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• Parties race to meet deadline as ‘candidate virus’ strikes
• NLD warns would-be candidates to stay off social media
• Ceasefire negotiators dig in for more talks as clashes continue
• Kokang rebels support election plans
• China responds angrily to life sentences for illegal loggers
• DKBA fires officers who led recent clashes
• USDP lawmaker dies in Singapore
• UN plans to cut food to 200,000 IDPs
• Ministry approves nationwide union
• Anger as government restricts NGO registration with by-law

Parties race to meet deadline as ‘candidate virus’ strikes Posted: 23 Jul 2015 08:32 PM PDT Members are flooding parties with requests to run as candidates in the November 8 general election.

NLD warns would-be candidates to stay off social media Posted: 23 Jul 2015 08:30 PM PDT The National League for Democracy has placed a gag order on would-be parliamentary candidates, telling them to stay off Facebook and other social media and to stop giving media interviews until the party has decided who it wants to run.

Ceasefire negotiators dig in for more talks as clashes continue Posted: 23 Jul 2015 08:26 PM PDT Nationwide ceasefire talks billed as a last chance to forge a deal before the start of election campaigning look set to continue over the weekend as both sides of Myanmar's long-running conflicts haggle over details of the text and who will sign it.

Kokang rebels support election plans Posted: 23 Jul 2015 08:24 PM PDT Ethnic Chinese rebels fighting in Kokang yesterday expressed support for plans for the border region of northern Shan State to hold parliamentary elections in November with the rest of Myanmar.

China responds angrily to life sentences for illegal loggers Posted: 23 Jul 2015 08:20 PM PDT Beijing yesterday hit out at long jail sentences handed to more than 150 Chinese nationals for illegal logging in Myanmar, in the latest tremor to shake relations between the neighbours.

DKBA fires officers who led recent clashes Posted: 23 Jul 2015 08:17 PM PDT Renegade officers whose forces have clashed violently with government troops have been dismissed from the Democratic Karen Benevolent Army, the group announced yesterday.

USDP lawmaker dies in Singapore Posted: 23 Jul 2015 08:12 PM PDT The former Minster of Industry and Mandalay lawmaker infamous for his hardline politics died after suffering a cerebral haemorrhage.

UN plans to cut food to 200,000 IDPs Posted: 23 Jul 2015 08:08 PM PDT The United Nations plans to cut food aid to 200,000 people displaced by conflict in three states from next month, according to a statement released by the World Food Programme yesterday.

Ministry approves nationwide union Posted: 23 Jul 2015 08:07 PM PDT The Ministry of Labour yesterday officially approved the Confederation of Trade Unions Myanmar (CTUM) as the country's first national-level labour organisation, despite many other unions applying for similar status.

Anger as government restricts NGO registration with by-law Posted: 23 Jul 2015 08:02 PM PDT Civil society leaders have condemned the recently released by-law for the Association Law, which they say contains provisions that could be used to restrict NGO registration and activities.

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