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• Alert level yellow as cyclonic system forms
• Myanmar Flag flies atop Everest for first time
• Forced portering breeds fear and mistrust in Rakhine
• YCDC members accept termination
• Police arrest protesters marching to Nay Pyi Taw
• State counsellor defends US sanctions
• Anti-Rohingya protesters hit Ayeyarwady Region
• Old conflict flares again in northern Shan
• Ministry to prosecute farmers living in a protected forest
• ‘Friendly’ Russian warship docks in Yangon

Alert level yellow as cyclonic system forms Posted: 19 May 2016 05:41 AM PDT The depression brewing in the Bay of Bengal has been upgraded to a cyclonic system in the early hours of this morning, and is expected to intensify before tracking northeast over Southern Bangladesh and upper Rakhine State on May 21.

Myanmar Flag flies atop Everest for first time Posted: 19 May 2016 03:38 AM PDT Ko Pyae Phyo Aung and Ko Win Ko have become the first Myanmar climbers to summit the world's highest mountain.

Forced portering breeds fear and mistrust in Rakhine Posted: 18 May 2016 02:30 PM PDT "We had never heard the word 'porter' before. Now every time anyone says it we are frightened," one of the four villagers said.

YCDC members accept termination Posted: 18 May 2016 02:30 PM PDT In a sudden reversal less than 24 hours after staging a power grab, Yangon City Development Committee members have agreed to step down.

Police arrest protesters marching to Nay Pyi Taw Posted: 18 May 2016 02:30 PM PDT Police yesterday arrested 86 factory workers who marched over 185 miles (300 kilometres) from Sagaing Region to Nay Pyi Taw.

State counsellor defends US sanctions Posted: 18 May 2016 02:30 PM PDT State Counsellor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi yesterday defended the renewal of US sanctions on Myanmar, saying they would not hurt the country as a whole and that the reasons behind them would be dealt with over time.

Anti-Rohingya protesters hit Ayeyarwady Region Posted: 18 May 2016 02:30 PM PDT Nationalist protesters campaigned through Ayeyarwady Region's capital yesterday demanding the government declare Rohingya are not an official ethnic minority.

Old conflict flares again in northern Shan Posted: 18 May 2016 02:30 PM PDT Tatmadaw aircraft were said to have bombed positions of the SSPP/SSA on March 17 as the new government stepped up preparations to hold a national peace conference.

Ministry to prosecute farmers living in a protected forest Posted: 18 May 2016 02:30 PM PDT Three farmers living on protected forest land in Sagaing Region will face legal action and their land will not be returned, a minister told parliament.

‘Friendly’ Russian warship docks in Yangon Posted: 18 May 2016 02:30 PM PDT "Friendly stopover or geopolitical chess move? It's a question some in Yangon are asking as the flagship Admiral Vinogradov of the Russian Pacific Fleet approached the port of Thilawa yesterday.

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