized In Myanmar’s Crackdown On Booming Cyber Fraud Hubs
In a targeted action against one of Myanmar’s most infamous cyber fraud hubs, the country’s ruling military junta reportedly confiscated several Starlink satellite internet devices. This operation follows an investigation, which exposed the...
Owner: Sven Vervaert
Myanmar army regains control of KK Park, KNU and PDF bases
In addition, they discovered a large number of buildings. Inside these structures, the military reportedly found 1,645 male workers, 455 female workers, and 98 male security guards, totalling 2,198 people. Authorities stated that no official...
Owner: Sontiyan Chuenruetainaidhama
Myanmar Junta Says It Raided Scam Compound, Seized 30 Starlink Receivers
YANGON—Myanmar’s junta raided one of the country’s most notorious internet scam centers and seized Starlink devices, it said Monday, after an AFP investigation revealed an explosion in their use in the billion-dollar black market. Internet sweat...
Owner: Aung Zaw
MADB Myitkyina branch starts providing cold season agricultural loans
MADB Myitkyina branch starts providing cold season agricultural loans The Myanmar Agricultural Development Bank’s Myitkyina branch started providing cold season agricultural loans for 2025 on 16 October. On the first day, K three million of loans...
Owner: Myanmar Government