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• Three police hospitalised after KTV knife attack
• Myanmar maintains high opium output: report
• In Pa-O zone, no end to opium cultivation
• Garment workers protest unpaid wages
• Another jade mine disaster hits Hpakant
• Shan army meets UNFC to defuse tensions
• USDP launches reforms, but tussles over leadership
• Government eyes K80 billion revenue from phone card tax
• Political dialogue framework completed on deadline
• Brokers, govt officials collude to profit from land disputes

Three police hospitalised after KTV knife attack Posted: 15 Dec 2015 02:30 PM PST Police in Nay Pyi Taw say they are hunting eight men who allegedly slashed three off-duty officers at a KTV lounge in the early hours of yesterday morning.

Myanmar maintains high opium output: report Posted: 15 Dec 2015 02:30 PM PST Opuim poppy cultivation in Myanmar has stabilised for the third year in a row, following consecutive year-on-year increases since 2006, a new UN report revealed yesterday.

In Pa-O zone, no end to opium cultivation Posted: 15 Dec 2015 02:30 PM PST A genuine ceasefire agreement between the government and armed groups is needed to tackle poppy cultivation in the Pa-O Self-Administered Zone, local groups say.

Garment workers protest unpaid wages Posted: 15 Dec 2015 02:30 PM PST More than 200 workers at Htate Tan Myanmar garment factory in Hlaing Tharyar township's industrial zone 4 have been protesting in support of a demand for unpaid wages since December 14.

Another jade mine disaster hits Hpakant Posted: 15 Dec 2015 02:30 PM PST Another deadly landslide struck the jade mines in Kachin State on December 14. At least one death has been confirmed, while up to 20 others are feared dead in the slag-heap collapse.

Shan army meets UNFC to defuse tensions Posted: 15 Dec 2015 02:30 PM PST The head of the Shan State Army-South held talks with other armed groups in Chiang Mai yesterday in an effort to defuse tensions following clashes in northern Shan State.

USDP launches reforms, but tussles over leadership Posted: 15 Dec 2015 02:30 PM PST Shocked by the scale of its defeat in last month's elections, the military-backed Union Solidarity and Development Party is launching reforms to rebuild from the roots, eying a 2020 comeback.

Government eyes K80 billion revenue from phone card tax Posted: 15 Dec 2015 02:30 PM PST The top-up tax is coming back, MPs heard yesterday. Hoping to raise K80 billion (US$61.67 million) in revenue, finance minister U Win Shein told the Pyidaungsu Hluttaw that the unpopular tax, suspended days before its planned introduction last June because of public outrage, would be applied from the beginning of the next financial year.

Political dialogue framework completed on deadline Posted: 15 Dec 2015 02:30 PM PST After much wrangling, the representatives to participate in the ceasefire's peace dialogue have been chosen, and just in time to meet yesterday's deadline.

Brokers, govt officials collude to profit from land disputes Posted: 15 Dec 2015 02:30 PM PST "Shameless" brokers are conspiring with corrupt government officials and strong-arm gangs to profit from the country's creaking court system, a senior ruling-party MP has told parliament.

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