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Myanmar Times
April 27, 2018
Earlier this month, Pulse joined 30 participants - mostly university students aged 18 to 30 - on a tour of a century-old mosque and an Armenian Church on Bo Aung Kyaw Street in Yangon. So far over a hundred people have been on the tour while 49 people have already signed up for the tour this weekend.
Frontier Myanmar
April 26, 2018
U Aung Kyaw Htoo, the ministry's deputy secretary for domestic and international relations and information, told Frontier on April 12 that the minister did not say precisely whether he would approve or reject the project. “What he said was that if the public does not agree with the plant, it cannot be done,” heÃÂ ...
Radio Free Asia
April 25, 2018
Tun Aung Kyaw, Secretary of the Arakan Nations Party, which represents the interests of the ethnic Rakhine people in Rakhine state, urged the government to reconsider its decision. “Bengalis who really lived in Rakhine state can speak Burmese or the Rakhine language,” he said, using a disparaging termÃÂ ...
Dallas News (blog)
April 25, 2018
Two teenagers have been arrested after a deadly street-racing crash last month, Forney police said. Armando Leon, 17, and Dustin Blake Denton, 18, were taken into custody Monday and charged with racing on a highway causing serious injury after an investigation into the March 21 crash that killedÃÂ ...
Myanmar Times
April 25, 2018
U Aung Aung Kyaw said that if the ministry decides to re-allow climbing, it should choose the stronger pagodas and those that have less historical and archaeological value. “The important thing is how they will manage these pagodas. Do they have a management plan for that?” he said. “Also, they shouldÃÂ ...
Frontier Myanmar
April 18, 2018
“What the mobile money operators are doing now is building their empire, not [working] for financial inclusion,” said Aung Kyaw Moe, whose company launched 1-STOP, an e-commerce network of buyers and sellers in Myanmar, in January 2016. While Voogt from M-Pitesan acknowledged it was an issue,ÃÂ ...
Frontier Myanmar
March 29, 2018
Activist Ko Aung Kyaw said that Aung Ko Htwe had “done some wrong things” because he was upset about being charged under section 505(b). “Now he is being sued under this [Union Seal] law,” he said. A photo published by DVB shows Aung Ko Htwe being dragged from the court by three policeÃÂ ...
The Irrawaddy News Magazine
March 13, 2018
Members of the Karen National Liberation Army, the armed wing of the KNU, march to mark the 69th anniversary of Armed Forces Day in Karen State in February. / Aung Aung Kyaw / Facebook. 14. By Lawi Weng 13 March 2018. Clashes broke out at least eight times from March 4 to 8 between the Karen National LiberationÃÂ ...
The Irrawaddy News Magazine
March 13, 2018
During the Lower House session on Monday, lawmaker Sai Aung Kyaw of Kyethi Township asked if the Tatmadaw would return 31 acres in Nam Gon watershed area and 165 acres of farmers' land confiscated by No. 131 Light Infantry Battalion in Kyethi Township. “The 165 acres were used as rotatingÃÂ ...
Myanmar Times
March 13, 2018
His assistant, Aung Kyaw Tun, will take over as head coach if the Taung Gyi-based team for the time being. Soe Myat Min joined Shan Untied in 2013 as head coach of its youth team. Two years later he became head coach of its senior team. And last year he became the first local coach to win both theÃÂ ...
Myanmar Times
March 9, 2018
U Aung Kyaw Soe, extractives programme manager of MCRB, added at the press conference that Nay Pyi Taw's enforcement ability is weak especially in self-administered areas under the control of ethnic armed groups such as Bago, Kachin and Kayah. Some mining industries in those areas are under theÃÂ ...
Myanmar Times
March 9, 2018
Young men collect donations for the Ka Htein festival using a loudspeaker, on Bo Aung Kyaw Street in Yangon in October 2017. Shin Moe Myint/The Myanmar Times. Village to open road with contest. A village committee in Ayeyarwady Region has come up with a creative way to woo people to attend aÃÂ ...
The Irrawaddy News Magazine
March 8, 2018
“One is for households in Ye Township, and the other is for the developer of an industrial zone in Bago,” said U Than Aung Kyaw, deputy director-general of the Directorate of Investment and Company Administration (DICA), at a press conference on Monday. The Southern Myanmar Development Co.,ÃÂ ...
New York Times
March 2, 2018
Htun Aung Kyaw, a leader of the Arakan National Party, the main political party here in Rakhine State, told me the key points as he sees them: The Rohingya are illegal immigrants, they have been trying for decades to create a separate Islamic state, they include armed insurgents who commit atrocities, andÃÂ ...
Myanmar Times
March 1, 2018
Action should be taken at state level,” he says. But some government companies are doing their bit. Ko Tin Lin, who sells lottery tickets on Bo Aung Kyaw Road, has never felt any earthquakes. But he has learned about them when MPT, a publicly-owned company, sent him messages on his mobile phones.
The Irrawaddy News Magazine
February 27, 2018
Seventeen regional lawmakers from the ruling National League for Democracy (NLD) submitted objections to nominees U Aye Ngwe, a former director of the Irrigation Department, and U Aung Kyaw Moe, a retired education officer. The two were proposed by the chief minister on Feb. 14 at an emergencyÃÂ ...
Myanmar Times
February 26, 2018
“We can't say how much time will be needed for the restoration,” said U Aung Aung Kyaw, director of the department's Bagan branch. Nara Thiha Patae Paya was built by King Nara Thiha Patae, and Manuha Nanpaya Temple was used as the residence of Manuha Min, according to the department'sÃÂ ...
Myanmar Times
February 23, 2018
Aung Kyaw Nyunt 23 Feb 2018. U Zaw Min Oo, chief external relations officer of MNTC at MyTel launching. Aung Kyaw Nyunt/The Myanmar Times. Fourth telco to cover large network. Mytel's services set to launch in March. Beginning from its initial stage of market penetration, Mytel, Myanmar's fourth telecommunicationsÃÂ ...
Eleven Myanmar
December 31, 1999
The sub-Union Election Commission of Bago Region is currently compiling the voter lists starting from April 19, Aung Kyaw Moe, Secretary of Bago Region Sub-Union Election Commission, told the Daily Eleven. “We have not yet collected voter lists one house after another. The ward administrators haveÃÂ ...
Myanmar Times
December 31, 1999
Some of the donations were used to build the man-made mounds which cost about K70 million each, the committee said. U Aung Aung Kyaw, director of Department of Archaeology and National Museum in Bagan, said the decision to construct the mounds was made after State Counsellor Daw Aung SanÃÂ ...
Dallas News
December 31, 1999
Aung Kyaw Moe left his home in the Rakhine province of Myanmar (formerly Burma) knowing he could never return. "It's a one-way trip," he said. The people in Rakhine are under siege by the military because of their faith. They are Rohingya Muslims in a heavily Buddhist country. Aung Kyaw Moe made itÃÂ ...
The Irrawaddy News Magazine
December 31, 1999
However, cracks in the base [of the structure] meant that it could not sustain the weight above it, causing the collapse,” explained U Aung Aung Kyaw, director of the department's Bagan office. The department is consulting with experts on how to handle the remaining ruins of Temple No. 1,066 in order toÃÂ ...
Myanmar Times
December 31, 1999
“We are planning to set up more cold chain facilities this year. Cold storage is a vital part of the expanded immunisation programme. Vaccines must be stored in electronic or solar refrigerators to maintain the potency of the vaccine,” Dr Aung Kyaw Moe, assistant director of the Department of Public Health,ÃÂ ...
Eleven Myanmar
February 24, 2018
About 70 per cent of overall foreign investment flowing into Myanmar comes through Yangon region, said Deputy Director Than Aung Kyaw from the Directorate of Investment and Companies Administration (DICA). Investment committees from regions and states are allowed investments worth US$5 millionÃÂ ...
Myanmar Times
February 23, 2018
U Khun Oo, President of the Myanmar Computer Federation. Aung Kyaw Nyunt/The Myanmar Times. Can you give some examples of the government's transparent online services reflecting the e-Government system? At present, the Ministry of Commerce issues online licenses, and agents at the Customs Department haveÃÂ ...
Myanmar Times
February 23, 2018
Aung Kyaw Nyunt 23 Feb 2018. U Zaw Min Oo, chief external relations officer of MNTC at MyTel launching. Aung Kyaw Nyunt/The Myanmar Times. Fourth telco to cover large network. Mytel's services set to launch in March. Beginning from its initial stage of market penetration, Mytel, Myanmar's fourth telecommunicationsÃÂ ...
The Irrawaddy News Magazine
February 21, 2018
U Tun Aung Kyaw, an Arakan National Party (ANP) lawyer for the defendants, said that he went to Mrauk-U Township to attend the court hearing but the session was abruptly canceled and so he came back to Sittwe prison. As for the arrest of the eight Mrauk-U residents, former ANP chairman U Aye MaungÃÂ ...
Myanmar Times
February 21, 2018
The committee has received their letter and it will be submitted to the next meeting of the Mon State Hluttaw in the second week of March, said U Aung Kyaw Thu, chair of the petition and general committee of the Mon State Hluttaw. U Than Htut, Thanbyuzayat township administrative officer, disputed theÃÂ ...
Myanmar Times
February 15, 2018
A team of US experts could assist with the preservation of ancient pagodas and buildings in Bagan noted for their murals, U Aung Aung Kyaw, director of the Department of Archaeology and National Museum told The Myanmar Times on Wednesday. The department held talks with the US team onÃÂ ...
The Irrawaddy News Magazine
February 14, 2018
“We have received more than $4.4 billion in foreign investment as of the first week of February, while existing foreign businesses have increased their investment by nearly $700 million,” said U Than Aung Kyaw, deputy director general of DICA. “They have increased investment perhaps because they areÃÂ ...
Myanmar Times
February 5, 2018
I'm satisfied with our players' performance,” said U Aung Kyaw Moe, who won the best coach award for the month of January during which his side won all their three matches, and winger Si Thu Aung was the leading scorer with five goals from as many matches. This season Yadanarbon is fielding onlyÃÂ ...
Myanmar Times
January 31, 2018
A man looks over the artworks of artist Kyu Kyu at the Inner Art exhibition at the Bo Aung Kyaw Street Gallery in Yangon. ... Inner Art, an exhibition which was held at the Bo Aung Kyaw Street Gallery from January 20 to 31, saw five of the country's best contemporary artists boldly venture into the unknown.
Eleven Myanmar
January 22, 2018
Currently, the DICA calculating ways in which the registration fee will be reduced. The plan is to enable all SMEs to make official registrations and the smooth operation of loan schemes and the export sector, Than Aung Kyaw added. Priority will be given to the official exports of SME products to internationalÃÂ ...
Myanmar Times
January 22, 2018
U Aung Kyaw Moe, deputy director of the Social Welfare Department, said there are still many deterrents to the participation of people with disabilities in politics which need to be removed. “We must identify good ideas and methods to implement so no one is left behind by 2030,” he said. The MyanmarÃÂ ...
The Irrawaddy News Magazine
January 19, 2018
We will raise the issue in parliament,” said ANP General Secretary U Tun Aung Kyaw. The party official promised local people the Rakhine State Parliament would investigate the incident to ensure justice for the victims. U Tun Aung Kyaw criticized officials for failing to implement proper riot-control measuresÃÂ ...
Myanmar Times
January 19, 2018
... said U Aung Kyaw Khaing, the chairperson of Ayeyarwady's parliament. The President's Office on January 9 accepted the resignations of U Mahn Johnny, the former chief minister, and U Ba Hein, minister of Agriculture, Livestock, Natural Resources and Environmental Conservation of Ayeyawady RegionÃÂ ...
Myanmar Times
January 19, 2018
I guarantee that,” said U Tun Aung Kyaw, general secretary of the Arakan National Party. “We need to see what will happen among Rakhine people because of this. U Aye Maung has both supporters and opponents. Taking action against him will affect the Rakhine people. No one can say how yet,” said UÃÂ ...
Myanmar Times
January 19, 2018
All workers from the regions of Bangkok, Thonburi, Nonthaburi, Nakhon Pathom, Pahtum Thani, Samut Prakan, Samut Sakhon and Chachoengsao will receive 325 baht as the second highest minimum daily wage. U Aung Kyaw added that all workers, including foreign workers, will benefit from the raise.
Myanmar Times
January 14, 2018
U Tun Aung Kyaw, general secretary of the opposition Rakhine National Party, said another advisory team is not welcomed by the locals because of participation of international experts. “This is our internal problem, we have to sort it out by ourselves” said U Tun Aung Kyaw. When asked whether the partyÃÂ ...
The Irrawaddy News Magazine
January 11, 2018
A painting by Nyan Ye Naing from his upcoming exhibition at the Bo Aung Kyaw Street Art Gallery in Yangon. The 25-year-old artist is a shoe collector. “I started to draw shoes because I love the colors. Then I got addicted to shoes as I drew them,” said Nyan Ye Naing, who describes shoes as a protectiveÃÂ ...
Myanmar Times
January 11, 2018
U Aung Kyaw, staying true to this style, named his exhibition 'The harmony of freedom' to reflect what he was feeling and thinking about the social and political issues of his country. He said that it was named after what he had found in his art and claimed that real artists are those that find something newÃÂ ...
The Irrawaddy News Magazine
January 2, 2018
The exhibition subject of retired professor Aung Kyaw of the National Culture and Fine Arts University is freedom. Jan. 4-8. OK Art Gallery, Aung San Stadium (North Wing). Contemporary Traditional Art Exhibition | Jan. 3-7. More than 20 artists will take part in this exhibition featuring contemporary traditionalÃÂ ...
Myanmar Times
December 20, 2017
The report regarding Bagan region has been completed and the submission deadline to UNESCO is Jan 24. In the meantime, fortnightly meetings are planned to thrash out contentious issues, said U Aung Aung Kyaw, director of Bagan Department of Archaeology, National Museum and Library. “After we submit the report,ÃÂ ...
Frontier Myanmar
December 20, 2017
In recent months Aye Maung has split with deputy chairman U Khine Pyi Soe and general secretary U Tun Aung Kyaw, who are the other top decision-makers in the party. On October 17, more than 100 people staged a demonstration calling for the expulsion of Khine Pyi Soe and Tun Aung Kyaw for theirÃÂ ...
Myanmar Times
December 17, 2017
While investor confidence appears to be waning of late, U Than Aung Kyaw, Deputy Director General of DICA, sent out a positive message at EuroCham ... While it will take an additional 8 months at least to fully implement the new Companies Law in a transparent and comprehensive way, U Than Aung Kyaw said theÃÂ ...
The Irrawaddy News Magazine
December 15, 2017
But he has organized his first exhibition only recently at Bo Aung Kyaw Street Art Gallery. About a sitting man whose shadow is much larger than his actual physical body, he said: “Sometimes, the real is small and placed in the back seat.” The artist is displaying most of early works at the exhibition 'In MyÃÂ ...
Myanmar Times
December 14, 2017
We also allowed the Myanmar Investment Commission to approve investments in the various states and regions and created new industrial zones and promoted sectors” said U Than Aung Kyaw, Deputy Director General, Directorate of Investment and Company Administration (DICA).He added that 15ÃÂ ...
Myanmar Times
December 14, 2017
But the archaeology department reduced some places as a buffer zone at the request of local people, said U Aung Aung Kyaw, director of the department of archaeology in Bagan. The heritage site area was reduced as much as possible so the local people could operate their businesses, he said. AddingÃÂ ...
Myanmar Times
December 7, 2017
The Ministry of Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement has opened more sign language classes since 2015, but this is not enough, according to U Aung Kyaw Moe, director of the Social Welfare Department. He said the ministry has other financial needs to help other underprivileged sectors of the society,ÃÂ ...
Myanmar Times
December 7, 2017
U Myo Win Nyunt, director of the Ministry of Hotel and Tourism, said the ministry rented out Bagan Thande Hotel to local businessman U Kyaw Sein for 20 years from 2002, while the Hotel@Tharabar Gate was rented to U Aung Kyaw Nyunt for 30 years from 1994. “We will obey the government's decision ifÃÂ ...
