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• Health officials want better contraception supply chain
• Thailand, Myanmar seek to double trade
• No arrests to be made after Bago mob violence, chief minister says
• Nearly 200 refugees to be repatriated from Thailand
• Managerial reshuffle ordered at Mon State’s Kyaikhtiyo Pagoda
• Tatmadaw chief stresses NCA as bedrock for peace
• HRW urges reform of laws suppressing free speech
• Union government takes control of Shwedagon Pagoda board of trustees
• 106 unofficial hotel rooms on Mt Kyaikhtiyo to close
• U Gambira hit with extra charges over 2012 incident

Health officials want better contraception supply chain Posted: 30 Jun 2016 12:17 AM PDT Myanmar women would like to have more access to reproductive health resources, according to surveys conducted by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and the Public Health Department under the Ministry of Health and Sports.

Thailand, Myanmar seek to double trade Posted: 29 Jun 2016 02:30 PM PDT In the latest move to strengthen ties with its neighbouring country, the government announced yesterday that trade with Thailand will double.

No arrests to be made after Bago mob violence, chief minister says Posted: 29 Jun 2016 02:30 PM PDT Amid growing demands that the government take action against perpetrators of a mob attack that destroyed a mosque, officials announced yesterday that no legal recourse will be pursued.

Nearly 200 refugees to be repatriated from Thailand Posted: 29 Jun 2016 02:30 PM PDT The government is planning to repatriate nearly 200 refugees from camps in Thailand after they were displaced by clashes, according to a statement released by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs yesterday evening.

Managerial reshuffle ordered at Mon State’s Kyaikhtiyo Pagoda Posted: 29 Jun 2016 02:30 PM PDT Amid allegations of corruption, overcharging, allowing unsanitary conditions and managerial weakness, the government has called for the establishment of a new board of trustees at Kyaikhtiyo Pagoda in Mon State, one of the country's most iconic religious sites.

Tatmadaw chief stresses NCA as bedrock for peace Posted: 29 Jun 2016 02:30 PM PDT With the so-called nationwide ceasefire agreement as its "foundation," the new government's peace process will have the Tatmadaw's full support as a cohesive actor ensuring the accord's terms are honoured, the military chief said yesterday.

HRW urges reform of laws suppressing free speech Posted: 29 Jun 2016 02:30 PM PDT The new government must "dismantle the infrastructure of repression", a new report from Human Rights Watch says.

Union government takes control of Shwedagon Pagoda board of trustees Posted: 29 Jun 2016 02:30 PM PDT Religious Affairs Minister Thura U Aung Ko has already announced changes to the board of trustees at the famed Kyaikhtiyo Pagoda in Mon State and has now turned his attention to the most famous site of all: Shwedagon Pagoda.

106 unofficial hotel rooms on Mt Kyaikhtiyo to close Posted: 29 Jun 2016 02:30 PM PDT A hotel serving one of the country's most iconic religious and tourism sites has been ordered to close nearly half its rooms. Thura U Aung Ko, Union minister for religious affairs and culture, said the seven-storey Yo Yo Lay Hotel had to knock down 106 unauthorised rooms on its Mount Kyaikhtiyo property within the next month.

U Gambira hit with extra charges over 2012 incident Posted: 29 Jun 2016 02:30 PM PDT Ahead of his slated July 1 release date, former monk and Saffron Revolution leader U Gambira will face criminal hearings in two Yangon townships.

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