Friday, January 13, 2017

The Irrawaddy Magazine

The Irrawaddy Magazine


Kachin IDPs Return to Camps After Being Denied Entry at Chinese Border

Posted: 13 Jan 2017 04:58 AM PST

More than 4,000 internally displaced Kachin return to Zai Awng, Magayang and Hkau Shau camps, according to the Joint Strategy Team supporting IDPs.

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Volunteers Jump on Board Regional Govt Launch of New Rangoon Bus System

Posted: 13 Jan 2017 04:47 AM PST

Hundreds of volunteers are signing up to work with philanthropic groups, the student union, and lawmakers to ease the transition to a new bus service.

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Govt Tackles Elephantiasis

Posted: 13 Jan 2017 04:25 AM PST

Door-to-door medication campaign to eradicate the disease will target 30 million people and cost 193 million kyats.

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Two Civilians Killed by Artillery Strike in Namhsan

Posted: 13 Jan 2017 03:02 AM PST

Local sources blame the shelling on the Burma Army, but the Ministry of Defense points a finger at the TNLA.

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Union Govt Cuts Irrawaddy Division’s Supplementary Budget

Posted: 13 Jan 2017 02:53 AM PST

Only 5.562 billion kyats of Irrawaddy Division's 9.646 billion-kyat proposal is granted.

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‘Where the Land and Water End’ Exhibition

Posted: 13 Jan 2017 02:36 AM PST

A showing by German conceptual artist Wolfgang Laib is set up in Rangoon's Secretariat building.

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Burma, Bangladesh Agree to Talks on Refugees

Posted: 12 Jan 2017 09:42 PM PST

Bangladeshi Prime Minister tells foreign affairs ministry that Burma must accept back all 'Burma nationals' in Bangladesh.

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Govt Awards Fourth Telecoms License

Posted: 12 Jan 2017 09:23 PM PST

Communications minister says the new company 'will help advance telecommunication in townships [and] rural mountain towns.'

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The Salween Peace Park: A Radical, Grassroots Alternative to Development in Karen State

Posted: 12 Jan 2017 06:17 PM PST

The aim 'is to demonstrate what truly good governance could be for the Salween River Basin,' says environmentalist Paul Sein Twa.

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