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- Emotional farewell for flood volunteer
- Yangon security minister resigns
- Minimum wage set at K3600
- Speaker issues warning to rivals: Stay out of hluttaw
- More groups back ceasefire
- Parties flood UEC with post-deadline changes
- Accused migrants undergo new DNA tests
- Police searching for six suspects over record $106m drug find
- Workers put lives at risk inside ‘rat-hole’ coal mines
| Emotional farewell for flood volunteer Posted: 18 Aug 2015 08:00 PM PDT
More than 150 people bid farewell to aid volunteer Ko Thar Poe yesterday, after he died in a tragic car accident while returning to Yangon from flood-hit areas. |
| Yangon security minister resigns Posted: 18 Aug 2015 07:59 PM PDT Yangon Region's minister for security and border affairs has resigned to contest the November 8 election as a Union Solidarity and Development Party candidate for Coco Island. |
| Posted: 18 Aug 2015 07:57 PM PDT After months of protest and dispute, the minimum wage was finally confirmed at K3600 per day at a final meeting with employers and worker representatives yesterday. |
| Speaker issues warning to rivals: Stay out of hluttaw Posted: 18 Aug 2015 07:52 PM PDT
Pyidaungsu Hluttaw Speaker Thura U Shwe Mann yesterday warned his adversaries not to bring the fight for control of the Union Solidarity and Development Party into parliament. |
| Posted: 18 Aug 2015 07:50 PM PDT Five armed ethnic organisations have agreed to sign the nationwide ceasefire. |
| Parties flood UEC with post-deadline changes Posted: 18 Aug 2015 07:49 PM PDT Political parties are flagrantly violating election deadlines by continuing to reshuffle their selections four days after the candidate registration window closed, the Union Election Commission said yesterday. |
| Accused migrants undergo new DNA tests Posted: 18 Aug 2015 07:45 PM PDT
DNA swabs of two Myanmar defendants were retaken at the Koh Samui court yesterday, as the defence continues to contest the physical evidence against the pair, who stand accused of murder. |
| Police searching for six suspects over record $106m drug find Posted: 18 Aug 2015 07:43 PM PDT Police reject apparent link to fisheries processing plant run by former minister's son, saying he is not a suspect. |
| Workers put lives at risk inside ‘rat-hole’ coal mines Posted: 18 Aug 2015 07:38 PM PDT
Cave-ins and other accidents are common but workers believe the high pay makes it worthwhile. |
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