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• Migrants take leap of faith away from fatherland
• Parliament pushes up age limit for Anti-Corruption Commission members
• Society struggles with sexuality education amid ambivalence
• Squatter colonies mushroom in Htee Khee border area
• Thailand frees 125 Myanmar migrants from traffickers
• Mandalay FDA shuts down four illegal bottled water factories in Meiktila
• Child rights draft seeks life sentence for rape
• Myanmar’s AIDS-related deaths decline 52% in 6 years
• Bus drivers, conductors protest loss of jobs at YBS
• Five int’l school officials detained in Insein prison

Migrants take leap of faith away from fatherland Posted: 20 Jul 2017 01:24 PM PDT "We are not happy here. But, we can't live where we are happy" said Ma Khin Mar, 47 years old, when asked about how she feels living away from home.

Parliament pushes up age limit for Anti-Corruption Commission members Posted: 20 Jul 2017 01:18 PM PDT The age limit for Anti-Corruption Commission members has been increased from 70 years to 75 years, the Pyithu Hluttaw MPs said Thursday.

Society struggles with sexuality education amid ambivalence Posted: 20 Jul 2017 01:07 PM PDT Seventeen years after it was integrated into the school curriculum, teachers, students and parents alike remain ambivalent about teaching sexuality education in schools, but experts underscored the urgency to teach the subject among the young.

Squatter colonies mushroom in Htee Khee border area Posted: 20 Jul 2017 01:02 PM PDT More squatters are building houses to do business at the Htee Khee border crossing in Tanintharyi Region, and their number has jumped almost 20 times in the past year.

Thailand frees 125 Myanmar migrants from traffickers Posted: 20 Jul 2017 12:59 PM PDT The scourge of human trafficking in the region is just not abating.

Mandalay FDA shuts down four illegal bottled water factories in Meiktila Posted: 20 Jul 2017 12:57 PM PDT Mandalay's Department of Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has shut down four bottled drinking water factories in Meiktila township which have been operating without the agency's certification.

Child rights draft seeks life sentence for rape Posted: 20 Jul 2017 12:51 PM PDT The new child rights draft law seeks a sentence of 20 years to life in prison for child rape cases, according to the draft released by Pyidaungsu Hluttaw on July 7.

Myanmar’s AIDS-related deaths decline 52% in 6 years Posted: 20 Jul 2017 12:48 PM PDT A new global report says that Myanmar's AIDS-related deaths have declined by 52 percent in six years.

Bus drivers, conductors protest loss of jobs at YBS Posted: 20 Jul 2017 12:46 PM PDT Nearly 200 bus conductors and bus drivers marched in Shwe Pyi Thar township on Thursday to protest against a plan to eliminate conductors' jobs by the Yangon Bus Service.

Five int’l school officials detained in Insein prison Posted: 20 Jul 2017 12:44 PM PDT Five officials of a company operating international schools in the country have been detained in Insein central prison in Yangon while being investigated for teaching the Myanmar language without the approval of the education ministry, a company lawyer said Thursday.

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