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The March 27 parade will follow coronavirus restrictions, says the militarys spokesman.
The SEZ committee says it lost confidence in Italian-Thai Development as its consortium had repeated delays and breaches of financial obligations.
The first doses of the vaccine are expected to arrive from India in February.
The withdrawal came after the militarys request for a rethink despite an argument with the BGF over a China-backed casino hub on the Thai border.
The National League for Democracy says it wants to hear the voices and concerns of ethnic parties but has been inflexible on where to open their talks.
Myanmars hotels have been closing and the authorities axed a deal to develop a giant economic zone. Meanwhile, an alarming fall in foreign trade has been reported.
General Aung San was determined to tour Britains Ministry of Defence during his visit to London to plan his ministry after independence.
Concerns have arisen in Thailand over the efficacy of a Chinese vaccine the government has hastily decided to procure in order to inoculate Thais as soon as possible.
Grandparents dreams and nightmares are always present for all parties involved in Naypyitaw talks.
The 90 officers of the BGF, which runs a China-backed casino hub in Karen, are discussing their next move after the Tatmadaw asked them to reconsider their resignations.
The country is trying to buy millions of doses of COVID-19 vaccines and offset the economic impact of coronavirus.
Speaker T Khun Myat has come under fire from the military for refusing its request to hold a special parliamentary session to examine fraud charges.
During talks in Taunggyi, the SNLD asked the ruling party to give its members positions of responsibility, and offered to mediate with other ethnic parties.
The smuggling ring based in Kanchanaburi on the Myanmar border trafficked workers to Samut Sakhon, a major hotspot for COVID-19, Thailands deputy police chief said.
Washington says China National Offshore Oil Corp. has helped Beijing coerce an estimated $2.5 trillion in resources from other claimants to the strategic waterway.
After quarantining for two weeks, the experts are set to visit a market that was the first hotspot, and a lab at the center of rumors the virus was accidentally released.
Avoiding the venue disputes that have led to the cancellation of talks with parties in other states, the NLD delegation also plans to meet a fourth party on Friday.
Given Beijings support for the governmentnot to mention its views on democracydid the senior general really expect Wang Yi to sympathize with his voter fraud claims?
Coronavirus cases are falling in Yangon as the government talks about allowing people to go back to work.
The line forms part of the planned China-Myanmar Railway linking southern China with Mandalay and Rakhine via Shan State under Beijings BRI network.
Seven undocumented Rohingya were detained off the Ayeyarwady coast trying to flee Rakhine State.
More than 1,000 hotels in Myanmar have closed since March last year with the Shangri-La in Yangon the largest operation to shut its doors so far.
Fighting with the Arakan Army ceased in November but displaced villagers cannot return home until unexploded explosives are cleared, Rakhine MPs say.
Italian-Thai Development failed to make concession payments and submit documents, the management committee for the Dawei Special Economic Zone in southern Myanmar said.
Health authorities in Samut Sakhon province plan to test more than 35,000 migrant workers in the next 10 days.
Americans are learning what happens when a large part of the population loses confidence in the political systemsomething other countries understand all too well.
Ten members of Trumps Republican Party supported the resolution in the House of Representatives; he is the first US president to be impeached twice.
Kurt Campbell will serve as Indo-Pacific coordinator in the National Security Council, according to The Washington Post.
Indonesian President Joko Widodo received his first shot of a Chinese-made vaccine on Wednesday, as Beijings top diplomat visited the country.
The political failures and media distortion that led to the current crisis in the US are challenges facing all countries with a democratic process.
The military and USDPs attempt to take electoral fraud claims to Parliament is irrelevant, Speaker T Khun Myat says.
The Kayah State Democratic Party is the second ethnic party to balk at a visiting NLD delegations demand that their meeting be held at the ruling partys local office.
Rakhine State politicians say calling the armed group a terrorist organization is an obstacle to peace.
U Soe Paing of the Department of Civil Aviation is accused of demanding bribes from flight operators.
Visiting Foreign Minister Wang Yi said Beijing would supply 300,000 doses of a coronavirus vaccine to Myanmar.
With a vaccine due to arrive in February, the government asked for help from the public to pay the bill. The public responded generously.
It is tempting to savor the irony of Washington being lectured on democracy and rule of law, but we must hope a chastened US will again lead the free world by example.