Local farmers and businesspersons from Yekyi Township of Ayeyawady Region shipped 550,000 pieces of dragon fruits to Yangon market said Daw Cherry, the owner of fruit wholesale centre in Yekyi Township.
They sent 450,000 pieces of dragon fruits in October, compared to 550,000 pieces of fruits in November. Local farmers grow dragon fruit plants in organic techniques.

NIHON Hidankyo, the Japanese atomic bomb survivors’ group that won last year’s Nobel Peace Prize, urged the government on Wednesday to participate as an observer at a convention of signatories to a UN nuclear weapons ban treaty, but said Prime Minis-
ter Shigeru Ishiba remained noncommittal during a meeting in Tokyo.

MYANMAR nationals won four first prizes in the Muse-Ruili Cross-border Marathon, according to a statement from the Chinese Embassy in Myanmar.

MALICIOUS media outlets intentionally spread fake news, claiming that security forces torched the houses in Myothit village of Yinmabin township, Sagaing Region, on 5 January. 

According to a security official, security forces conducted security measures in the village and its vicinities to curb destructive actions of terrorists who launched armed attacks and arson attacks in townships and villages.