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• Runaway child soldiers tell of abduction and beatings
• RNP leaders resolve candidacy fight
• UEC staff to collect votes in remote areas
• Minimum wage plan prompts hundreds of complaints
• Taxi call centre to choose phones over radio
• USDP chief and ministers resign in Kayah State
• Eleven CEO targeted in street attack
• Medicine safety law planned
• World Bank to support land assessment

Runaway child soldiers tell of abduction and beatings Posted: 15 Jul 2015 08:15 PM PDT Both Ko Naing Naing Oo and Ko Kyaw Zaya were discharged through the ILO complaints mechanism.

RNP leaders resolve candidacy fight Posted: 15 Jul 2015 08:09 PM PDT The Rakhine National Party's central executive committee has met to patch up differences over selection of candidates for the November 8 vote.

UEC staff to collect votes in remote areas Posted: 15 Jul 2015 08:08 PM PDT To ensure residents in even the most remote areas have a chance to cast their ballot in November's general election, the Union Election Commission will dispatch staff to distant villages to collect votes, according to NGO workers who recently met with the election body.

Minimum wage plan prompts hundreds of complaints Posted: 15 Jul 2015 07:59 PM PDT The deadline for objections over the government-proposed minimum wage elapsed this week with an outpouring of complaints, according to the Yangon Region Committee on the Minimum Wage.

Taxi call centre to choose phones over radio Posted: 15 Jul 2015 07:58 PM PDT The crackling of the VHF radio is a frequent soundtrack to a taxi ride in many international cities, but will be absent when Yangon's first taxi call centre launches.

USDP chief and ministers resign in Kayah State Posted: 15 Jul 2015 07:57 PM PDT The chief minister and six other senior officials in Kayah State have quit from the Union Solidarity and Development Party, accusing Nay Pyi Taw of controlling where they would contest seats in the election.

Eleven CEO targeted in street attack Posted: 15 Jul 2015 07:55 PM PDT A man known as "Spider" was arrested for allegedly organising an attack on Eleven Media Group CEO U Than Htut Aung outside the company's office on the evening of July 14, according to local police.

Medicine safety law planned Posted: 15 Jul 2015 07:51 PM PDT A new law to improve the safety of medicines has been drafted by Myanmar Pharmaceutical Association.

World Bank to support land assessment Posted: 15 Jul 2015 07:48 PM PDT International experts will help the government carry out a nationwide land survey as part of the reform of the country's decades-old land governance system.

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