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Chinese foundation donates free meals to primary school students in Myanmar

STORY: Chinese foundation donates free meals to primary school students in Myanmar SHOOTING TIME: June 6, 2024 DATELINE: June 10, 2024 LENGTH: 00:03:47 LOCATION: YANGON, Myanmar CATEGORY: EDUCATION SHOTLIST: 1. various of students getting free meals 2. various of students STORYLINE: The China Foundation for Rural Development (CFRD) provides free meals to primary school students in 10 schools in Hlaingtharya Township of Yangon during the new academic year, which begins on June 3. Ko Shwe War Tun, project manager of the CFRD's Smiling Children Program, said they provide free lunch to over 5,000 students from 10 basic education schools in Yangon for the whole academic year. "We provide breakfast with traditional snacks and lunch with one type of curry and a vegetable. The program aims to provide nutrition and improve students' learning capacity," he added. The manager also said the program will continue for the next three academic years. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Yangon, Myanmar. (X

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Heavy rainfall displaces thousands in southern Myanmar

STORY: Heavy rainfall displaces thousands in southern Myanmar DATELINE: Oct. 10, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:24 LOCATION: YANGON, Myanmar CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of people wading through flood water in Bago 2. various of people rowing boats through floodwater STORYLINE: Heavy rainfall hit Bago Region of southern Myanmar on Sunday, displacing thousands and disrupting rail traffic, local authorities said on Monday. U Thaung Shwe, director of Bago Region's Ministry of Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement, told Xinhua on Monday that a total of 14,304 people were taking shelter in 36 relief camps because of the floods. Rescue operations were underway as the water level continued to rise, he said. Nearly 800 passengers from the two passenger trains en route to Yangon were transported with vessels to Yangon on Sunday evening due to the floods, the country's Ministry of Transport and Communications reported. The trips of four passenger trains that ran through Bago township on Sunday were also canceled

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Over 45,000 displaced as floods, landslides hit Myanmar

STORY: Over 45,000 displaced as floods, landslides hit Myanmar DATELINE: Aug. 13, 2023 LENGTH: 00:05:00 LOCATION: BAGO, Myanmar CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of people wading through flood water in Bago 2. various of people rowing boats through floodwater 3. various of flood victims taking shelter at a monastery 4. various of donations of food and bottled drinking water for flood victims STORYLINE: Myanmar's Department of Disaster Management said on Friday that more than 45,000 people were currently in flood shelters across the country due to floods triggered by surging river levels and intense rainfall in recent days. Daw Lay Shwe Sin Oo, a director from the Department of Disaster Management under the Ministry of Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement, told Xinhua on Friday that five people, including three from Mon State and two from Rakhine State, were reported to have died so far during this monsoon in the floods. The regions and states affected by the natural disasters during the monsoon s

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Myanmar ruling party assembly

NAYPYITAW, Myanmar - Myanmar lower house speaker Thura Shwe Mann (front R) attends the assembly of Myanmar's ruling Union Solidarity and Development Party in Naypyitaw on Oct. 16, 2012.

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Myanmar's ruling party assembly

NAYPYITAW, Myanmar - Myanmar lower house speaker Thura Shwe Mann speaks during the assembly of Myanmar's ruling Union Solidarity and Development Party in Naypyitaw on Oct. 14, 2012.

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Myanmar residents of Japan protest election at home

TOKYO, Japan - A woman (2nd from L) stamps on a photo of Myanmar junta chief Senior Gen. Than Shwe as a group of around 300 Myanmar residents of Japan demonstrate in Tokyo on Oct. 27, 2010, against a general election to be held in junta-ruled Myanmar in November.

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Junta chief urges political groups to abide by Constitution

NAYPYITAW, Myanmar - Myanmar's military junta chief, Sr. Gen. Than Shwe, reviews the troops during a ceremony to mark the 64th Armed Forces Day in Myanmar's administrative capital Naypyitaw on March 27.

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Junta chief urges political groups to abide by Constitution

NAYPYITAW, Myanmar - Myanmar's military junta chief, Sr. Gen. Than Shwe, salutes during a ceremony to mark the 64th Armed Forces Day in Myanmar's administrative capital Naypyitaw on March 27.

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Myanmar celebrates 62nd Armed Forces Day

NAY-PTI-DAW, Myanmar - Sr. Gen. Than Shwe, supreme commander of Myanmar's armed forces and chairman of the ruling junta, attends a military parade of more than 15,000 troops held in the new administrative capital Nay-Pyi-Daw, 400 kilometers north of Yangon, to celebrate the country's 62nd Armed Forces Day on March 27.

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Myanmar junta chief urges troops to work for 'road map'

YANGON, Myanmar - Senior Gen. Than Shwe, chief of Myanmar's junta, salutes March 27 at a ceremony marking Armed Forces Day in Yangon. He urged the armed forces to ''work hand-in-hand with the people'' to implement a ''road map to democracy.''

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Myanmar junta releases photos of Suu Kyi

TOKYO, Japan - A photo from the Web site of the official New Light of Myanmar newspaper shows pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi (L) shaking hands with junta leader Senior Gen. Than Shwe. The newspaper carried three undated photos of Suu Kyi, who was put in detention in May, in its July 5 edition.

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Koizumi meets with Than Shwe

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia - Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi (R) and Myanmar junta leader Senior Gen. Than Shwe, chairman of the ruling State Peace and Development Council, pose for a photograph prior to their talks at a Phnom Penh hotel Nov. 5. Koizumi urged more democratization in Myanmar. Both attended a series of meetings between the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and its dialogue partners.

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Kawaguchi meets Suu Kyi

YANGON, Myanmar - Visiting Japanese Foreign Minister Yoriko Kawaguchi (L) shakes hand with Myanmar pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi at her residence in Yangon on Aug. 5 prior to their talks. Kawaguchi also held talks with Sr. Gen. Than Shwe, chairman of Myanmar's ruling junta, which freed Suu Kyi from house arrest in May.

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Myanmar, Thailand discuss antidrug cooperation

Myanmar Prime Minister Than Shwe (L) arrives in the northern Thai province of Chiang Rai on March 8 and meets Thai Prime Minister Chuan Leekpai (R) at Doi Tung palace. Chiang Rai is the site of a royal pilot project to substitute cash crops for poppy cultivation. Than Shwe is in Thailand on a two-day visit to seek cooperation with Bangkok in fighting narcotics.

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Myanmar earns over 242.46 mln USD from marine products exports in nearly five months

STORY: Myanmar earns over 242.46 mln USD from marine products exports in nearly five months DATELINE: Sept. 1, 2022 LENGTH: 00:03:34 LOCATION: YANGON, Myanmar CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Shwe Padauk Fish Wholesale Market in Yangon 2. various of workers sorting fish at Yangon's Shwe Padauk Fish Market 3. various of customers at Yangon's Shwe Padauk Fish Market STORYLINE: Myanmar earned over 242.46 million U.S. dollars from export of marine products in nearly five months of the 2022 to 2023 fiscal year starting in April, the Commerce Ministry said on Tuesday. The ministry's data showed that from April 1 to Aug. 19 this year, the Southeast Asian country exported all of marine products from the private sector alone. The figure was less than over 244.59 million dollars registered a year ago. During the period, the country's total export was valued at over 6.5 billion dollars, up over 1.3 billion dollars year-on-year. The country's total trade value amounted to over 13.04 billion do

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Myanmar traditional boxers return after COVID-19

STORY: Myanmar traditional boxers return after COVID-19 DATELINE: June 26, 2022 LENGTH: 00:05:00 LOCATION: YANGON, Myanmar CATEGORY: SPORTS SHOTLIST: 1. various of boxers competing in the game STORYLINE: Eighteen-year-old Kyar Thway said he was excited as he would return to the boxing ring after more than two years of hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Kyar Thway was waiting at Yangon's Theinbyu Stadium on Saturday afternoon for his 63.5-kg weight class match. "I feel slightly unmotivated as I was absent from the boxing fight for more than two years," he said, adding that he would compete his best to win the bout at the Shwe Aung Lan Myanmar Lethwei Championship. Myanmar Traditional Lethwei Federation (MTLF) affiliated with the Ministry of Sports and Youth Affairs has organized the competition, which runs from June 25 to July 10. "Since the COVID-19 outbreak, it is the first Myanmar Lethwei championship event that allows fans to enter the stadium in line with COVID-19 guidelines," MTLF pr

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Myanmar junta releases photos of Suu Kyi

TOKYO, Japan - A photo from the Web site of the official New Light of Myanmar newspaper shows pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi (L) shaking hands with junta leader Senior Gen. Than Shwe. The newspaper carried three undated photos of Suu Kyi, who was put in detention in May, in its July 5 edition. (Kyodo)

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Myanmar ruling party chief ousted from office

Senior officials of Myanmar's ruling Union Solidarity and Development Party announce at the party's headquarters in Naypyitaw on Aug. 13, 2015, that Shwe Mann, speaker of the lower house of parliament, has been removed as head of the party and subsequently replaced by vice chairman Htay Oo. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Aung Shwe, ex-chairman of Myanmar's ruling NLD, dies at 99

Photo taken April 28, 2009, shows Aung Shwe, then chairman of Aung San Suu Kyi's party National League for Democracy, speaking at a party meeting in Yangon. Aung Shwe died of natural causes at a private hospital in Yangon on Aug. 13, 2017, at age 99. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Myanmar junta chief urges troops to work for 'road map'

YANGON, Myanmar - Senior Gen. Than Shwe, chief of Myanmar's junta, salutes March 27 at a ceremony marking Armed Forces Day in Yangon. He urged the armed forces to ''work hand-in-hand with the people'' to implement a ''road map to democracy.'' (Kyodo)

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Junta chief urges political groups to abide by Constitution

NAYPYITAW, Myanmar - Myanmar's military junta chief, Sr. Gen. Than Shwe, reviews the troops during a ceremony to mark the 64th Armed Forces Day in Myanmar's administrative capital Naypyitaw on March 27. (Kyodo)

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Junta chief urges political groups to abide by Constitution

NAYPYITAW, Myanmar - Myanmar's military junta chief, Sr. Gen. Than Shwe, salutes during a ceremony to mark the 64th Armed Forces Day in Myanmar's administrative capital Naypyitaw on March 27. (Kyodo)

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Myanmar celebrates 62nd Armed Forces Day

NAY-PTI-DAW, Myanmar - Sr. Gen. Than Shwe, supreme commander of Myanmar's armed forces and chairman of the ruling junta, attends a military parade of more than 15,000 troops held in the new administrative capital Nay-Pyi-Daw, 400 kilometers north of Yangon, to celebrate the country's 62nd Armed Forces Day on March 27. (Kyodo)

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Myanmar residents of Japan protest election at home

TOKYO, Japan - A woman (2nd from L) stamps on a photo of Myanmar junta chief Senior Gen. Than Shwe as a group of around 300 Myanmar residents of Japan demonstrate in Tokyo on Oct. 27, 2010, against a general election to be held in junta-ruled Myanmar in November. (Kyodo)

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Kaunghmudaw Pagoda in Myanmar

Photo taken Aug. 30, 2019, shows Kaunghmudaw Pagoda in Sagaing region in Myanmar. The pagoda was returned to its original color of white in March 2019 after it was painted gold in 2010 following a visit by Than Shwe, then-leader of the ruling military junta. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Kaunghmudaw Pagoda in Myanmar

Photo taken Aug. 30, 2019, shows Kaunghmudaw Pagoda in Sagaing region in Myanmar. The pagoda was returned to its original color of white in March 2019 after it was painted gold in 2010 following a visit by Than Shwe, then-leader of the ruling military junta. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Koizumi meets with Than Shwe

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia - Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi (R) and Myanmar junta leader Senior Gen. Than Shwe, chairman of the ruling State Peace and Development Council, pose for a photograph prior to their talks at a Phnom Penh hotel Nov. 5. Koizumi urged more democratization in Myanmar. Both attended a series of meetings between the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and its dialogue partners. (Kyodo)

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Kawaguchi meets Suu Kyi

YANGON, Myanmar - Visiting Japanese Foreign Minister Yoriko Kawaguchi (L) shakes hand with Myanmar pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi at her residence in Yangon on Aug. 5 prior to their talks. Kawaguchi also held talks with Sr. Gen. Than Shwe, chairman of Myanmar's ruling junta, which freed Suu Kyi from house arrest in May. (Kyodo)

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Myanmar, Thailand discuss antidrug cooperation

Myanmar Prime Minister Than Shwe (L) arrives in the northern Thai province of Chiang Rai on March 8 and meets Thai Prime Minister Chuan Leekpai (R) at Doi Tung palace. Chiang Rai is the site of a royal pilot project to substitute cash crops for poppy cultivation. Than Shwe is in Thailand on a two-day visit to seek cooperation with Bangkok in fighting narcotics. ==Kyodo