Thursday, January 12, 2017

National News

National News

Former ambassador appointed as the president’s ‘National Security Advisor’

Posted: 12 Jan 2017 12:39 AM PST

Career civil servant and former ambassador under the junta, U Thaung Tun has been appointed to the newly created role of National Security Advisor.

Thousands flee Kachin IDP camps amid escalating fighting

Posted: 12 Jan 2017 12:38 AM PST

At least 4000 people who fled their IDP camps for China amid heavy fighting yesterday were pushed back across the border to Kachin State the same day, according to local organisations working in the area.

Magwe judge absconds

Posted: 12 Jan 2017 12:37 AM PST

A judge wanted on corruption charges and facing trial in connection to multiple counts of bribe-taking is believed to have fled the country, according to the Anti-Corruption Commission.

21 farmers released on bail

Posted: 12 Jan 2017 12:36 AM PST

Twenty-one Mandalay Region farmers were released on bail this week after the Tatmadaw pressed charges relating to a nearly two-decades-old land dispute.

Embassy seeks compensation for murdered migrant workers

Posted: 11 Jan 2017 11:32 PM PST

The Myanmar embassy in Malaysia is seeking to negotiate compensation for the families of five murdered migrant workers, an official said yesterday.

Youth, women key to economic growth

Posted: 11 Jan 2017 11:31 PM PST

To join the "Asian Tiger" economies of the neighbouring countries, Myanmar must invest more in its youth, the UN Population Fund has said following a new examination of demographic trends from the 2014 census.
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