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From rags to reading: Myanmar’s library hero

​Zaw Zaw was a poor villager from Mandalay, whose insatiable hunger for books drove him to Yangon. There, his love for reading bore fruit and brought smiles to bookworms from underprivileged backgrounds.

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Myanmar defense chief re-empowers commander for military control in Kokang

​Commander-in-Chief of Myanmar's Defense Services Senior-General Min Aung Hlaing has re-empowered Colonel Zaw Zaw Naing, Laukkai Regional Commander, to exercise the executive and judicial powers for military control in the Kokang Self-Administered Zone, northeastern Shan state, an official report said Thursday.