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• Myitsone developer releases excerpts of contract agreement
• Student killed by soldier in Kachin State
• In KIA territory, old casino gets new life as college for Kachin
• State counsellor to sign MoU with Thailand on upcoming trip
• Workers protest changes at privatised garment factory
• ICJ pushes 14-step legal reform agenda
• Govt advised to include rotavirus vaccine in national schedule
• Labour groups ask ILO to open full country office in Myanmar

Myitsone developer releases excerpts of contract agreement Posted: 21 Jun 2016 02:30 PM PDT Amid continued lobbying from China to restart the controversial Myitsone dam, the development company behind the project released excerpts of the contract agreement over the weekend.

Student killed by soldier in Kachin State Posted: 21 Jun 2016 02:30 PM PDT A University student was shot dead by a government soldier during a quarrel in Myitkyina, Kachin State, on the evening of June 20.

In KIA territory, old casino gets new life as college for Kachin Posted: 21 Jun 2016 02:30 PM PDT The one-armed bandits have been replaced by desks. The bar is now a meeting room for academic administrators. And the guys sitting around the poker table are no longer betting on cards but discussing Hobbes' Leviathan. Or maybe computer science.

State counsellor to sign MoU with Thailand on upcoming trip Posted: 21 Jun 2016 02:30 PM PDT Two bilateral agreements are anticipated to be on the table when State Counsellor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi visits Thailand later this week.

Workers protest changes at privatised garment factory Posted: 21 Jun 2016 02:30 PM PDT Nearly 600 workers marched on Paleik in Singaing township yesterday, demanding the state reconsider an agreement that transferred a state-owned factory to the private sector.

ICJ pushes 14-step legal reform agenda Posted: 21 Jun 2016 02:30 PM PDT An international rule of law NGO has recommended more than a dozen concrete steps for the government to reform its ailing courts and revamp the rule of law.

Govt advised to include rotavirus vaccine in national schedule Posted: 21 Jun 2016 02:30 PM PDT Health officials are seeking vaccine intervention for a virus driving large numbers of children to the hospital.

Labour groups ask ILO to open full country office in Myanmar Posted: 21 Jun 2016 02:30 PM PDT Labour officials have asked the International Labour Organisation to set up a full country office in Myanmar.

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