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160 Billion Kyats Allocation for Hydropower Projects

160 billion Kyats (~$55m) will be spent on hydropower projects in the 2023/24 financial year, according to the current Budget. The projects to be...

MOC Sets Three Priority Import Sectors

Trade Department under the Ministry of Commerce has unveiled three priority sectors for imports. The first priority sector covers pharmaceuticals, medical devices, fertilisers, pesticides,...

A Month in Beijing

If you ever have a chance to live in Beijing for one month, would your views of China change? Can you imagine China being...

Balloons over Bagan Resumes

Gas-Powered balloon services over Bagan resumed for the coming tourist season, said Nan Tint, Chairman of NyaungU Township Administration Body in Bagan. The Shwe...

National Race Village to Offer River Cruises in Upcoming Tourist Season

Plans are underway for visitors to tour Union National Race Village in Thar Kay Ta Township, of Yangon Region, by taking a cruise on...

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A Month in Beijing

If you ever have a chance to live in Beijing for one month, would your views of China change? Can you imagine China being...

What a Way to Remember Provinces of China!

China has 23 provinces, including Taiwan. For a non-native of China or non-Chinese speaker, it looks like close to insurmountable to actually know all...

First Time in Beijing

If you are travelling to the forbidden city of the world for the first time, no amount of preparation would be adequately lay the...

And Then There Were Seven!

If you find the first Republican debate awful, the second one being assessed as cringeworthy would be an understatement. Viewers and reviewers alike are...

Skills for New Economy

Since the heydays of Adam Smith, the importance of labor in Economics has been highlighted. We not only need to have a sufficiently large...

Your Timeline, Your Rules, No Rushing Others’ Fools!

Amidst the clamor of societal expectations, I found solace in the notion of embracing my own timeline. Growing up, I was constantly bombarded with...