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• Myitsone looms large ahead of China meet
• Government eyes border milestones
• Lower house shoots down sanctions motion
• Government envisions Union peace dialogue every six months
• Pre-Panglong Mon meet-up aims to fortify ethnic solidarity
• Myanmar ASEAN Youth to focus on education and environment
• Seized timber under military microscope in Pyin Oo Lwin
• Poets gather K14m for flood victims and measles patients
• 100-day plan business as usual
• Committee to oversee Nay Pyi Taw market

Myitsone looms large ahead of China meet Posted: 16 Aug 2016 12:57 AM PDT China-backed developments are expected to loom large during Foreign Minister Daw Aung San Suu Kyi's upcoming visit to China, as many anticipate striking a deal on the suspended Myitsone dam project will be the order of the day.

Government eyes border milestones Posted: 16 Aug 2016 12:54 AM PDT Diplomatic negotiations are under way to finalise construction for milestones along demarcation lines at Myanmar's Thai and Indian border points, vice minister for Foreign Affairs U Kyaw Tin told the lower house yesterday.

Lower house shoots down sanctions motion Posted: 16 Aug 2016 12:52 AM PDT A proposal that the government should lobby for the removal of US economic sanctions has been shot down in the lower house, after the motion was submitted by a Union Solidarity and Development Party member.

Government envisions Union peace dialogue every six months Posted: 16 Aug 2016 12:49 AM PDT Without peace there will not be any economic development, State Counsellor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi said yesterday as chair of the Union Peace Dialogue Joint Committee (UPDJC), while a senior member of her government revealed its plan to hold high-level peace conferences every six months.

Pre-Panglong Mon meet-up aims to fortify ethnic solidarity Posted: 16 Aug 2016 12:45 AM PDT Mon nationalists will gather ahead of the 21st-century Panglong Conference late this month in a bid to shore up ethnic solidarity among civil society organisations, the armed group and the political parties that champion the minority's interests.

Myanmar ASEAN Youth to focus on education and environment Posted: 16 Aug 2016 12:44 AM PDT The Myanmar ASEAN Youth Organization will hold events focused on the development of education and the environment in its 2016-18 strategic plan, Myanmar branch president Ko Min Waiyan Win Ko said yesterday.

Seized timber under military microscope in Pyin Oo Lwin Posted: 16 Aug 2016 12:42 AM PDT The Tatmadaw is responsible for taking action in a case involving more than 300 tonnes of illegally harvested timber in Pyin Oo Lwin township, Mandalay Region, which was discovered last month in a protected forest area cordoned off for military research.

Poets gather K14m for flood victims and measles patients Posted: 16 Aug 2016 12:39 AM PDT The Myanmar Poets Union raised more than K14 million for flood victims and measles patients over a one-week period by selling hand-written poems and drawings by Myanmar artists, said Ma Eain Dra, who is charge of the organisation's finances.

100-day plan business as usual Posted: 16 Aug 2016 12:37 AM PDT The National League for Democracy's much-touted 100-day plan for its few months in office did not see a marked increase in productivity, say representatives of three ministries.

Committee to oversee Nay Pyi Taw market Posted: 16 Aug 2016 12:36 AM PDT Nay Pyi Taw City Development Committee's Market Department is forming a Market Development Committee to oversee issues relating to the Zabuthiri township market.

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