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• SSA-South meets with political parties
• Assault charges for NLD security guards
• Association backs MT reporter in defamation suit
• Thilawa on the way to reparations, say officials
• South Korea to increase medical support
• Controversy ahead of UMFCCI vote
• Tributes flow for Swiss philanthropist
• Legal system holding back FDI: NLD leader
• Legal living permission in forest reserves
• HIV/AIDS, TB and malaria in line for funding boost

SSA-South meets with political parties Posted: 17 Jun 2013 08:28 AM PDT Only two of 12 points in the Shan State Army South's agreement with the government have been implemented to date, the group's commander said last week.

Assault charges for NLD security guards Posted: 17 Jun 2013 08:22 AM PDT A woman plans to press charges against NLD security guards who she says assaulted her when she tried to give a complaint letter to Daw Aung San Suu Kyi during the party leader's recent visit to Pyin Oo Lwin.

Association backs MT reporter in defamation suit Posted: 17 Jun 2013 08:17 AM PDT The Myanmar Journalists Association has criticised government officials for filing a defamation suit against a senior reporter from The Myanmar Times over coverage of a recent dispute in Mandalay Region's Madaya township.

Thilawa on the way to reparations, say officials Posted: 17 Jun 2013 08:15 AM PDT Officials have promised residents in the Thilawa Special Economic Zone that a resettlement and compensation plan will get underway "in a few months".

South Korea to increase medical support Posted: 17 Jun 2013 08:11 AM PDT South Korea is seeking medical collaboration with Myanmar in long-term medical support and technical exchange, a spokesperson for South Korea's Ministry of Health and Welfare said.

Controversy ahead of UMFCCI vote Posted: 17 Jun 2013 08:07 AM PDT Members of the country's leading business body have criticised new rules for selecting senior officials that were to be used in an election at the Yangon headquarters of the Union of Myanmar Federation of Chambers of Commerce and Industry on June 15.

Tributes flow for Swiss philanthropist Posted: 17 Jun 2013 07:46 AM PDT A Swiss hotelier and noted philanthropist died in a car accident on June 6 on the Yangon-Mandalay highway.

Legal system holding back FDI: NLD leader Posted: 17 Jun 2013 07:40 AM PDT The absence of rule of law is holding back foreign investment in Myanmar, National League for Democracy leader Daw Aung San Suu Kyi said at a public meeting on June 9.

Legal living permission in forest reserves Posted: 17 Jun 2013 06:55 AM PDT The Ministry of Environmental Conservation and Forestry will formally allow residents of 1213 villages sited in forest reserves to live in their communities legally.

HIV/AIDS, TB and malaria in line for funding boost Posted: 17 Jun 2013 06:54 AM PDT Myanmar could receive at least US$315 million from the Global Fund over the next three years to fight HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria.

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