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07 December 2023
Italy withdraws from China's Belt and Road project: govt source
China's economy slowing. Workers at Hanwang Technology assembling electronic books in their factory near Beijing, China. Photo: Adrian Bradshaw/EPA
Business
05 March 2015
China lowers 2015 growth target to '...
China lowered its 2015 economic growth target to "approximately seven percent" on March 5...
Excavation work underway at the Dawei Special Economic Zone site in Myanmar. Photo: Mizzima
Business
03 March 2015
Agreement on Dawei SEZ moves closer
The Myanmar government is expected to sign an agreement with two Thai construction...
A girl using her mobile phone on the roadside in Yangon, Myanmar, April 4, 2014.Photo: Lynn Bo Bo/EPA
Business
03 March 2015
Developing world drives cheap smartphone boom
Phone and Internet firms are rolling out cheaper handsets and may turn to hot-air...
U Htun Htun Naing in Blue Ocean's Yangon call center. Photo: Hans Hulst
Business
26 February 2015
'I didn't expect the market to open so...
Entrepeneur U Htun Htun Naing has been an information technology pioneer in Myanmar for...
Cambodian workers in a garment factory in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, June 15, 2013. Photo: Mak Remissa/EPA
Business
25 February 2015
Myanmar, Bangladesh, Cambodia offer low labour...
A new global ranking says businesses with supply chains and operations in Myanmar,...
The Chinese-built US$2.5 billion oil and gas pipeline project in Kyauk Phyu, Rakhine State, Myanmar, May 28, 2013. Photo: EPA
Business
25 February 2015
Rakhine farmers protest over gas pipeline...
Fifty farmers from Kyauk Phyu Township in Rakhine State recently demonstrated calling for...
Yangon residents shopping at a supermarket in Myanmar's commercial capital. Photo: Hein Htet/Mizzima
Business
24 February 2015
Growing opportunities for Thai companies in...
Convenience and modernisation are major factors for Thai companies keen to attract...
The Kyaiktiyo Pagoda or Golden Rock in Mon State on November 7, 2014. Photo: Hong Sar/Mizzima
Business
24 February 2015
Korean company plans for Myanmar cable car
A Korean company is aiming to build and operate the first cable car in Mount Kyaiktiyo in...
International
23 February 2015
Myanmar violence could affect tin price
European tin market sources say fighting in Myanmar, rather than an effort by Indonesia...
Indian Minister for Commerce and Industry Ms Nirmala Sitharaman (R) at the signing ceremony of minutes of the 5th India-Myanmar JTC meeting with U Win Myint, Minister of Commerce in Nay Pyi Taw on February 17, 2015. Photo: CIM India@GOI/Twitter
Domestic
21 February 2015
Myanmar-India bilateral trade to hit US$10...
The Union of Myanmar Federation of Chambers of Commerce and Industry says it expects the...
Myanmar workers operating on the Thai oil rig in Myanmar waters are upset their wages are not on a par with the Thai counterparts. Zawtika rig. Photo: ZOMO
Business
21 February 2015
Myanmar workers set to protest against Thai oil...
Myanmar workers are preparing to protest over alleged discrimination by Thailand’s PTT...
Wyndham Grand Yangon Royal Lake Hotel will be built next to Kandawgi Lake in Yangon. Photo: Thawn/Mizzima
Domestic
20 February 2015
Kandawgyi Lake site
A hotel group based in the United States has unveiled plans for a US$157 million mixed-...

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