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• Speaker, NLD leader pledge to cooperate on transition
• Rumours of bullets fly in Kachin township
• Government, ceasefire groups inch toward dialogue
• Shan armed group to meet government
• NLD leader asked to join peace process
• Next government warned to steer clear of the Myitsone
• Unregulated online beauty products evade FDA’s grasp
• Outgoing MPs eye ‘third force’ role
• Upper house pushes through six bills
• Authorities losing the battle against betel

Speaker, NLD leader pledge to cooperate on transition Posted: 19 Nov 2015 11:57 PM PST In the first of three slated, high-level transition talks, yesterday Daw Aung San Suu Kyi met with Speaker Thura U Shwe Mann at his office in Nay Pyi Taw.

Rumours of bullets fly in Kachin township Posted: 19 Nov 2015 11:56 PM PST Jumpy officials and residents in Mohnyin township, Kachin State, were yesterday prey to rumours as many fled to the safety of their relatives' homes in Myitkyina, the state capital.

Government, ceasefire groups inch toward dialogue Posted: 19 Nov 2015 11:52 PM PST A major step toward reducing the risk of military clashes near zones controlled by groups that signed last month's ceasefire agreement has been taken with the completion of a military code of conduct, the government says.

Shan armed group to meet government Posted: 19 Nov 2015 11:50 PM PST As fighting that has displaced thousands continues in central Shan State, representatives from the Shan State Progressive Party/Shan State Army-North have agreed to meet with the government's peace negotiating body.

NLD leader asked to join peace process Posted: 19 Nov 2015 11:49 PM PST Daw Aung San Suu Kyi may become involved in the peace process even before her National League for Democracy forms a government next year.

Next government warned to steer clear of the Myitsone Posted: 19 Nov 2015 11:45 PM PST Kachin activists are promising a fierce fight over the future of the suspended Myitsone dam project, with one prominent spokesperson threatening a fight "to the death" if the incoming government allowed the project to go ahead.

Unregulated online beauty products evade FDA’s grasp Posted: 19 Nov 2015 11:43 PM PST Black-market cosmetics sales are booming online, largely beyond the reach of any regulatory framework and with anecdotal evidence suggesting that a hefty proportion of the products are potentially harmful knockoffs.

Outgoing MPs eye ‘third force’ role Posted: 19 Nov 2015 11:38 PM PST As the extent of the victory by the National League for Democracy starts to sink in, some of the losers are already thinking about the future and their potential role.

Upper house pushes through six bills Posted: 19 Nov 2015 11:37 PM PST Lame-duck MPs have lost interest in their work, suggested an MP yesterday as Amyotha Hluttaw nodded through six bills submitted by the lower house without objection.

Authorities losing the battle against betel Posted: 19 Nov 2015 11:30 PM PST It's enough to make you want to spit. Efforts by Yangon city authorities to control the "undisciplined" ejection of crimson betel juice are just not working, officials say.

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