TOKYO – Asian countries should move towards creating their version of the European Union, with fast-growing China serving as an export market for poor countries along the Mekong River, according to a senior Asian Development Bank director... .[Fullstory]

A THAI company has signed a contract with the government to explore for natural gas in the Gulf of Moattama, a senior government official said..[FullStory]

CLOSER cooperation and coordination between the public and private sectors are essential to foster the growth of small and medium enterprises, a senior official with the Union of Myanmar Federation of Chambers of Commerce and Industry said last week... . [Fullstory]

THE government has dismissed as “speculative” a media report suggesting that North Korea is supplying or planning to supply Myanmar with missiles and equipment to build a nuclear reactor... . [Fullstory]

THE LOCAL battery industry plays an important role in Myanmar’s developing economy with cars, small businesses and remote villages, relying on the power that batteries supply... [Fullstory]

Thai Airways International Public Company Ltd, a major player in Myanmar’s tourism industry, has announced that it made a profit of nearly 12,500 million baht for the fiscal year which ended September 30, an increase by 22.3 per cent on last fiscal year... [Fullstory]

DESPITE price drops for new Mandalay condominiums over last three months, property sales remain stagnant, according to Mandalay property market sources.
U Soe Kyaw Oo, manager of Aung Htike Min Construction Company on 78th Street admitted prices for property, were falling.... [Fullstory]