Monday, June 8, 2015

National News

National News

Students divided over talks with NLD

Posted: 07 Jun 2015 08:07 PM PDT

At least two student unions boycotted a meeting in Yangon yesterday called by Daw Aung San Suu Kyi to discuss the controversial National Education Law.

Repatriation expected to begin today as Rakhine plan protest

Posted: 07 Jun 2015 08:00 PM PDT

Myanmar is expected today to repatriate 150 Bangladeshis rescued from abandoned human smuggling boats, while Rakhine State nationalists have announced plans to protest against the government hosting nearly 800 other people found adrift at sea.

Political prisoner list grows

Posted: 07 Jun 2015 08:00 PM PDT

The number of political prisoners in Myanmar continued to grow last month, according to the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners, although a slightly lower number are on trial.

No return in sight for Kachin IDPs

Posted: 07 Jun 2015 07:50 PM PDT

An estimated 100,000 are living in camps across Kachin and northern Shan states as the conflict enters its fifth year.

Disabled still face formidable social barriers

Posted: 07 Jun 2015 07:48 PM PDT

Of all the barriers faced by people with disabilities, the most troublesome are social barriers, participants in a workshop on the disabled have been told.

Chinlone festival kicks off in Mandalay

Posted: 07 Jun 2015 07:44 PM PDT

Teams have been flocking in from all over the world to compete in this year's Waso chinlone festival in Mandalay, organisers say.

Experts call for ‘change of tactics’ to tackle human trafficking trade

Posted: 07 Jun 2015 07:42 PM PDT

For Ma Nan, now 18, crossing the border was simple enough. When she approached the checkpoint, the broker from Kengtung in Shan State who had promised her a job in Thailand gave money to officers on the Myanmar side and their car was allowed to pass.
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