In Frontier’s first interview with Myanmar Yatai International Holding Group, the company said it wanted to be a model for Chinese investors.
In Frontier’s first interview with Myanmar Yatai International Holding Group, the company said it wanted to be a model for Chinese investors.
The Ministry of Electricity and Energy will announce in the coming weeks the winners of a tender for 30 solar projects that received more than 150 bids, many from Chinese companies.
A lack of job opportunities in Mon State has turned some migrants to smugglers in order to cross back into Thailand illegally.
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Five men admitted to a Yangon hospital with COVID-19 made online videos aimed at soothing people’s fear and anxiety about the pandemic, and became close friends in the process.
Business is down and a reduced fleet of trucks is supplying factories and delivering goods, but the need to comply with curfews across Myanmar is causing burdensome delays.
While COVID-19 patients are being called criminals, discrimination and harassment is driving some frontline medical workers into depression.
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The government has unveiled a range of measures aimed at shielding the economy from the impact of COVID-19 but the package is relatively conservative and more may be needed to sustain struggling businesses.
A government announcement ordering factories to close for COVID-19 prevention inspections was so badly worded it was misunderstood by many employers.
The closure of the border with China and many teashops in Myanmar’s biggest cities has sent prices crashing for green tea grown in northern Shan State.
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