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• Yangon marks Independence Day
• Mong Koe church leaders missing
• Rakhine commission releases interim report
• KNU officer, actor fight over Kyaikto plot
• Tatmadaw, Northern Alliance continue to clash in 2017
• YCDC files complaint against street vendors after altercation
• CSOs prepare for peace forum
• Municipal officials threaten unauthorised leafleters with fines
• Former President U Thein Sein wins regional award

Yangon marks Independence Day Posted: 05 Jan 2017 12:25 AM PST After a break of nearly three decades, veterans of the Burmese Independence Army (BIA) and the Burmese Defence Army (BDA) and their families have been welcomed to attend the ceremony marking Independence Day.

Mong Koe church leaders missing Posted: 05 Jan 2017 12:24 AM PST The families of a missing pastor and a church youth leader filed a report with police in Muse township yesterday. The Baptist church officials have been missing for nearly two weeks after they were last seen on the evening of December 24.

Rakhine commission releases interim report Posted: 05 Jan 2017 12:22 AM PST In its first report, the investigation commission on Rakhine yesterday denied "external" allegations of abuses related to the ongoing counter-insurgency campaign in the restive northern state. The interim report was released on the same day as the Ministry of Home Affairs announced eight police officers have been detained in connection to a video showing brutality against villagers, and just after the State Counsellor's Office released a notice about retributive killings in Rakhine.

KNU officer, actor fight over Kyaikto plot Posted: 05 Jan 2017 12:21 AM PST A Myanmar film star and a major from the Karen National Union are locked in a land ownership feud over acreage near the famed Kyaiktiyo Pagoda.

Tatmadaw, Northern Alliance continue to clash in 2017 Posted: 05 Jan 2017 12:17 AM PST Fighting has occurred in the north of the country every day since the New Year, with clashes occurring in half a dozen locations, including an attack on an army convoy and the use of artillery and aircraft. Both the leader of the armed forces, Senior General Min Aung Hlaing and the ethnic armed group concerned, the Northern Alliance-Burma took to social media to present their accounts of the fighting.

YCDC files complaint against street vendors after altercation Posted: 04 Jan 2017 11:50 PM PST The relationship between Yangon vendors and the municipal authority is getting no cosier as a street sweep campaign escalated into a legal spat this week.

CSOs prepare for peace forum Posted: 04 Jan 2017 11:49 PM PST As participants gear up for the second round of peace talks next month, civil society organisations are at odds with the government on the location, the content and the financing of the preparations.

Municipal officials threaten unauthorised leafleters with fines Posted: 04 Jan 2017 11:45 PM PST Fly-posting is set to become a lot more expensive in Yangon and Mandalay, city officials are warning, as stiff fines and removal charges are to be applied to offenders for the first time.

Former President U Thein Sein wins regional award Posted: 04 Jan 2017 11:30 PM PST Citing his legacy as a reform-minded leader who kicked off the country's transition from military rule to democracy, a Jakarta-based research institute has selected former President U Thein Sein for its top prize to be given out in an awards ceremony later this month.

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