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• Stalemate after DPN, government meet
• Unidentified falling object in Hpakant
• Eleven Media reps appear for questioning, transferred to Insein
• Court hears testimony of abused girls’ homecoming
• Karen National Union pushes congress back to March
• America, Myanmar respond to shock Trump victory
• Cargo ferry goes down on the Chindwin
• KNU, WWF ink pact
• Yangon picks up its trash in volunteer effort
• ANP to throw hat into by-election ring

Stalemate after DPN, government meet Posted: 11 Nov 2016 12:45 AM PST Talks between the government's peace commission and a delegation representing an ethnic bloc concluded yesterday without reaching any agreements.

Unidentified falling object in Hpakant Posted: 11 Nov 2016 12:44 AM PST A piece of an aircraft, believed to be an engine, struck a Hpakant jade mine near Kachin State's Hmaw His Zar village early yesterday morning, according to state officials and locals.

Eleven Media reps appear for questioning, transferred to Insein Posted: 11 Nov 2016 12:44 AM PST UPDATE: Eleven Media Group CEO U Than Htut Aung and chief editor U Wai Phyo were transferred to Insein Prison this afternoon after appearing for questioning at Tarmwe township Police Station. Eleven Media is facing a defamation suit brought by the Yangon Region government over a story it recently published alluding to potentially shady dealings involving the chief minister.

Court hears testimony of abused girls’ homecoming Posted: 11 Nov 2016 12:43 AM PST The village administrator who witnessed two girls being returned from the Ava Tailoring shop to their homes in Kawhmu township following a police complaint on grievous abuse charges offered his testimony yesterday.

Karen National Union pushes congress back to March Posted: 11 Nov 2016 12:41 AM PST The Karen National Union's central executive committee has decided to hold the KNU 16th Congress in March, postponing a meet-up that had originally been scheduled for this month.

America, Myanmar respond to shock Trump victory Posted: 11 Nov 2016 12:39 AM PST In 2015 she watched the National League for Democracy claim an enormous and historic election victory. In 2016, she saw Donald Trump seize the US presidency in an election result few had anticipated.

Cargo ferry goes down on the Chindwin Posted: 11 Nov 2016 12:39 AM PST A cargo ferry carrying oil barrels has capsized in Sagaing Region, along the same route where a ferry accident last month claimed the lives of at least 73 people.

KNU, WWF ink pact Posted: 11 Nov 2016 12:38 AM PST An international conservationist group and a major ethnic armed group have signed an agreement to preserve the environment. The Karen National Union (KNU) and the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) Myanmar signed the memorandum of understanding to protect wildlife in a zone controlled by the KNU in Chiang Mai, Thailand, on November 8.

Yangon picks up its trash in volunteer effort Posted: 11 Nov 2016 12:24 AM PST About 100 Yangon residents spent an hour picking up trash downtown yesterday.

ANP to throw hat into by-election ring Posted: 11 Nov 2016 12:14 AM PST In spite of recent internal ructions, the Arakan National Party plans to compete in the April by-election.

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