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• Giant bronze bell on its way to Dawei
• Ceasefire agreement still on track despite Kokang conflict
• NLD, 88 Generation to reveal plans for election
• Myanmar clarifies what will happen to 208 rescued
• Monks and nationalists plan march against boat crisis
• Malaysia begins exhuming human remains from massive network of trafficking camps
• Nullified 1990 election to be commemorated
• NLD raises the possibility of changing the national flag
• Want to lodge a complaint? It will cost you
• Local tourism companies face online competition

Giant bronze bell on its way to Dawei Posted: 25 May 2015 08:44 PM PDT A masterwork in bronze, the great bell cast in Mandalay for the Shwe Taung Sar Pagoda in Dawei, Tanintharyi Region, has begun its last journey.

Ceasefire agreement still on track despite Kokang conflict Posted: 25 May 2015 08:43 PM PDT Ethnic armed groups appear to have tacitly agreed not to allow the fallout from heavy fighting in Kokang in northern Shan State to delay the signing of the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement, it has emerged.

NLD, 88 Generation to reveal plans for election Posted: 25 May 2015 08:41 PM PDT Imprisoned together for fighting for democracy, the leaders of the 88 Generation Peace and Open Society and the National League for Democracy have announced that they will hold a joint press conference on May 30 to set out their approach to the November elections.

Myanmar clarifies what will happen to 208 rescued Posted: 25 May 2015 08:40 PM PDT More than 2500 people are still estimated to be adrift on the Andaman Sea trapped aboard abandoned smugglers' boats while Myanmar and Indonesia are preparing to repatriate a combined total of almost 1000 Bangladeshi migrants recovered from similar vessels.

Monks and nationalists plan march against boat crisis Posted: 25 May 2015 08:38 PM PDT The human tragedy unfolding over Southeast Asia's seas could soon lead to serious political ramifications in Myanmar as Buddhist nationalists announced they will join monks and religious groups in a demonstration in Yangon tomorrow against foreign pressure to aid and repatriate Muslim Rohingya migrants.

Malaysia begins exhuming human remains from massive network of trafficking camps Posted: 25 May 2015 08:32 PM PDT Malaysian police said yesterday they had found 139 grave sites and 28 abandoned detention camps used by people-smugglers and capable of housing hundreds, laying bare the grim extent of the region's migrant crisis.

Nullified 1990 election to be commemorated Posted: 25 May 2015 08:30 PM PDT Surviving members of the parliament that never convened – the winners of the 1990 general election – will mark the 25th anniversary of the event tomorrow at the Judson Centre on Pyay Road in Yangon.

NLD raises the possibility of changing the national flag Posted: 25 May 2015 08:11 PM PDT Critics say the new flag introduced in 2010 by the previous military regime fails to inspire feelings of national pride.

Want to lodge a complaint? It will cost you Posted: 25 May 2015 08:10 PM PDT Tax officials in Mandalay were this week rubbing their hands in anticipation of a windfall as a result of a new law.

Local tourism companies face online competition Posted: 25 May 2015 08:05 PM PDT Amid the good news about the rapid rise in tourism figures over the past few years there hides a small dark cloud.

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