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- Myanmar to push for regional single visa
- US urges investigation over double rape-murder
- Rally denounces governmental failures on land, labour, education
- MSF back to work in Rakhine
- UN condemns U Wirathu’s ‘intolerable’ attack on UN rep
- China confirms nationals detained in Myanmar
- Tourism creates 50,000 new jobs in 2014
- Govt plans pregnancy support payments
| Myanmar to push for regional single visa Posted: 21 Jan 2015 10:31 PM PST Myanmar will be pressing for a common visa for all ASEAN countries during Malaysia's tenure as chair of the regional organisation, says head of the government's visa department. |
| US urges investigation over double rape-murder Posted: 21 Jan 2015 08:16 PM PST The US has urged Myanmar to investigate the deaths of two teachers who activists claim were raped and murdered by government troops, as crowds gathered in the country's far north on January 22 to express rising anger over the killings. |
| Rally denounces governmental failures on land, labour, education Posted: 21 Jan 2015 07:34 PM PST Activists in Mandalay staged a demonstration on January 16 in protest of what they say is the government's inability to resolve farmland disputes, labour disputes and student unrest. |
| Posted: 21 Jan 2015 07:20 PM PST Doctors Without Borders (MSF) has announced it had resumed work in parts of Myanmar's Rakhine state, nine months after its ejection from the conflict-racked region sparked a health crisis. |
| UN condemns U Wirathu’s ‘intolerable’ attack on UN rep Posted: 21 Jan 2015 06:56 PM PST The United Nations has condemned abuse directed at special rapporteur Yanghee Lee during her visit to Myanmar last week, when prominent monk U Wirathu called her a "whore" for opposing a package of laws he is pushing the government and parliament to enact. |
| China confirms nationals detained in Myanmar Posted: 21 Jan 2015 06:33 PM PST Authorities in Myanmar have detained 155 Chinese nationals for illegal logging, China's foreign ministry said on January 21, denying reports that its citizens had been trapped by an armed conflict there. |
| Tourism creates 50,000 new jobs in 2014 Posted: 21 Jan 2015 05:58 PM PST Jobs in the tourist industry increased in number by about 50,000 between 2013 and 2014, according to a government report issued this month. |
| Govt plans pregnancy support payments Posted: 21 Jan 2015 05:57 PM PST A scheme to pay expectant mothers K15,000 a month for the last six months of their pregnancy is set to kick off this year. |
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