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• Police beat activist, then apologise at Yangon demo
• Police launch brutal crackdown on student protests
• Government reveals $928m plan to develop agriculture industry
• Gold rush at Shwedagon as donations soar
• US defends ‘equitable’ election support
• KIO, government leaders expected to meet this week
• Fresh delays for registration of migrant workers in Thailand
• Team leaves to study road safety in Australia
• Local aid group urges government to help displaced in China
• Kokang refugees return from China: report

Police beat activist, then apologise at Yangon demo Posted: 10 Mar 2015 10:07 PM PDT Police beat and detained an activist before apologising and releasing him during a demonstration in Yangon yesterday.

Police launch brutal crackdown on student protests Posted: 10 Mar 2015 04:50 AM PDT Police have launched a brutal crackdown on student protestors in Letpadan, who attempted to push through the barricades in order to continue their march on Yangon for education reform.

Government reveals $928m plan to develop agriculture industry Posted: 09 Mar 2015 09:29 PM PDT Nearly a billion US dollars is being invested in projects to support agricultural development, parliament heard yesterday.

Gold rush at Shwedagon as donations soar Posted: 09 Mar 2015 09:25 PM PDT Generous donors are showering Shwedagon Pagoda with gold. The nation's premier religious site, and its most popular tourist destination, is to receive 16,000 new gold plates this year instead of the 4000 its trustees had expected.

US defends ‘equitable’ election support Posted: 09 Mar 2015 09:23 PM PDT Sixty-seven parties, including the Union Solidarity and Development Party, have benefited from US$18 million election assistance program.

KIO, government leaders expected to meet this week Posted: 09 Mar 2015 09:22 PM PDT Secrecy surrounds a meeting that a leading peace facilitator says will be held later this week between President U Thein Sein, Commander-in-Chief Senior General Min Aung Hlaing and leaders of the Kachin Independence Organisation.

Fresh delays for registration of migrant workers in Thailand Posted: 09 Mar 2015 09:18 PM PDT More than half a million Myanmar migrant workers are stuck in limbo after Thailand announced over the weekend yet another series of deadlines and registration processes for foreign workers.

Team leaves to study road safety in Australia Posted: 09 Mar 2015 09:14 PM PDT As the death toll from road accidents continues to rise, the government is sending a high-level team to Australia to learn how to improve road safety – and save lives.

Local aid group urges government to help displaced in China Posted: 09 Mar 2015 09:09 PM PDT End War in Myanmar writes to government asking it to push China to allow humanitarian aid across the border.

Kokang refugees return from China: report Posted: 09 Mar 2015 09:07 PM PDT Civilians who fled across the border to China to escape fighting in the Kokang region are starting to return to Myanmar, according to an official delegation visiting the area, while the government is said to have asked the United Nations for humanitarian assistance.

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