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• Refugees rue return amid housing woes
• NLD convenes plenary with sights on by-election success
• Daw Aung San Suu Kyi arrives in Japan
• Peace process discussed as Tatmadaw chief visits China
• Legal team hopeful in Koh Tao murder appeal
• Four migrants found dead in Malaysia
• Developer, Sagaing govt agree to nix hydropower project
• Thai oil firm ordered to rehire dismissed Myanmar workers
• Mandalay gets tough on poor parking
• Magwe residents allege abandoned mine still polluting

Refugees rue return amid housing woes Posted: 02 Nov 2016 12:01 AM PDT Myanmar refugees repatriated from Thailand last week say they already have regrets about their return following a disagreement with the government over the cost of their living quarters.

NLD convenes plenary with sights on by-election success Posted: 02 Nov 2016 12:00 AM PDT Leaders of the ruling National League for Democracy gathered yesterday seeking to forge a "stronger relationship" among its members as the party prepares to contest all 19 seats up for a vote in the upcoming by-election on April 1.

Daw Aung San Suu Kyi arrives in Japan Posted: 01 Nov 2016 11:58 PM PDT Foreign Minister Daw Aung San Suu Kyi arrived in Tokyo yesterday for talks with Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. This visit is her first trip to Japan since becoming her country's de facto leader earlier this year.

Peace process discussed as Tatmadaw chief visits China Posted: 01 Nov 2016 11:55 PM PDT Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, commander-in-chief of Myanmar's Defence Services, discussed the country's current peace process at a meeting with the Chinese foreign ministry's special envoy on Asian affairs, Sun Guo Xiang, yesterday in Beijing.

Legal team hopeful in Koh Tao murder appeal Posted: 01 Nov 2016 11:53 PM PDT Lawyers for two Myanmar nationals sentenced to death in Thailand are optimistic about a favourable appeal following a recent announcement from the presiding Thai court.

Four migrants found dead in Malaysia Posted: 01 Nov 2016 11:50 PM PDT Four Myanmar citizens working at a construction site in northern Malaysia were killed by a group of masked attackers on October 25, according to an official at the Myanmar embassy in Kuala Lumpur.

Developer, Sagaing govt agree to nix hydropower project Posted: 01 Nov 2016 11:49 PM PDT A hydropower project that had been under construction in Sa­gaing Region's Homalin township was scrapped after the regional government and the dam's developer, International Power Generation (IPG), came to an agreement on October 28.

Thai oil firm ordered to rehire dismissed Myanmar workers Posted: 01 Nov 2016 11:46 PM PDT The Yangon Region Arbitration Council (YARC) has ordered Thai firm PTT Exploration and Production to rehire 18 Myanmar workers who were found to have been dismissed without cause.

Mandalay gets tough on poor parking Posted: 01 Nov 2016 11:45 PM PDT Armed with wheel clamps and fixed-penalty notices, Mandalay tax officials are trying to rid the city's streets of illegally parked vehicles.

Magwe residents allege abandoned mine still polluting Posted: 01 Nov 2016 11:44 PM PDT Slag and coal dust from an abandoned mine is fouling rivers and blighting fields, say farmers in Magwe Region. They say the environmental damage caused by the mine continues to wreak havoc even after it was closed.

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