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• Eyeing 2020 comeback, Rakhine's ALD party regroups
• Tatmadaw seizes four KIA outposts
• Brickyard owners off the hook
• CSOs call for protection of Kachin, Shan IDPs
• Kyaukphyu farmers threaten to sue oil pipeline company over compensation dispute
• Charity opens low-cost dialysis centre
• Hatta Clinic adds a maternity ward

Eyeing 2020 comeback, Rakhine's ALD party regroups Posted: 10 Jan 2017 12:40 AM PST After Myanmar's most successful ethnic minority party ruptured at the seams last year following the expulsion of a large faction, one of the co-founding contingents has regrouped and announced plans to contest the 2020 general election.

Tatmadaw seizes four KIA outposts Posted: 10 Jan 2017 12:35 AM PST After air strikes, the Tatmadaw has seized four more small Kachin Independence Army outposts near Lai Hpawng in Waingmaw township, according to the Ministry of Defence. The seizure follows just over two weeks from when the Tatmadaw advanced on the key Gidon mountain post last month.

Brickyard owners off the hook Posted: 10 Jan 2017 12:33 AM PST Brickyard owners who allegedly forced workers, including children, to work 19-hour shifts for minimum pay and demanded hundreds of thousands of kyat from parents who asked for the release of their children will not be facing charges, officials said.

CSOs call for protection of Kachin, Shan IDPs Posted: 10 Jan 2017 12:31 AM PST Nine civil society groups have called for an urgent end to ongoing hostilities in Kachin and Shan states as refugees face a shortage of food and supplies.

Kyaukphyu farmers threaten to sue oil pipeline company over compensation dispute Posted: 09 Jan 2017 11:37 PM PST Nearly two dozen Rakhine State farmers are threatening to sue a Chinese state-owned oil refinery unless they can reach a compromise over compensation for crops allegedly destroyed by the pipeline project.

Charity opens low-cost dialysis centre Posted: 09 Jan 2017 11:36 PM PST Kidney disease patients have a new option for low-cost dialysis. The Free Funeral Service Society (Yangon) marked its 16th anniversary on January 8 by opening the Thu Kha Dialysis Department.

Hatta Clinic adds a maternity ward Posted: 09 Jan 2017 11:35 PM PST Mothers will be able to access free healthcare for themselves and their babies at a new maternity ward, opened by the People's Health Foundation in Yangon's Thaketa township on January 5.

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