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• One man’s bid to stop the flood
• Yangon bus fare reform plan wins public backing
• Red tape holds up PR applications
• S Korea assists flood-hit Bago
• Visitor numbers up at UNESCO site
• Stranded Myanaung residents appeal for help
• Forced marriage tops list of trafficking cases
• President axes Shwe Mann
• New party leaders shutter the speaker’s mouthpieces
• Ex-generals enter USDP, election fold

One man’s bid to stop the flood Posted: 13 Aug 2015 07:39 PM PDT For more than a week, U San Win has slept on the embankment above his village, watching to make sure it doesn't submerge much of Ayeyarwady Region.

Yangon bus fare reform plan wins public backing Posted: 13 Aug 2015 07:38 PM PDT Transport authorities plan to scrap the distinction between "ordinary" and "special" buses, setting fares for both types of bus at the same level. The decision, which will be implemented before the end of the year, has been welcomed by bus owners and passengers.

Red tape holds up PR applications Posted: 13 Aug 2015 07:38 PM PDT Applications for permanent resident status seem to be in limbo, as officials juggle the schedules of the senior ministers and others involved in examining them, including the Union cabinet and the President's Office.

S Korea assists flood-hit Bago Posted: 13 Aug 2015 07:37 PM PDT The South Korean government has donated relief goods worth US$100,000 to flood victims in Bago Region.

Visitor numbers up at UNESCO site Posted: 13 Aug 2015 07:36 PM PDT Since being listed as a World Heritage Site, the ancient city of Sri Ksetra has seen a surge of visitors, the department of Archaeology and National Museum told The Myanmar Times yesterday.

Stranded Myanaung residents appeal for help Posted: 13 Aug 2015 07:33 PM PDT Thousands of flood victims from Myanaung township, Ayeyarwady Region, stranded on the embankment of Kywe Gaung Gyi Dam are calling for urgent aid, after nine surrounding villages were submerged.

Forced marriage tops list of trafficking cases Posted: 13 Aug 2015 07:33 PM PDT More than half Myanmar's cases of human trafficking so far this year involved forced marriages to Chinese men, police said yesterday.

President axes Shwe Mann Posted: 13 Aug 2015 02:30 PM PDT Thura U Shwe Mann has been ousted from his post as leader of the ruling Union Solidarity and Development Party after a midnight police swoop on party headquarters. The removal of the party chair was one among several overhauls of key USDP figures announced yesterday in a rupture that exposed long-rumoured power struggles between different factions of the military-aligned party.

New party leaders shutter the speaker’s mouthpieces Posted: 13 Aug 2015 02:30 PM PDT Two newspapers seen as mouthpieces for the ousted chair of the Union Solidarity and Development Party, Thura U Shwe Mann, have been closed. The move came within 24 hours of the removal of the Pyidaungsu Hluttaw Speaker from his leading position in the party.

Ex-generals enter USDP, election fold Posted: 13 Aug 2015 02:30 PM PDT Military control of the ruling Union Solidarity and Development Party appeared to intensify after a host of newly retired senior officers emerged as parliamentary candidates in the elections scheduled for November 8.

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