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• US restores Myanmar’s trade GSP, vows end to sanctions
• Labour rights reforms and impatient unions a challenge for NLD
• Emergency Provisions Act debated in upper house
• Rejection of Rakhine advisory body approved by state hluttaw
• Govt sidesteps controversial Thanlwin in hydropower push
• US senators push for softening on Myanmar policy
• Peace process snags as UNFC sits out framework meeting
• Rakhine vaccines against Japanese encephalitis limited to capital Sittwe
• Anti-human trafficking taskforce self-evaluates
• Teen maid returns after abuse, no pay in Malaysia

US restores Myanmar’s trade GSP, vows end to sanctions Posted: 15 Sep 2016 12:02 AM PDT US President Barack Obama moved last night to restore trade benefits to Myanmar, saying broader sanctions would soon be scrapped as he hosted state counsellor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi at the White House.

Labour rights reforms and impatient unions a challenge for NLD Posted: 14 Sep 2016 11:40 PM PDT Myanmar's growing industrial workforce is becoming increasingly unionised and assertive.

Emergency Provisions Act debated in upper house Posted: 14 Sep 2016 11:15 PM PDT Discussion on abolishing the Emergency Provisions Act began in the upper house yesterday, as MPs mull a bill that would do away with national security legislation that was widely used in the past to stifle political dissent.

Rejection of Rakhine advisory body approved by state hluttaw Posted: 14 Sep 2016 11:14 PM PDT A proposal rejecting the legitimacy of the Rakhine State Advisory Commission and its activities was approved by the Rakhine State legislature yesterday during a hluttaw session, in a vote of questionable practical significance.

Govt sidesteps controversial Thanlwin in hydropower push Posted: 14 Sep 2016 11:10 PM PDT Plans for three hydropower dams in Shan State are going forward amid calls for a halt to some of the most controversial on the Thanlwin River, though none of the three projects is sited on the as-yet-undammed waterway.

US senators push for softening on Myanmar policy Posted: 14 Sep 2016 11:05 PM PDT A new bill was put forward in the United States Senate yesterday calling for an updated approach to Washington's Myanmar foreign policy that balances human rights concerns while providing for the Southeast Asian nation's economic development.

Peace process snags as UNFC sits out framework meeting Posted: 14 Sep 2016 11:01 PM PDT In a snub to the government's peace process, the largest alliance of ethnic armed groups is sitting out a two-day meeting that will lay the groundwork for the upcoming political dialogue.

Rakhine vaccines against Japanese encephalitis limited to capital Sittwe Posted: 14 Sep 2016 10:53 PM PDT A vaccine shortage is leaving hundreds of thousands of children at risk of a deadly viral outbreak in Rakhine State, health officials have said.

Anti-human trafficking taskforce self-evaluates Posted: 14 Sep 2016 10:50 PM PDT The Anti-Human Trafficking Taskforce is evaluating its past decade of work and preparing for its third five-year project, which will start in 2017.

Teen maid returns after abuse, no pay in Malaysia Posted: 14 Sep 2016 10:49 PM PDT An 18-year-old woman has returned home after a brief stint working in Malaysia as a maid for no money while suffering physical beatings, the Myanmar embassy said.

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