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• Relief for tourists after Pokhara flights resume
• Wa army restricts access to summit
• Delayed land-use forum scheduled for June
• YKKO says sorry over bug-in-soup controversy
• Fears as army blocks aid to Rakhine
• Business and politics on Speaker’s US itinerary
• More than 300,000 white cards returned: government
• Human smuggling set to become even bigger plight
• ‘Brain waste’ a fear for Myanmar migrant community
• ICG warns against ‘zero-sum politics’ after November vote

Relief for tourists after Pokhara flights resume Posted: 29 Apr 2015 02:32 AM PDT The atmosphere at Nepal's Pokhara airport was one of chaos mingled with relief as planes finally took off from the tourist town where visitors had been trapped since a 7.8 earthquake hit the country on April 25.

Wa army restricts access to summit Posted: 28 Apr 2015 08:42 PM PDT Most media organisations have been refused permission to attend an ethnic leaders' meeting at the headquarters of the United Wa State Army, Pangkham.

Delayed land-use forum scheduled for June Posted: 28 Apr 2015 08:39 PM PDT A national forum to finalise a draft national land-use policy will be held in Nay Pyi Taw in June, an official involved in the process said yesterday, almost six months after originally planned.

YKKO says sorry over bug-in-soup controversy Posted: 28 Apr 2015 08:38 PM PDT The apology was sincere, even fulsome. The restaurant chain YKKO wished it to be known that it was very sorry that a customer at its Tarmwe township branch had discovered an insect in her kyay-oh soup and, moreover, that the waiter who received the complaint appeared insufficiently responsive.

Fears as army blocks aid to Rakhine Posted: 28 Apr 2015 08:36 PM PDT Number of people displaced by clashes in Kyauktaw township rises, as aid groups report that the Tatmadaw has refused them access to the area.

Business and politics on Speaker’s US itinerary Posted: 28 Apr 2015 08:33 PM PDT Delegation prepares for grilling over constitutional change, the election and controversial religious bills.

More than 300,000 white cards returned: government Posted: 28 Apr 2015 08:32 PM PDT Rakhine State immigration officers have collected more than 300,000 white cards in the past four weeks, state immigration department director U Khin Soe told The Myanmar Times yesterday.

Human smuggling set to become even bigger plight Posted: 28 Apr 2015 08:28 PM PDT Already a $2 billion industry, Southeast Asia's deadly human smuggling trade stands to grow even larger under the enhanced transportation and increasingly porous borders of an integrated ASEAN, according to a new report by the UN.

‘Brain waste’ a fear for Myanmar migrant community Posted: 28 Apr 2015 08:24 PM PDT Myanmar's skilled and educated are pouring out of the country in search of better-paying jobs, leading to fears of "brain drain and brain waste", according to the International Labour Organisation.

ICG warns against ‘zero-sum politics’ after November vote Posted: 28 Apr 2015 08:16 PM PDT A leading think tank has warned of the dangers of "zero-sum politics" during the transition period following Myanmar's election this year, when questions of succession are hammered out by political leaders.

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