YANGON – Daw Aung San Suu Kyi will be feted by US President Barack Obama and given a top honour in her first visit in two decades to the United States, which has been an ardent supporter of her democracy struggle.
The 10th Korean Speech Contest will be held on November 4 at Traders Hotel, the South Korean embassy in Yangon said last week, with the winner to receive a full undergraduate scholarship.
A yangon court last week delayed handing down a verdict in a defamation suit involving the Ministry of Mines and weekly publication The Voice because one of the defendants was not in the country.
Yangon– About 1000 textile workers marched through Yangon on September 7 to demand increased pay, in the latest show of labour activism following the end of decades of military rule.
Myanmar could establish itself as a regional air traffic hub to rival Bangkok but only if the nation’s civil aviation authorities draft a master plan to guide its development, a foreign aviation expert based in Yangon says.
The shortage of mid-range and high-end hotel rooms in Yangon should ease next year when 1670 new hotel rooms are slated to become available, a Ministry of Hotels and Tourism official said earlier this month.
Hundreds of supporters turned out at Yangon International Airport to welcome the former leader of All Burma Students’ Democratic Front, Moethee Zun, back to Myanmar on September 1.
The Department of Meteorology and Hydrology has forecast more heavy rain in the late monsoon season for parts of lower Myanmar that have been wracked by floods in recent weeks.
Dangerous influenza viruses are have become more prevalent in Myanmar this year but awareness about vaccination remains low, said Daw Yadanar Kyaw, a medical professor and head of the chest medical unit at Yangon’s Sanpya Hospital.
Thirty-five young people from Yangon Region last week took part in the second six-day politics and democracy course at Sandhi Management School in Yangon.
