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• 100Schools.org builds schools for free
• Monastic schools complement Myanmar education system
• India to hand over six vessels worth $81 million to Myanmar
• Enough local anti-venom to cope with snakebites
• Several frozen Myanmar accounts cleared by China
• Nearly 70 more child soldiers released: UNICEF
• NLD enforces ban against leaks of internal affairs documents
• Nationalists demand minister’s resignation

100Schools.org builds schools for free Posted: 25 Jun 2017 03:20 PM PDT 'Have school, will travel' may very well be the motto of 100Schools.org.

Monastic schools complement Myanmar education system Posted: 25 Jun 2017 03:14 PM PDT When Ko Khun Aung Htut, was 12 years-old, he used to walk eight miles a day to school, a journey that took him six hours for the round trip.

India to hand over six vessels worth $81 million to Myanmar Posted: 25 Jun 2017 03:09 PM PDT India will hand over six cargo vessels worth US$81.29 million (K110.08 billion) to the Myanmar government in Sittwe today under an agreement called the Kaladan Multi Modal Transit Transport Project.

Enough local anti-venom to cope with snakebites Posted: 25 Jun 2017 03:03 PM PDT More than 14,000 people fall victims to snakebites a year in Myanmar but the agro-based nation has enough locally produced anti-venom to cope with the problem at the Myanma Pharmaceuticals Enterprise Factory in Insein, according to an editorial in Myawaddy Daily.

Several frozen Myanmar accounts cleared by China Posted: 25 Jun 2017 03:02 PM PDT Bank accounts of several traders, which were frozen by the Agricultural Bank of China (ABC) on June 14, have now been reopened, according to Muse merchants

Nearly 70 more child soldiers released: UNICEF Posted: 25 Jun 2017 02:54 PM PDT Myanmar's military released 67 child soldiers on Friday, its first discharge this year as part of a slow process to end decades of forced recruitment of underage fighters that began under the former government.

NLD enforces ban against leaks of internal affairs documents Posted: 25 Jun 2017 02:53 PM PDT The ruling NLD banned its members from leaking to the press and social media criticisms among party members or against the government.

Nationalists demand minister’s resignation Posted: 25 Jun 2017 02:51 PM PDT Members of the Patriotic Association gathered for a protest in Yangon and Mandalay yesterday (June 25), renewing their calls for the resignation of Thura U Aung Ko as Union Minister for Religious Affairs and Culture within a week.

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