Families of stranded Kawthaung prisoners raise complaint with president
Some 120 inmates have been stranded for seven days on an island near Moulmein while being transferred from Kawthaung prison following a riot.
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Pilgrim express set for Kyaiktiyo
A new air-conditioned train service launches this weekend, offering tourists and pilgrims the chance to travel from Rangoon to the historical Buddhist site of Kyaiktiyo.
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Ministry tells agro firms to pay back loans or face charges
Burma’s Livestock and Fisheries Ministry issued a warning last week to ten private agro firms and ordered them to repay billions of kyat in loans by 31 August or face prosecution
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Locals upset after upper house speaker snatches historic notebook
Residents in Yaynanchaung are upset with the parliament’s upper house speaker after he commandeered a notebook containing Aung San’s original handwriting
Farmers in Rangoon incensed after authorities seize disputed land
Tensions are high in Rangoon’s Dagon Port township after authorities cordoned off a piece of disputed property claimed by local farmers last Friday
Over 500 migrants returning from Malaysia seek jobs from govt
Nearly 600 Burmese migrants, who recently returned home from Malaysia after a string of attacks against Burmese nationals, have applied for new jobs through the government
Ministry orders employment brokers to stop sending workers to Malaysia
Burma’s Labour Ministry issued a directive to prevent labourers from moving to Malaysia following a series of violent assaults against Burmese migrants in Kuala Lumpur
Journalists call on officials to protect reporters
After mobs assaulted two reporters during riots in Shan state’s Lashio on Wednesday, journalists and editors in Burma called on the government and state security to do more to protect[…]
