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• Govt submits official apology to UWSA
• Panglong fractures with UWSA delegation’s indignant exit
• Peace process requires participation of young people: state counsellor
• Abuses, exploitation rife in Myanmar’s forgotten prison labour camps
• Hydropower commission probes Myitsone contract
• Chinese embassy, border town of Ruili donate K100 million for post-earthquake Bagan repairs
• Zika detection efforts to get a boost after Singapore outbreak
• Foreign Affairs Ministry sets sights on diplomatic academy
• Push for Yatkansintaung wildlife sanctuary renewed
• Police launch checkpoints at Mandalay township entrances

Govt submits official apology to UWSA Posted: 02 Sep 2016 05:33 AM PDT Government officials submitted an official apology to United Wa State Army, after the UWSA delegation angrily withdrew from the Panglong Conference yesterday.

Panglong fractures with UWSA delegation’s indignant exit Posted: 02 Sep 2016 01:00 AM PDT The second day of the 21st-century Panglong Conference was overshadowed by an early walkout of the country's most powerful ethnic armed group.

Peace process requires participation of young people: state counsellor Posted: 02 Sep 2016 12:42 AM PDT Among the points that State Counsellor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi made during her speech at the opening of the Union Peace Conference on August 31 was the important role that young people must play in the peace process.

Abuses, exploitation rife in Myanmar’s forgotten prison labour camps Posted: 02 Sep 2016 12:38 AM PDT Some 20,000 convicts toil in prison labour camps across the country, where they face abuse, exploitation and forced labour. The first installment in a Myanmar Now Special Report.

Hydropower commission probes Myitsone contract Posted: 02 Sep 2016 12:23 AM PDT The commission to scrutinise hydropower projects along the Aye­yarwady River has met with the Ministry of Electric Power and Energy to learn more about the contractual agreement with a Chinese state-owned firm underpinning the suspended Myitsone hydropower project in Kachin State.

Chinese embassy, border town of Ruili donate K100 million for post-earthquake Bagan repairs Posted: 02 Sep 2016 12:21 AM PDT The Chinese embassy in Myanmar and the Ruili municipal administration department have donated a combined K100 million (US$83,000) toward repairs for pagodas in Bagan damaged by an August 24 earthquake.

Zika detection efforts to get a boost after Singapore outbreak Posted: 02 Sep 2016 12:10 AM PDT Myanmar is planning to increase Zika surveillance after the virus was detected in several neighbouring countries this week, a health official said. The mosquito-borne disease, which has been linked to fatal birth defects, has not been detected in Myanmar.

Foreign Affairs Ministry sets sights on diplomatic academy Posted: 02 Sep 2016 12:06 AM PDT A new crop of diplomats may soon be trained at a specialised academy, parliament has heard.

Push for Yatkansintaung wildlife sanctuary renewed Posted: 01 Sep 2016 11:20 PM PDT Nature conservationists hoping to establish a wildlife sanctuary at Yatkansintaung, in Mandalay Region's Madaya township, will launch a petition this month in support of their bid, according to a member of the Mandalay branch of the Myanmar Alliance for Transparency and Accountability.

Police launch checkpoints at Mandalay township entrances Posted: 01 Sep 2016 11:18 PM PDT Police have been deployed to security checkpoints at the entrance of three major Mandalay townships in a new measure to crack down on crime, according to local officers.

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