Monday, January 11, 2016

National News

National News

NLD says forming a government not easy

Posted: 10 Jan 2016 02:30 PM PST

The National League for Democracy held a leadership meeting yesterday to discuss appointments to the government, with a spokesperson admitting the process was facing "difficulties" and that an anxious public should not expect early answers.

Immigration grants new visa types

Posted: 10 Jan 2016 02:30 PM PST

Entry into Myanmar by foreign visitors, including businesspeople, tourists and students, will get easier starting today.

Tatmadaw rejects Arakan Army offer of talks

Posted: 10 Jan 2016 02:30 PM PST

The guns have fallen silent in western Rakhine State, at least for the moment, but the Tatmadaw has rejected an offer of dialogue from Arakan Army (AA) insurgents.

No agreement on CI for workers in Thailand

Posted: 10 Jan 2016 02:30 PM PST

A Bilateral Thai-Myanmar meeting to resolve issues relating to migrant workers in Thailand has ended inconclusively, as the Thai negotiators have referred all matters under discussion to Bangkok for a decision.

Key players to miss peace conference

Posted: 10 Jan 2016 02:30 PM PST

President U Thein Sein's showcase peace conference opens tomorrow in Nay Pyi Taw, but without several key players. Daw Aung San Suu Kyi intends to leave after opening speeches while the main ethnic armed groups at the heart of Myanmar's civil wars will boycott the entire five-day event.

Migrant activists abroad call for support from ‘oppression’

Posted: 10 Jan 2016 02:30 PM PST

A migrant workers' activist has called for greater support from the Myanmar government for workers overseas who, he said, faced "oppression" from foreign governments. The call came as Malaysian police arrested Myanmar demonstrators outside the Thai embassy in Kuala Lumpur on January 7. The demonstrators were protesting against the death sentences handed down to two Myanmar men found guilty of murder and rape in the case of two British holidaymakers in Koh Tao island, Thailand.

Firefighters injured as flames rage through Yangon market

Posted: 10 Jan 2016 02:30 PM PST

Another disastrous fire – the second in six years – has wreaked nearly K4 billion worth of damage at Yangon's Mingalar Market. More than 1630 shops were destroyed on the night of January 9, with stock in many more shops damaged by water.

Landslide lake fears spark public campaign

Posted: 10 Jan 2016 02:30 PM PST

Fearing further flood damage in the next rainy season, a group of civil society organisations in Kalay, Sagaing Region, is trying to jump-start government action to deal with a giant natural reservoir formed by a landslide. The activists fear that unless something is done to drain the 6.4-hectare (16-acre) reservoir, the city will again be engulfed by floodwaters descending from the hills.

Hluttaw committee axes capital’s road-improvement projects

Posted: 10 Jan 2016 02:30 PM PST

Legions of angry motorists are unlikely to be storming parliament to complain about cuts proposed to the capital's roads budget. The Pyidaungsu Hluttaw Joint Bill Committee wants to eliminate more than K1.2 billion earmarked for tarring roads in Nay Pyi Taw on the grounds that the city already has much bigger and better-quality roads and bridges than most other places in the country.

Gold mining, conflict threaten Indawgyi Lake

Posted: 10 Jan 2016 02:30 PM PST

Khaung Tong Creek was a 1.5-metre-deep, pristine creek some 10 years ago, but these days this important tributary of Kachin State's famed Indawgyi Lake is just a little stream some 10 centimetres (3.9 inches) deep, filled with red-brownish mud.
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