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    Human rights watchdog criticises slow progress in resolving land grabs
    July 20, 2018in Land, Lead Story, News1666by MYANMAR NOW
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    Human rights watchdog criticises slow progress in resolving land grabs

    Advocacy group Human Rights Watch has criticised slow progress in addressing historical land grabs, which continue to leave large numbers of people destitute, and inadequate legal reform in protecting land…

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    Reuters journalist says police pressured him to bury report on Inn Din massacre
    July 18, 2018in Lead Story, Media, News2220by MYANMAR NOW
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    Reuters journalist says police pressured him to bury report on Inn Din massacre

    Jailed Reuters journalist Wa Lone tells a Yangon court that during a police interrogation, which included sleep deprivation, police officers tried to induce him and his colleague Kyaw Soe Oo…

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    Demand for independent homeland bars Naga group from NCA
    July 17, 2018in Lead Story, News, Peace Process3550by MYANMAR NOW
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    Demand for independent homeland bars Naga group from NCA

    A faction of the National Socialist Council of Nagaland will not be allowed to sign the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement because of the ethnic Naga armed group’s core demand for an…

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    The battle over Yangon’s Dala bridge
    July 11, 2018in Lead Story, Yangon839by MYANMAR NOW
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    The battle over Yangon’s Dala bridge

    Bridges over major rivers can transform local, as well as national, economies. But not everyone is in favour of building a $168 million bridge linking the congested downtown of Yangon…

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    Grape growers feed an expanding wine market in Burma
    July 6, 2018in Feature, Lead Story7450by MYANMAR NOW
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    Grape growers feed an expanding wine market in Burma

    Burma’s drinkers currently prefer beer or spirits, but wine producers are hopeful that wine enjoyment will keep growing steadily from its low base. as supermarkets in larger cities are stocking…

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    Labour union to seek major increase in minimum wage
    October 20, 2017in Archives, Labour Issues, Lead Story, News674by MYANMAR NOW
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    Labour union to seek major increase in minimum wage

    A major labour union in Burma plans on proposing an increase in the daily minimum wage that would nearly double the current figure, citing rising costs of living in the…

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