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• President seeks to delay state education reforms for 8 years
• Toppled! Model May Myat Noe loses crown amid theft claims
• Roadside shops to get upgrade
• Media forum to bring together ‘four pillars’ of democracy
• Police demand replica firearm owners hand in their weapons
• Ministry ramps up push for South Korean farm machinery
• Poachers are plundering rare wetlands, NGO says
• MPs lead charge as critics slam city plan

President seeks to delay state education reforms for 8 years Posted: 31 Aug 2014 02:58 PM PDT President U Thein Sein has proposed an amendment to a draft education law that would delay the full introduction of reforms for a further eight years, as criticism mounts that the law would be a step backward for education reform.

Toppled! Model May Myat Noe loses crown amid theft claims Posted: 31 Aug 2014 02:53 PM PDT Beauty queen leaves South Korea without telling pageant organisers, who allege that she has failed to return her US$100,000 tiara.

Roadside shops to get upgrade Posted: 31 Aug 2014 02:53 PM PDT Roadside food stalls are to be offered a clean-up program by the Myanmar Restaurant Association.

Media forum to bring together ‘four pillars’ of democracy Posted: 31 Aug 2014 02:36 PM PDT Open government: That is the goal of a discussion to be held in October by the Ministry of Information involving parliament, the executive, the judiciary and the media.

Police demand replica firearm owners hand in their weapons Posted: 31 Aug 2014 02:33 PM PDT Police have warned owners of airsoft guns - replica firearms used to play a combat simulation game known as airsoft - to hand in their weapons to police or face potential criminal charges.

Ministry ramps up push for South Korean farm machinery Posted: 31 Aug 2014 02:23 PM PDT In an effort to resurrect a stalled US$100 million trade deal, the Ministry of Cooperatives has launched a series of agricultural exhibitions featuring machinery from South Korean firm Daedong that the ministry is seeking parliamentary approval to purchase.

Poachers are plundering rare wetlands, NGO says Posted: 31 Aug 2014 01:58 PM PDT Human activity is damaging the ecology of one of the country's premier wetlands sanctuaries, a leading environmental NGO has warned.

MPs lead charge as critics slam city plan Posted: 30 Aug 2014 12:33 AM PDT The Yangon Region government's proposal for a massive city expansion project with a mysterious public company linked to Chinese interests has sparked intense debate.

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