Dec 11, 2025
CHINA’S Chongqing Airlines launched its direct Chongqing–Yangon and Yangon–Chongqing flights on 8 December. According to Mr Kyauk Kyant Hoon, Chairman of the Chongqing–Myanmar Group, the airline has introduced these flights, intending to encourage businesspeople from Chongqing to invest in Myanmar and to attract more Chinese tourists to visit the country. He made the remarks on 9 December at the Chongqing–Yangon Aviation and Cultural Tourism Promotion Conference held at the Lotte Hotel in Yangon.
Dec 11, 2025
THE Myanmar government has intensified efforts to combat online gambling in the KK Park and Shwe Kokko areas. Yesterday, authorities demolished ten additional illegal buildings used for online gambling operations in Myawaddy– Maethawtalay (KK Park), including one four-storey building, one three-storey building, and eight two-storey structures. These demolitions are part of a larger crackdown, which has already seen 361 out of 635 illegal buildings systematically destroyed within KK Park. Confiscated materials and equipment used for online gambling were also burned to prevent further misuse.
Dec 11, 2025
THE second day of the third meeting of the Myanmar-Russia Joint Counter-Terrorism Committee was held yesterday at the Jasmine Hotel in Nay Pyi Taw. Present at the meeting were Lt-Gen Than Htike from the Office of the Commander-in-Chief (Army) and senior Tatmadaw officers, who are committee members, Colonel-General Aleksandr Anatolyevich Matovnikov, Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Ground Forces of the Russian Federation and committee members. The two parties exchanged views on Myanmar-Russia cooperation in counter-terrorism, and Co-chairs Lt-Gen Than Htike and Colonel-General Aleksandr Anatolyevich Matovnikov reviewed the discussion and concluded the meeting. The co-chairs signed the agreements, exchanged gifts, and had a documentary photo taken together with the attendees.
Dec 11, 2025
The Ministry of Information initiated a nationwide campaign for the 2025 multiparty democratic election by cooperating with the Nay Pyi Taw Council, the region and state governments.
Dec 11, 2025
Myanmar is actively conducting the narcotics eradication operations in cooperation with the United Nations, neighbouring countries, ASEAN member states, countries in the Mekong region, member countries of the BIMSTEC, and international drug control organizations. As part of these efforts, Myanmar is carrying out the destruction of poppy fields, which is one component of the broader anti-narcotics campaign.
Dec 11, 2025
The Central Committee on the Prevention and Control of Narcotics and Psychotropic Substances Meeting 1/2025 was held yesterday at the Myanmar Police Headquarters. The meeting was chaired by Union Minister for Home Affairs Lt-Gen Tun Tun Naung, with participation from the Anti-Corruption Commission, Myanmar Police, relevant ministries, and regional drug prevention officials via video conference.
Dec 11, 2025
The commissioning ceremony of the 26th Intake of the Defence Services Medical Academy (DSMA) was held yesterday morning at the DSMA convocation hall. It was attended by Lt-Gen Htein Win, Military Appointment-General of the Office of the Commander-in-Chief (Army), senior military officers from the Office of the Commander-in-Chief, DSMA Commandant Brig-Gen Soe Nyunt, and the graduating cadets.
Dec 11, 2025
State Security and Peace Commission Member and Union Minister for Border Affairs and for Ethnic Affairs Lt-Gen Yar Pyae, accompanied by Shan State Chief Minister U Aung Aung and relevant officials, inspected the regional development measures and human resource development activities of Taunggyi at the Shan State development supervisory office in Taunggyi yesterday.
Dec 11, 2025
The Defence Services Medical Academy hosted a graduation dinner for its 26th Intake at the assembly hall of the convocation hall of the academy in Yangon yesterday evening, attended by State Security and Peace Commission Chairman and Defence Services Commander-in-Chief Senior General Min Aung Hlaing.
Dec 11, 2025
A Myanmar delegation led by Prime Minister U Nyo Saw left Yangon yesterday morning to attend the ceremonies to commemorate the International Year of Peace and Trust and the 30th Anniversary of the Permanent Neutrality of Turkmenistan to be held in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan.