Friday, January 2, 2015

National News

National News


UN pushes Rohingya citizenship

Posted: 01 Jan 2015 06:33 PM PST

The UN General Assembly has adopted a resolution urging Myanmar to grant citizenship to its Rohingya Muslim minority and grant them equal access to services.

Letpadaung protestors charged

Posted: 01 Jan 2015 06:31 PM PST

Several protesters against a Chinese-backed mine in central Myanmar have been charged with holding an illegal demonstration, say police.

Tatmadaw press club dinner party proposal

Posted: 01 Jan 2015 06:24 PM PST

Dinner parties with the generals – that's how reporters could soon be getting their scoops from the military, if a proposal from a senior Tatmadaw officer is put into action.

Government to conduct census of migrant workers

Posted: 01 Jan 2015 06:24 PM PST

In a bid to offer better protection to its citizens working abroad, the government is to carry out a census of all Myanmar migrant workers in Thailand by the end of March 2015, the deputy labour minister has announced.

Great Wall rents land to produce hybrid

Posted: 01 Jan 2015 06:16 PM PST

Agriculture firm Great Wall is renting about 440 acres of farmland in Nay Pyi Taw to grow a hybrid rice crop, farmers and officials said last week.

Alliance warns of military power over peace deal

Posted: 01 Jan 2015 05:55 PM PST

The military-dominated National Defence and Security Council could prove to be a roadblock to achieving peace, an ethnic political party alliance says.

Workers head to Hong Kong despite ban

Posted: 01 Jan 2015 05:47 PM PST

Agency has been allowed flout government ban on sending domestic workers to Hong Kong with impunity, labour rights group says.

Hundreds join Mandalay protest against mine

Posted: 28 Dec 2014 09:07 PM PST

About 500 people including dozens of Buddhist monks protested near the Chinese consulate in Mandalay on December 27 demanding the closure of the Letpadaung copper mine.

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