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• Socio-economic surveys to be conducted in Rakhine camps
• Myanmar National Human Rights Commission checks prisons
• Five gold shops in Mandalay punished
• Magazine takes lead in organising Myanmar Car of the Year awards
• Tens of thousands protest across Rakhine over security issues
• Tatmadaw involved in politics ‘to help government’
• Effective action to be taken against terrorists in Rakhine: govrnment
• Kachin government, Tatmadaw allow rescue of villagers
• Myanmar’s democracy: half-full bottle
• Thousands of workers march to call for daily minimum wage of K5600

Socio-economic surveys to be conducted in Rakhine camps Posted: 13 Aug 2017 02:03 PM PDT A socio-economic development survey will be conducted in the camps opened by the Ministry of Social Welfare, Rescue and Resettlement and villages in Rakhine State at the end of August, according to Minister Win Myat Aye.

Myanmar National Human Rights Commission checks prisons Posted: 13 Aug 2017 01:59 PM PDT The Myanmar National Human Rights Commission (MNHRC) conducted inspections in the northern Shan State to determine the conditions of the inmates and find out about their concerns, a commission member said.

Five gold shops in Mandalay punished Posted: 13 Aug 2017 01:58 PM PDT Five gold shops in Mandalay were slapped with fines for not collecting stamp duties in the jewelry they sold, an official of the Mandalay Region International Revenue Department said.

Magazine takes lead in organising Myanmar Car of the Year awards Posted: 13 Aug 2017 01:52 PM PDT A local magazine organised the Myanmar Car of the Year (MCOTY) awards to recognise the most outstanding cars available on the local market, a spokesman for the paper said.

Tens of thousands protest across Rakhine over security issues Posted: 13 Aug 2017 01:49 PM PDT More than 150,000 people protested Sunday in 15 out of 17 townships in Rakhine State to call on the government to effectively solve the security problems in the area, including the brutal killings of civilians.

Tatmadaw involved in politics ‘to help government’ Posted: 13 Aug 2017 01:45 PM PDT Tatmadaw's involvement in politics is just to help the government, Colonel Aung Myint Oo, Head of local and international relation department, National Defence College (NDC), said Sunday.

Effective action to be taken against terrorists in Rakhine: govrnment Posted: 13 Aug 2017 01:43 PM PDT Effective action against terrorists will be taken to protect the innocent civilians as the extremists are stepping up their activities, according to a statement of the Ministry of the Office of the State Counsellor.

Kachin government, Tatmadaw allow rescue of villagers Posted: 13 Aug 2017 01:39 PM PDT The Kachin State government and Tatmadaw on Sunday allowed the rescue of hundreds of villagers trapped in the fighting between the Tatmadaw and the ethnic armed group Kachin Independence Army (KIA), according to Peace Talk Creation Group.

Myanmar’s democracy: half-full bottle Posted: 13 Aug 2017 01:33 PM PDT Myanmar's democratic transition is a half-full bottle for now and could be better in terms of quality and quantity if there are more timely actions coupled with active participation by all stakeholders.

Thousands of workers march to call for daily minimum wage of K5600 Posted: 13 Aug 2017 01:26 PM PDT Thousands of workers on Sunday took to the streets to demand the increase of daily minimum wages to K5600 from the current daily wages of K3600, in order to cope up with rising costs of living.

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