NEW NCA AGENDA: Natural resource governance reform would energize the peace process
On October 16, Forest Trends, a non-profit Washington-based organisation established since 1988, with the funding of Joint Peace Fund, released a 72-page important report titled,...
Nam Ma Locals Take a Stand Against Dam Company Officials
Locals refused to meet officials on Thursday from a company set to build a hydropower dam on the Nam Ma River in Hsipaw, northern...
Locals Report Illegal Metal Mining in Danu Self-Administered Zone
Illegal mining for metals in the Danu Self-Administered Zone in southern Shan State has angered locals, who are demanding that the activities halt and...
Thai, Burmese Companies Begin Controversial Mong Kok Coal Mining Project
Thai and Burmese companies have begun exploratory digging in preparation to jointly operate a coal mine in the Mong Kok area of eastern Shan...
Mega project impacts on life of local people (news feature)
There are full of gun-smoke on other side of Hsipaw town, where is the root of famous "Twilight Over Burma" movie. People have automatically felt...
Investigation: Shan State’s Pangolins Threatened With Extinction
Shan children in rural communities have long been seen wearing flat, shell-like pendants on their necks, a hole cut into its surface and hung...
Shan protested against IFC meeting on its hydro-power dam project on Namtu River
On September 12, some 200 Shan Civil Society Organizations' (CSOs) members staged a protest rally in Taunggyi, capital of the Shan State, while the...
Locals Protest IFC Meeting in Taunggyi, Citing Hydropower Investments
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Hundreds of locals and members of civil society organizations protested a meeting organized by the International Financial Corporation (IFC) in the Shan State capital...
Dozens Evacuated Due to Taunggyi Landslides
Some 50 people have been relocated after heavy rainfall caused multiple landslides in the Shan State capital of Taunggyi, beginning in early September. The people,...
Pigs Die En Masse in Eastern Shan State
As dead pigs are seen floating down a stream in Tachileik, African swine fever is a suspected cause. Locals are worried about an unknown illness...
