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Nearly 30 years of small-scale Antimony mining in Khorba village tract, Hoya Township, Karenni State, have caused residents to lose farmland, damage livelihoods, and pollute water sources, according to a research paper.
For people who have been displaced by conflict in Karenni State for years, the rainy season has become a period when transportation becomes more difficult, living areas become damp day and night, and ultimately, they fac
The former president of Myanmar’s American Chamber of Commerce was released after several months’ detention, following a visit by an American delegation to Naypyitaw. The American national was deported from Myanmar over
AYEYARWADDY TIMES September 16 MYANMAR – A checkpoint belonging to the Mara Youth Organisation (MTO) in the Saiha district of Mizoram state, on the India-Myanmar border, was set on fire and destroyed by Rakhine traders,
AYEYARWADDY TIMES September 16 Justice For Myanmar (JFM) and ICJ Norway have welcomed the Norwegian police's decision to charge Telenor ASA for its complicity and support in crimes committed against Myanmar nationals by
SILVER Sea International Company Limited will organize the 2nd Myanmar Auto and Parts Expo 2026 at the Yangon Convention Centre (YCC) on the campus of Inya Lake Hotel in Yangon from 25 to 27 September. A press conference
SHOP rooms at the Thumingala Advanced Market (Nyantaw Market) in PyinOoLwin will be leased out through an open tender system, according to the PyinOoLwin Township Development Committee under the Mandalay City Development
THE Myanmar Fertilizer, Seed and Pesticide Entrepreneurs Association (MFSPEA) called for companies that want to import fertilizer and distribute it under a competitive pricing system for the fourth quarter (October-Decem
APPLICATIONS are now open for the Advanced Course in Environmental Science Online Learning/Certificate Programme that will be conducted from 15 October to 15 December. The programme is designed to make environmental scie
THE Mindon Township Department of Rural Development, under the Ministry of Cooperatives and Rural Development, Thayet District, Magway Region, held an introductory briefing for the Village Development Plan (VDP) project
OFFICIALS led by Daw Thida Win San, Head of District Office at the Hpa-an District Department of Rural Development under the Ministry of Cooperatives and Rural Development, inspected the implementation progress of the Ru
A total of 28 people, including 11 foreign nationals and 17 Myanmar nationals, have been arrested along with evidence for allegedly defrauding customers by selling gemstones online in Mahaaungmyay Township, Mandalay Regi
OFFICIALS from the Thazi Township Department of Rural Development, under the Ministry of Cooperatives and Rural Development, Meiktila District, Mandalay Region, conducted a field inspection on 15 September 2026. The insp
MORE than 22,000 dairy cattle are being raised in Yangon Region, with the largest number kept in Mingaladon Township, which also produces and distributes the highest volume of milk and dairy products, according to source
THE Department of Rural Development, under the Ministry of Cooperatives and Rural Development, held a ceremony to transfer funds under the Rural Business Fund (RBF) Project for the 2026-2027 financial year in Htilon Vill
THE Department of Rural Development, under the Ministry of Cooperatives and Rural Development, held a ceremony to disburse revolving funds under the Mya Sein Yaung (MSY) Village Project in Kathapaung Village, Twantay Tow
POLICE personnel from township police stations across Yangon Region conducted operations in cooperation with traffic police and local administrative officials to strengthen the rule of law and prevent crime. As part of t
UPGRADING works are being accelerated at the 700-Year Sports Ground in Sagaing, Sagaing Region, with the aim of developing it into an international-standard sports facility under the Union Budget for the 2026–2027 financ
MPT mobile services provided by Myanma Posts and Telecommunications (MPT) have been restored in Falam Township, Chin State, and residents can now apply for MPT SIM cards. Deputy Minister for Social Welfare, Relief and Re
UNION Minister for Electricity and Energy U Ko Ko Lwin stressed the need to accelerate the establishment of oil refineries, noting that refined fuel prices, which were previously only about 30 per cent higher than crude
THE 63rd anniversary of the Indian Technical and Economic Cooperation (ITEC) Day—India’s flagship capacity-building programme—was celebrated on 15 September at the India Centre in Yangon. The event was attended by over 1
THE ceremony for World Ozone Day 2026 was held yesterday at the Youth Centre in Yangon Region’s Thakayta Township, under the theme “Global action for a cooler planet”. Yangon Region Chief Minister U Aung Naing Thu delive
PREPARATIONS are under way to hold Mandalay’s renowned Thadingyut Kyauktawgyi Pagoda Festival on a grander scale than ever before this year, according to sources close to the pagoda’s board of trustees. Although the fest
KANTHAYA International Specialist Hospital and Moe Kaung Treasure Maternity and Child Hospital have been awarded international accreditation and clinical excellence awards by the US-based American Accreditation Commissio
CARGO trucks and express passenger buses running on the Yangon-Mandalay Expressway will be permitted to travel only after installing the Telematics system, and installation or renewal will only be carried out if all spec
IN alignment with its foreign policy of fostering friendly diplomatic relations with all nations, the Government of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar deported US citizen Adam Michael Castillo, passport number 56544844
VICE-PRESIDENT of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar U Nyo Saw departed Yangon by air yesterday morning to attend the 23rd China-ASEAN Expo and the 23rd China-ASEAN Business and Investment Summit to be held in Nanning,
Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim said on Wednesday he would invite Myanmar’s regime leader Min Aung Hlaing for an official visit in return for his military-backed administration accepting the return of thousands of Rohingya refugees. Min Aung Hlaing, a retired general who seized power in a 2021 military coup, has been on a quest for international legitimacy since being inaugurated president on April 10 following an election dominated by a military-proxy party in the absence of a viable opposition. Anwar said Malaysia, like the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), was not ready to recognize Min Aung Hlaing’s pro-military administration, but needed an authority to negotiate with on returning refugees. “We, following ASEAN, don’t want direct relations with Myanmar. So who are we supposed to negotiate with? ” Anwar said during a podcast. “I invited him to say we can be friends, we can trade, we can accept Myanmar, but Myanmar must accept them [refugees] back.” ASEAN has not recognized the Myanmar regime’s 2025-26 elections that ended on Jan. 25 and, since 2021, has barred its leaders from its summits amid a civil war that has killed an estimated 100,000 people, with the military widely accused of atrocities against the civilian population, which it rejects. Malaysia has been one of the most vocal critics of Myanmar’s regime and had repeatedly expressed frustration at its refusal to cease hostilities. It would be the fifth of ASEAN’s 11 members to host Min Aung Hlaing after his recent visits to Laos, Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam. He has also visited China, India and Russia. ‘They need to be sent home’ Malaysia last month said it had finalised the first phase of a voluntary repatriation programme that would return 1,500 Myanmar refugees at the end of September. Malaysia had around 193,800 refugees from Myanmar as of February, according to the UNHCR, which has said it is not safe for them to return there. Rohingya are a persecuted minority and tens of thousands have fled Myanmar each year, many making perilous sea journeys on rickety boats in search of better lives. More than a million live in crowded camps in Bangladesh. Anwar acknowledged the suffering of the Rohingya, but said Malaysia could not accommodate them permanently and “they need to be sent home”. He said Myanmar had now accepted the return of 5,000 refugees, with Malaysia bearing the repatriation cost, and the expectation was that more would be returned later in stages. “To me, that’s better diplomacy than just shouting angrily at Myanmar. Who’s going to take them?
Whistleblower group Justice For Myanmar (JFM) has welcomed news of charges brought by police in Norway against Norwegian telecommunications giant Telenor over alleged sanctions violations and complicity in crimes against
Ayeyarwaddy Times September 16, 2021 – Norwegian police officially announced on September 15 that Telenor, a telecommunications company, is being investigated on suspicion of aiding and abetting crimes against humanity i
A Y-12 type military aircraft, which was providing bombing support for a group of military vessels in the area between Shwegu and Bhamo townships in Kachin State, was shot down by the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) and a
In Tiddim Township, Chin State, a shootout occurred between escaped junta troops and the People’s Defence Force – Zoland (PDF Zoland), resulting in the death of a religious leader, a pastor, who was hit by gunfire, it ha
In the Thayet Ngu village tract of Kyauk Latt Township, Ayeyarwaddy Region, the village administrator appointed by the interim government is demanding between 50,000 and 80,000 kyats per person as a conscription fee, acc
Following the United States' first official admission of deploying offensive weapons in space, the Chinese government has warned it to immediately halt its military expansion in space. Chinese state media and military ex
Amidst international sanctions and punitive measures on jet fuel imports, the provisional government has begun testing the operation of Thanlyin Refinery Project Part 1 in Yangon Region, with the aim of self-producing th
In the case of Myanmar national Aung Ko Ko, who died from beatings and torture by Thai soldiers in Mae Sot Township, on the Thai-Myanmar border, no military officials have been charged even after more than two years, For