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• ‘Homemade explosives’ blamed for Capital Hypermarket blasts
• China calls for ‘restraint’ in wake of coordinated Shan State border attacks
• HRW satellite data shows 1250 Maungdaw structures destroyed
• USDP tackles economics at Nay Pyi Taw seminar
• Hydropower review taskforce stalls, waiting for instructions
• Protest seeks K5600 minimum wage
• Advocates to push hluttaw for more spending on children
• Parliament approves amended ward, village tract law
• Mandalay chief minister warns civil servants against corruption
• Two MPs replaced by NLD runners-up

‘Homemade explosives’ blamed for Capital Hypermarket blasts Posted: 22 Nov 2016 12:20 AM PST Four different explosions that rocked a supermarket in Yangon on November 20 were caused by "homemade explosives" planted throughout the shopping complex, according to managers at the market. The explosives appear to have caused limited damage and no injuries.

China calls for ‘restraint’ in wake of coordinated Shan State border attacks Posted: 22 Nov 2016 12:13 AM PST The Chinese embassy in Yangon yesterday urged all parties in the conflict that flared this week in northern Shan State "to exercise restraint by taking concrete and effective measures for an immediate ceasefire, so as to resume peace in the China-Myanmar border area as soon as possible".

HRW satellite data shows 1250 Maungdaw structures destroyed Posted: 22 Nov 2016 12:12 AM PST More than 1200 houses have been destroyed in northern Rakhine State, according to an analysis of satellite images by Human Rights Watch released yesterday.

USDP tackles economics at Nay Pyi Taw seminar Posted: 22 Nov 2016 12:06 AM PST Ending 12 months of near-silence, the former ruling Union Solidarity and Development Party has attacked the current government's failure to improve the social and economic conditions of the country.

Hydropower review taskforce stalls, waiting for instructions Posted: 22 Nov 2016 12:04 AM PST A commission member on the taskforce reviewing hydropower projects said the team has yet to hear back from the president about the first submitted report, which is believed to have advised cancelling the controversial, Chinese-backed Myitsone dam.

Protest seeks K5600 minimum wage Posted: 22 Nov 2016 12:02 AM PST More than 2000 factory workers staged a protest this weekend in Yangon's Hlaing Tharyar township, demanding that the government increase the daily minimum wage in light of rising costs of living and inflation.

Advocates to push hluttaw for more spending on children Posted: 22 Nov 2016 12:00 AM PST The Ministry of Social Welfare is eyeing a special fund for children, with a request set to go before the hluttaw as budgets for the 2017-18 financial year go up for assessment.

Parliament approves amended ward, village tract law Posted: 21 Nov 2016 11:58 PM PST The third iteration of an amendment bill to the controversial Ward and Village Tract Administration Law cleared the Pyidaungsu Hluttaw yesterday, after protracted discussions – and some disagreement – between the two houses of parliament.

Mandalay chief minister warns civil servants against corruption Posted: 21 Nov 2016 11:42 PM PST In the wake of a Pyin Oo Lwin bribery scandal, Mandalay's chief minister pleaded with the region's public servants to stamp out corruption in their ranks and put the people they serve first.

Two MPs replaced by NLD runners-up Posted: 21 Nov 2016 11:41 PM PST Two Union Solidarity and Development Party lawmakers who were stripped of their seats last week have been replaced by a pair of National League for Democracy representatives following the decision of a special electoral tribunal.

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