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• Military, health officials deployed as disease outbreak spreads through Naga territory
• Defeated ruling party struggles to reassert itself, prepares to revamp leadership
• Activists, employment agencies spar over ‘legal human-trafficking’ claims
• Paletwa territorial dispute reignited after Panglong summit
• Lists of ‘dos and don’ts’ for tourists coming soon
• Govt, civil society to collaborate in providing flood aid
• Dismissals at agricultural machinery factory spark protest
• Govt to meet Kokang allies in Mongla today
• State counsellor: Education must include critical thinking, less rote memorisation
• State counsellor to visit China

Military, health officials deployed as disease outbreak spreads through Naga territory Posted: 08 Aug 2016 12:48 AM PDT As reports of more deaths filter out of a remote outpost of Sagaing Region, the army has been deployed and civilian volunteers are preparing to go to the scene to render assistance. Yesterday a local MP said the death toll had risen to 40 as a mysterious disease continues to spread.

Defeated ruling party struggles to reassert itself, prepares to revamp leadership Posted: 08 Aug 2016 12:45 AM PDT Life on the sidelines is not suiting the former ruling party. After months of struggling with its much-diminished political role and watching former opposition lawmakers steer the government, the Union Solidarity and Development Party is looking to buff its reputation and reboot its image at a party conference later this month.

Activists, employment agencies spar over ‘legal human-trafficking’ claims Posted: 08 Aug 2016 12:43 AM PDT Thailand and Myanmar must agree on a migrant worker system that does not functionally result in "legal human-trafficking", activists said at a press conference last week.

Paletwa territorial dispute reignited after Panglong summit Posted: 08 Aug 2016 12:38 AM PDT Chin politicians are furious after the head of a nationalist party in neighbouring Rakhine State reopened an old territorial feud amid strides for ethnic unity.

Lists of ‘dos and don’ts’ for tourists coming soon Posted: 08 Aug 2016 12:13 AM PDT Tourists behaving badly are going to be put on notice, travel professionals have warned. A series of signboards are to be put up at popular tourist sites urging them to modify their conduct in accordance with local mores.

Govt, civil society to collaborate in providing flood aid Posted: 08 Aug 2016 12:06 AM PDT Relief workers from the government are teaming up with local civil society organisations to ensure the most effective spending of emergency funding. Nearly one-quarter of 1 million people are now receiving government assistance after being driven from their homes by flooding.

Dismissals at agricultural machinery factory spark protest Posted: 08 Aug 2016 12:00 AM PDT Workers from an agriculture machinery factory at 9 Mile in Yangon Region staged a protest against the Young Investment Group Industry Co Ltd (YIG) yesterday morning, claiming the company had fired nearly all of its employees without cause.

Govt to meet Kokang allies in Mongla today Posted: 07 Aug 2016 11:50 PM PDT As a further step toward an inclusive peace process, government negotiators are today headed to Mongla to meet with three allied ethnic armed groups that have not signed a ceasefire.

State counsellor: Education must include critical thinking, less rote memorisation Posted: 07 Aug 2016 11:43 PM PDT State Counsellor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi voiced her support for education reform with a focus on critical thinking over rote memorisation at an Education Promotion Implementation Committee seminar in Nay Pyi Taw last week.

State counsellor to visit China Posted: 07 Aug 2016 11:39 PM PDT Daw Aung San Suu Kyi will make her first trip to China as foreign minister later this month, a spokesperson confirmed yesterday.

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