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MOSCOW, Feb 23 (Reuters) – Myanmar and its close ally Russia signed a memorandum on investment cooperation in a special economic zone in Dawei,

BANGKOK, Nov 30 (Reuters) – Myanmar’s navy opened fire on a group of Thai fishing vessels on Saturday, causing one fisherman to drown, and

By Yimou Lee and Thu Thu Aung YANGON, Oct 17 (Reuters) – China has agreed take a 70 percent stake in a strategically important sea port in Myanmar,

By Yimou Lee and Shwe Yee Saw Myint, May 5 (Reuters) – China is looking to take a stake of up to 85 percent in a strategically important sea

By Timothy Mclaughlin and Antoni Slodkowski YANGON, June 10 (Reuters) – Myanmar’s new government has been grappling with its first economic

In 1608, a Portuguese warlord named Filipe de Brito e Nicote was causing trouble near Myanmar and attempted to steal the Great Bell of Dhammazedi from the

(Bloomberg) Myanmar’s opening to foreign investment has been compared to the fall of the Berlin Wall and the start of an economic growth story to

BEIJING, May 28 (Reuters) – Top state energy group China National Petroleum Company has completed six oil storage tanks on an island off western Myanmar

A boat carrying about 100 Rohingya Muslims capsized off western Myanmar with many feared drowned at the start of a mass evacuation from low-lying regions ahead

Navy vessel rescues 17 in Yangon

By Ranga Sirilal and Shihar Aneez COLOMBO – Myanmar nationals rescued from a sinking ship by the Sri Lankan Navy have told of throwing 98 people

Indonesia has taken in nine shipwreck survivors believed to be refugees from Myanmar, ending weeks of uncertainty for the men, who were refused permission to