NAY PYI TAW, MM, Mar 15, 2022 – (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – The Myanmar Government has agreed to accept the Thai baht as an official currency for settling border trade starting this month. Thailand is the second country after China to permit its national currency to be exchangeable with the Myanmar kyat for border... » read more
NAY PYI TAW, MM, Dec 22, 2021 – (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – The Myanmar Government looks forward to re-start development projects and accelerate bilateral economic and technical cooperation with the People’s Republic China (PRC), its largest trading following disruptions caused by the pandemic and recent social unrest. The Ministry of Information (MOI) and Ministry... » read more
Nay Pyi Taw, Dec 7, 2021 – (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – The Myanmar Government said today that it has largely restored national stability after recent civil unrest and is now focused on increasing vaccination rates to reduce COVID-19 infections and attracting local and foreign investments to jump-start economic growth and job creation. The Ministry... » read more
Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar, Nov 16, 2021 – (ACN Newswire) – The Myanmar Government announced today it will reopen land border crossings with China and Thailand next month ahead of a planned resumption of international air travel by the end of the first quarter of 2022, as vaccination rates have improved significantly amid clear signs of economic recovery from... » read more
Nay Pyi Taw, Oct 19, 2021 – (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – The Myanmar Government announced today it would reopen schools from next month and take urgent measures to support its currency and accelerate economic recovery so as to restore national stability quickly amid an unprecedented ‘triple crisis’ situation in the country. Myanmar is facing... » read more
SINGAPORE – Student Susan Pyi, 21, spends every waking hour here worried for the safety of her family in Myanmar. The Singaporean, who was born and raised there, has a seven-year-old brother who lives with their mother and grandmother in Yangon. Ms Pyi lives in Singapore with her father. She said her mother often hears... » read more
SINGAPORE – A 51-year-old woman was on Friday (Feb 26) convicted of two counts of abusing her maid, in attacks which left the Myanmar national with bruises and the loss of hearing in her left ear. Both incidents occurred in 2017 at Gayathri Iyer’s home at the Pebble Bay condominium in Tanjong Rhu Road. District Judge... » read more
SINGAPORE – Three men are being investigated for purportedly participating in a public assembly without a permit outside the Embassy of Myanmar in Singapore, the police said on Sunday (Feb 14). Two of the men are Japanese nationals, aged 48 and 61, and the third is a 49-year-old Indonesian. The police were alerted at 3.45pm... » read more