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• Nothing gained or lost for ASEAN chair
• Residents spurn low-cost housing move
• Students continue education protest
• Manaw Festival set to return to Kachin State
• Community policing program aims to gain the trust of the public
• Daw Suu warns against over-optimism about reforms
• Body of journalist exhumed
• Protesters demand answers in shooting
• YCDC certifies 291 candidates for election
• November rain

Nothing gained or lost for ASEAN chair Posted: 09 Nov 2014 08:16 PM PST The second ASEAN Summit for 2014 will be held in Nay Pyi Taw from November 12 to 13 and, as Kyaw Lin Oo reports, it has been business as usual for Myanmar and the other member countries in 2014.

Residents spurn low-cost housing move Posted: 09 Nov 2014 07:06 PM PST Up to 5000 households face eviction as they defy government attempts to rehouse them in low-cost apartments they say are too expensive.

Students continue education protest Posted: 09 Nov 2014 07:04 PM PST Students have pledged to keep opposing the National Education Law signed last week by President U Thein Sein despite repeated protests.

Manaw Festival set to return to Kachin State Posted: 09 Nov 2014 06:58 PM PST Myitkyina's multiday Manaw Festival will be held January 5 to 11, 2015, organisers have announced, following a three-year hiatus due to instability in Kachin State.

Community policing program aims to gain the trust of the public Posted: 09 Nov 2014 06:57 PM PST "May I help you?" Such is the friendly tone police officers are seeking to assume in dealing with the public as the force reinvents itself as a community service, while shedding a rather more sinister reputation.

Daw Suu warns against over-optimism about reforms Posted: 09 Nov 2014 06:20 PM PST Don't get your hopes up about reforms in Myanmar, opposition leader Daw Aung San Suu Kyi has warned the heads of state and government that will be visiting the country this week.

Body of journalist exhumed Posted: 09 Nov 2014 05:30 PM PST The body of slain journalist Ko Par Gyi was exhumed on November 5 and sent for a post-mortem at Mawlamyine township hospital by a forensic specialist team the same day.

Protesters demand answers in shooting Posted: 09 Nov 2014 05:29 PM PST Activists and students from across upper Myanmar held a second protest in Mandalay last week, continuing to demand that the government reveal how freelance reporter Ko Par Gyi came to die in military custody.

YCDC certifies 291 candidates for election Posted: 09 Nov 2014 05:27 PM PST The Yangon City Development Committee (YCDC) last week revealed a list of nearly 300 candidates for its upcoming election, scheduled to be held on December 27.

November rain Posted: 09 Nov 2014 04:26 PM PST Lower Myanmar will continue to experience wet weather through mid-November as the result of a series of storms in the Bay of Bengal, an official from the Department of Meteorology and Hydrology (DMH) said last week.

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