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• Democratic transition to take years, general says
• Renewed fighting in Kachin State as peace talks to resume
• Train passengers marooned by flooding
• Muslim activists arrested in Mandalay
• SNLD to field 160 candidates
• Chin parties agree to hash out a plan for electoral cooperation
• 88 Generation backtracks over disclosing candidates
• UEC introduces accreditation process for local and international election observers
• Special police to be assigned for election security
• First phase of Coco Island jetty project done

Democratic transition to take years, general says Posted: 20 Jul 2015 08:52 PM PDT Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, commander-in-chief of the Tatmadaw, has told the BBC in an interview in Nay Pyi Taw that the military has little intention of loosening its grip on political life in the near future as the country negotiates its way along the path of "disciplined democracy".

Renewed fighting in Kachin State as peace talks to resume Posted: 20 Jul 2015 08:51 PM PDT Details are emerging of continuing clashes in northern Kachin State, where government air strikes have reportedly driven more than 1000 villagers from their homes.

Train passengers marooned by flooding Posted: 20 Jul 2015 08:45 PM PDT Torrential rain has wreaked havoc in upper Myanmar, with at least 1000 passengers stranded aboard stalled trains and merchandise bogged down, say railway officials and traders.

Muslim activists arrested in Mandalay Posted: 20 Jul 2015 08:40 PM PDT Two Muslim interfaith activists have been arrested in Mandalay under what their colleagues fear are politically motivated charges.

SNLD to field 160 candidates Posted: 20 Jul 2015 08:35 PM PDT Hopes that the two biggest Shan ethnic parties would present a united front in the November 8 election appear to have been extinguished entirely.

Chin parties agree to hash out a plan for electoral cooperation Posted: 20 Jul 2015 08:20 PM PDT Ethnic Chin political parties are racing against time to come up with an agreement on which parliamentary seats to contest in the November 8 election.

88 Generation backtracks over disclosing candidates Posted: 20 Jul 2015 08:11 PM PDT Anxious activists of the National League for Democracy will have to wait longer than expected to learn which outsiders the party is considering as its candidates for the November parliamentary elections.

UEC introduces accreditation process for local and international election observers Posted: 20 Jul 2015 08:09 PM PDT Taking some of the mystery out of how the election observer process will work, yesterday the Union Election Commission introduced an accreditation system for monitors of the upcoming polls.

Special police to be assigned for election security Posted: 20 Jul 2015 08:08 PM PDT Up to 40,000 special police constables are to be recruited to provide security for the November 8 election, it was announced yesterday.

First phase of Coco Island jetty project done Posted: 20 Jul 2015 08:07 PM PDT Yangon Region's most remote corner has just become a little more accessible. Engineers have completed the first phase of a new jetty on Coco Island, intended to make it easier for ships to visit.

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