Gold miners whose protest march from Yangon to Nay Pyi Taw was broken up by police have called for fresh talks with the company at the centre of a dispute over mining rights.
A senior monk has been accused of desecrating and stealing the heads of three Buddha images near the ancient city of Inwa.
Ward and village-tract administrators in Mandalay Region will be selected by Sunday, December 30.
Monywa residents criticised changes to a commission tasked with investigating the Letpadaung mine expansion that saw the team whittled down from 30 to 16 members.
Monks in Mandalay, Taunggyi and Mogok staged peaceful protests at monasteries after the government failed to respond to a set of five demands issued following the crackdown at Letpadaung.
As many as 10 monks injured in clashes between police and protesters near the Letpadaung copper mine project could be sent abroad for treatment.
National League for Democracy members in Mandalay’s Pyigyitagun township say high-ranking party officials are interfering in ward assemblies, which began in the final week of November.
Monks receiving treatment at a Mandalay hospital for wounds sustained in a government assault on a protest camp near Monywa say they are not satisfied with last week’s apology from the police force.
Mandalay City Development Committee will hold a half marathon on January 7, an official said last week.
Mandalay comedian Par Par Lay has ignored a 16-year-old ban on performing in public, turning out for two shows in late November.
