Monday, January 4, 2016

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National News

Military accused of ceasefire breach

Posted: 03 Jan 2016 02:30 PM PST

In the first reported breach of the nationwide ceasefire agreement, the Restoration Council of Shan State (RCSS) has accused the government of violating the terms of the accord by attacking its forces in the southeast of the state.

Network chooses two for global youth meet

Posted: 03 Jan 2016 02:30 PM PST

Two outstanding young people have been chosen to represent their organisations, and their country, in an international leadership program. The National Youth Congress (NYC) of Myanmar selected Ko Saw Thura Aung and Ma Su Pone Chit to go abroad next year, selection board member Ko Thet Swe Win told The Myanmar Times yesterday.

Stay or go: Abused migrants face tough choice in Singapore

Posted: 03 Jan 2016 02:30 PM PST

After facing abuse and battery at the hands of their employer, Myanmar domestic workers in Singapore are confronted with a difficult choice: stay and press charges, in often lengthy investigations that rehash their pain, or return home and relinquish any opportunity for recompense.

NLD under pressure over Koh Tao

Posted: 03 Jan 2016 02:30 PM PST

A leading nationalist monk has called on the National League for Democracy to stand up for the two young Myanmar men sentenced to death in Thailand and says more protests against their conviction will be staged in Yangon tomorrow.

Anger as officials decree landmark lake a pond

Posted: 03 Jan 2016 02:30 PM PST

When is a lake not a lake? Tchaikovsky never wrote the ballet Swan Pond. King Arthur did not receive his sword Excalibur from The Lady of the Pond. Wordsworth never sought his poetic muse in England's Pond District.
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