Myanmar commemorates anniversary of nationwide ceasefire agreement

STORY: Myanmar commemorates anniversary of nationwide ceasefire agreement DATELINE: Oct. 16, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:45 LOCATION: YANGON, Myanmar CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the ceremony STORYLINE: A ceremony was held in Myanmar's Nay Pyi Taw Union Territory on Sunday to commemorate the eighth anniversary of the signing of the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement (NCA). During the ceremony, Chairman of the National Unity and Peacemaking Central Committee, Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services Senior General Min Aung Hlaing said signatories should adhere to their commitments in the implementation of the NCA in order to build perpetual peace, and non-signatories should come forward to the political negotiation table for the development of the nation and for the uplifting of the socio-economic lives of the people. Members of the NCA-signatory ethnic armed organizations, as well as foreign representatives who witnessed the signing of the NCA, also made remarks at the ceremony. Deng Xijun, China

MYANMAR-NAY PYI TAW-CEASEFIRE AGREEMENT-ANNIVERSARY

MYANMAR-NAY PYI TAW-CEASEFIRE AGREEMENT-ANNIVERSARY

(231016) -- NAY PYI TAW, Oct. 16, 2023 (Xinhua) -- People attend a ceremony to mark the eighth anniversary of the signing of the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement (NCA) in Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar, Oct. 15, 2023. A ceremony was held in Myanmar's Nay Pyi Taw Union Territory on Sunday to commemorate the eighth anniversary of the signing of the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement (NCA). (Photo by Myo Kyaw Soe/Xinhua)

MYANMAR-NAY PYI TAW-CEASEFIRE AGREEMENT-ANNIVERSARY

MYANMAR-NAY PYI TAW-CEASEFIRE AGREEMENT-ANNIVERSARY

(231016) -- NAY PYI TAW, Oct. 16, 2023 (Xinhua) -- People attend a ceremony to mark the eighth anniversary of the signing of the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement (NCA) in Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar, Oct. 15, 2023. A ceremony was held in Myanmar's Nay Pyi Taw Union Territory on Sunday to commemorate the eighth anniversary of the signing of the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement (NCA). (Photo by Myo Kyaw Soe/Xinhua)

MYANMAR-NAY PYI TAW-CEASEFIRE AGREEMENT-ANNIVERSARY

MYANMAR-NAY PYI TAW-CEASEFIRE AGREEMENT-ANNIVERSARY

(231016) -- NAY PYI TAW, Oct. 16, 2023 (Xinhua) -- People perform during a ceremony to mark the eighth anniversary of the signing of the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement (NCA) in Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar, Oct. 15, 2023. A ceremony was held in Myanmar's Nay Pyi Taw Union Territory on Sunday to commemorate the eighth anniversary of the signing of the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement (NCA). (Photo by Myo Kyaw Soe/Xinhua)

JAL in talks with rival NCA to merge air cargo business

JAL in talks with rival NCA to merge air cargo business

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Airlines Corp. executive Kunio Hirata (L) and Hitoshi Oshika, corporate officer of Nippon Yusen K.K., attend a news conference in Tokyo on Aug. 21. JAL said it is negotiating with Nippon Cargo Airlines Co., a Nippon Yusen arm, to merge cargo operations next spring to turn JAL's cargo business around.

JAL in talks with rival NCA to merge air cargo business

JAL in talks with rival NCA to merge air cargo business

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Airlines Corp. executive Kunio Hirata (L) and Hitoshi Oshika, corporate officer of Nippon Yusen K.K., attend a news conference in Tokyo on Aug. 21. JAL said it is negotiating with Nippon Cargo Airlines Co., a Nippon Yusen arm, to merge cargo operations next spring to turn JAL's cargo business around. (Kyodo)