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Day: November 8, 2016
Trafficked teenagers face prison for traveling without IDs
A group of Muslim youths detained in Rangoon last month could spend two years in prison for leaving Arakan State without national registration cards.
Information Minister urges careful reporting
Speaking at a conference on media development in Naypyidaw, Information Minister Pe Myint urges the media to use caution when reporting sensitive news.
Govt allows food aid to Arakan to resume
Burma is allowing the first food deliveries for more than four weeks to the troubled north of Arakan State, amid an ongoing military lockdown of the area.
Thai junta offers farmers $514 million in rice loans
The move to help rice growers struggling with falling prices comes as farmers become the new battleground between the junta and the opposition.