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• Kawlin residents brace for more disastrous, record-high floods
• For Kachin IDPs, going home is impossible ‘without lasting peace’
• Parents call for improved teaching methods as exam results revealed
• Flood-affected towns in Rakhine urgently need aid
• Turkish foreign minister offers to help with Rakhine issue
• Probe into gems fund leads to calls for chair’s removal
• FDA announces plans to set official medical prices
• China promotes Myitsone dam
• Illegal crab farm shut down, faces lawsuit
• Ministry promotes more water efficient crops

Kawlin residents brace for more disastrous, record-high floods Posted: 13 Jun 2016 02:30 PM PDT Hunkering down in a natural valley set amid deforested mountains, Kawlin township is waiting for the floods to return.

For Kachin IDPs, going home is impossible ‘without lasting peace’ Posted: 13 Jun 2016 02:30 PM PDT Even though internally displaced person (IDP) camps in areas controlled by the Kachin Independence Army have not yet faced ration cuts, there is concern about potential food shortages in the event that local and international donors reduce funding.

Parents call for improved teaching methods as exam results revealed Posted: 13 Jun 2016 02:30 PM PDT Just over one-third of students who sat for their matriculation exams this year in Mandalay Region have passed, the Department of Basic Education announced. The result is higher than the national pass rate of 29.9 percent announced in state media this weekend.

Flood-affected towns in Rakhine urgently need aid Posted: 13 Jun 2016 02:30 PM PDT Flooding in southern Rakhine State has left hundreds of people homeless and without enough to eat as torrential rain battered the area last weekend.

Turkish foreign minister offers to help with Rakhine issue Posted: 13 Jun 2016 02:30 PM PDT Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said his country wants to cooperate with the Myanmar government in dealing with inter-communal conflict in Rakhine State.

Probe into gems fund leads to calls for chair’s removal Posted: 13 Jun 2016 02:30 PM PDT The probe into an alleged US$100 million gems fund heist has only become more convoluted with the addition of counter-investigations and infighting within the association that launched the initial complaint.

FDA announces plans to set official medical prices Posted: 13 Jun 2016 02:30 PM PDT In an ongoing effort to clamp down on the illegal and unregulated pharmaceutical black market, a Food and Drug Administration director announced plans yesterday to institute official retail prices.

China promotes Myitsone dam Posted: 13 Jun 2016 02:30 PM PDT Chinese officials are working hard to sell the Myitsone dam amid continued silence from the government about the suspended mega-project in Kachin State.

Illegal crab farm shut down, faces lawsuit Posted: 13 Jun 2016 02:30 PM PDT The government has stepped into a dispute in Ayeyarwady Region where local farmers complained that their land was contaminated by seawater because of the operations of a crab farm. The farm has been closed, and the home affairs ministry has threatened to take legal action after a complaint by local paddy farmers.

Ministry promotes more water efficient crops Posted: 13 Jun 2016 02:30 PM PDT Taking precautions against drought, the Ministry of Agriculture is encouraging farmers to stop growing summer paddy in areas where water is scarce, according to deputy minister U Tun Win.

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