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• Amyotha Hluttaw Results: Interactive Map
• Pyithu Hluttaw Results: Interactive Map
• Ballot recount in Shan State sends USDP seat to ethnic party
• Publisher, four others jailed over calendar
• MPs push for changes to Arms Act
• YKKO manager facing charge after fire
• Government moves to bring non-ceasefire groups into dialogue
• More suspected cholera outbreaks reported
• Candidates feel heat over campaign finance deadline
• Government anti-corruption body founders

Amyotha Hluttaw Results: Interactive Map Posted: 25 Nov 2015 09:45 AM PST An interactive map of the 2015 election results of the Amyotha Hluttaw, the lower house of Myanmar's bicameral legislature, produced by Democracy Reporting International (DRI), as part of the STEP Democracy program.

Pyithu Hluttaw Results: Interactive Map Posted: 25 Nov 2015 09:20 AM PST An interactive map of the 2015 election results of the Pyithu Hluttaw, the lower house of Myanmar's bicameral legislature, produced by Democracy Reporting International (DRI), as part of the STEP Democracy program.

Ballot recount in Shan State sends USDP seat to ethnic party Posted: 25 Nov 2015 08:32 AM PST A ballot recount in Shan State has tugged an Amyotha Hluttaw seat away from the ruling party, and handed it over to the Ta'Arng (Palaung) National Party.

Publisher, four others jailed over calendar Posted: 25 Nov 2015 12:35 AM PST A Muslim publisher and four others have been detained in Insein Prison for attempting to produce a calendar containing quotes from government officials in the 1950s and 1960s using the term "Rohingya".

MPs push for changes to Arms Act Posted: 25 Nov 2015 12:33 AM PST A pre-colonial law on weapons should be updated on the basis of expert advice, two upper-house members of parliament say.

YKKO manager facing charge after fire Posted: 25 Nov 2015 12:26 AM PST Shoppers at Junction Square say they heard a loud boom, like an explosion, before a fire broke out in a popular restaurant on November 23.

Government moves to bring non-ceasefire groups into dialogue Posted: 25 Nov 2015 12:21 AM PST The government's chief ceasefire negotiator has indicated that the ethnic armed groups that refused to sign last month's nationwide ceasefire agreement still have a chance of being included in the process leading up to political dialogue.

More suspected cholera outbreaks reported Posted: 25 Nov 2015 12:20 AM PST Local politicians and relief workers in central Shan State have reported two suspected outbreaks of cholera among villagers displaced by the fighting that is focused on two townships, Kye-thi and Mine Shu/Mong Shu.

Candidates feel heat over campaign finance deadline Posted: 25 Nov 2015 12:19 AM PST With the deadline for candidates to report their campaign expenditures fast approaching, many say they are struggling to compile the records in time.

Government anti-corruption body founders Posted: 25 Nov 2015 12:17 AM PST Less than US$16,000 – that's how much the government's anti-corruption body has recovered in compensation payments since being set up more than 18 months ago.

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