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• More than half of child labourers face workplace risks
• Sand miners stage protest after eviction notice
• Proposed amendments raise statutory rape age to 15
• Maha Myat Muni Pagoda smoking ban this month
• Checks and balances weaker under NLD
• Land compensation issue remains unresolved
• Thousands of civilians forced to flee amid clashes in Tanai
• Runaway rubbish threatens to overwhelm Yangon

More than half of child labourers face workplace risks Posted: 12 Jun 2017 02:11 PM PDT More than 600,000 of Myanmar's 1.3 million working children faced physical, mental and moral danger in the workplace in 2015, according to a study by the Ministry of Labour and the International Labour Organisation.

Sand miners stage protest after eviction notice Posted: 12 Jun 2017 02:06 PM PDT An eviction notice given to sand miners at Pay Pin port in the Mandalay Region has disrupted operations and threatens the livelihood of 12 miners and 150 workers.

Proposed amendments raise statutory rape age to 15 Posted: 12 Jun 2017 01:56 PM PDT An amendment has been proposed to raise the minimum age of statutory rape to 15 years in the marriage laws of Myanmar to be line with the revised Penal Code.

Maha Myat Muni Pagoda smoking ban this month Posted: 12 Jun 2017 01:54 PM PDT The smoking ban at the Maha Myat Muni Pagoda viewing platforms in the Mandalay Region will come in to effect from the third week of this month, said Pagoda trustee secretary, U Kyaw Kyaw Oo.

Checks and balances weaker under NLD Posted: 12 Jun 2017 01:51 PM PDT Checks and balances among the three branches of government – the legislative, the executive and the judiciary – have weakened since National League for Democracy took over as ruling party, the rival Union Solidarity and Development Party's officials said in a press conference.

Land compensation issue remains unresolved Posted: 12 Jun 2017 01:47 PM PDT Although a verbal promise had been made for compensation to be paid for lands which were seized from a subsidiary of a Chinese firm Wanbao Mining, Myanmar Yang Tse is still operating the Sabetaung and Kyisintaung mines beside Letpadaung.

Thousands of civilians forced to flee amid clashes in Tanai Posted: 12 Jun 2017 01:43 PM PDT Thousands of civilians have fled Tanai town in Kachin state as clashes intensified between the Tatmadaw and the Kachin Independence Army (KIA).

Runaway rubbish threatens to overwhelm Yangon Posted: 12 Jun 2017 01:37 PM PDT Yangon generates about 2800 tonnes of rubbish daily and this waste now poses a very real threat during the monsoon season as it chokes drainage, which is a major cause of flooding in the city.

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