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• Disappointment as military shoots down amendments
• NLD leader says military has shown people who to vote for
• Experts react to the military’s veto call
• Proposed K3600 minimum wage draws mixed response from workers, employers
• Ministry defies parliament, relaunches controversial tender
• Dengue fever cases continue to rise
• Rakhine National Party in ‘chaos’
• USDP representative prompts anger with anti-gay Facebook rant
• Palaung political leaders missing
• South Korea to fund government policy think tank

Disappointment as military shoots down amendments Posted: 25 Jun 2015 09:02 PM PDT Result was expected but elected MPs still reacted strongly to the military's decision to veto key constitutional reforms.

NLD leader says military has shown people who to vote for Posted: 25 Jun 2015 08:53 PM PDT People who want change now clearly know who to vote for, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi declared yesterday as she urged her party not to look back and to focus on the general elections ahead.

Experts react to the military’s veto call Posted: 25 Jun 2015 08:51 PM PDT U Yan Myo Thein, political observer - I want to make two proposals. The first is that Daw Aung San Suu Kyi should not participate in the 2015 election as she is responsible for a petition of 5 million signatures for amending article 436.

Proposed K3600 minimum wage draws mixed response from workers, employers Posted: 25 Jun 2015 08:47 PM PDT Garment workers and small businesses have given a mixed reaction to a proposal to set the national minimum daily wage at K3600 (US$3.20), with employers saying they will continue to campaign against it.

Ministry defies parliament, relaunches controversial tender Posted: 25 Jun 2015 08:46 PM PDT Ignoring a possible impeachment threat, Minister for Information U Ye Htut is pressing ahead with plans to put out to tender a huge project involving the 90-acre site of the Yegu transmitter.

Dengue fever cases continue to rise Posted: 25 Jun 2015 08:45 PM PDT Experts say that the rate of dengue hemorrhagic fever is rising, and may get worse as the rainy season progresses.

Rakhine National Party in ‘chaos’ Posted: 25 Jun 2015 08:31 PM PDT Politicians worry that internal dissent within RNP could play into hands of the Union Solidarity and Development Party in upcoming election.

USDP representative prompts anger with anti-gay Facebook rant Posted: 25 Jun 2015 08:27 PM PDT MP U Hla Swe boasts of having forced homosexuals to serve as porters while a Tatmadaw officer in 1980-1981.

Palaung political leaders missing Posted: 25 Jun 2015 08:26 PM PDT The Ta'ang (Palaung) National Party has sent two senior members to Mong Kung, Shan State, to investigate the disappearance of the chair and secretary of the local branch established there.

South Korea to fund government policy think tank Posted: 25 Jun 2015 08:25 PM PDT South Korea is funding the early stages of a government think tank in Nay Pyi Taw, amid hopes that it can replicate in Myanmar its own recent history of rapid economic development.

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