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• Amendments seek to punish illegal logging
• Blue ribbon campaign to protest unfair promotions
• Growers in Shan State want to give up poppy cultivation
• ASEAN foreign ministers to take aim at N. Korea ICBM during Manila talks
• ASEAN-EU plans joint statement on climate change
• Myanmar Now’s chief editor Ko Swe Win freed on bail
• FDA sues 25 pharmacies for selling fake medical products
• Ceremony in Yangon honours 1971 heroes of Coco Island

Amendments seek to punish illegal logging Posted: 31 Jul 2017 01:41 PM PDT The Ministry of Resources and Environmental Conservation sought amendments to the 1992 Forest Law to ensure stricter penalties for illegal logging, in an effort to reduce the cases of unlicensed cutting of timber which remains rampant in the country, said Union Minister U Ohn Win.

Blue ribbon campaign to protest unfair promotions Posted: 31 Jul 2017 01:37 PM PDT Teachers from technology and computer universities on Monday launched a blue ribbon campaign to protest what they called the unfair promotion policy of the Ministry of Education.

Growers in Shan State want to give up poppy cultivation Posted: 31 Jul 2017 01:33 PM PDT Nearly 30 townships in southern Shan State, including the Pa-O Self-Administered Zone, have expressed their wish to give up growing poppy to earn a living if they are able to plant substitute cash crops.

ASEAN foreign ministers to take aim at N. Korea ICBM during Manila talks Posted: 31 Jul 2017 01:30 PM PDT Foreign ministers of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations will express "grave concern" over North Korea's recent test launches of intercontinental ballistic missiles in a joint statement to be issued after they meet this weekend in Manila, ASEAN sources said Monday.

ASEAN-EU plans joint statement on climate change Posted: 31 Jul 2017 01:26 PM PDT Senior officials from ASEAN and the European Union are working on a joint statement on climate change to show their solidarity and commitment to the Paris Agreement.

Myanmar Now’s chief editor Ko Swe Win freed on bail Posted: 31 Jul 2017 01:16 PM PDT Myanmar Now news agency's chief editor Ko Swe Win on Monday gained temporary freedom after a Mandalay court allowed him to post bail while on trial on the charge of defamation under Section 66 (d) of the Telecommunications Law.

FDA sues 25 pharmacies for selling fake medical products Posted: 31 Jul 2017 01:07 PM PDT The Department of Food and Drug Administration filed a total of 25 cases against pharmacies caught selling substandard, falsified and illegal medical products during the first half of the year, the agency's director general said.

Ceremony in Yangon honours 1971 heroes of Coco Island Posted: 31 Jul 2017 01:01 PM PDT The 46th ceremony to honour eight political prisoners who died during a hunger strike in 1971 at Coco Island prison was held on Monday by former prisoners in Yangon.

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