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Farmers Suffering From Effects of Insecticide in Mongnai Township

‘Chemical insecticides are easy to sell and easy to buy in Shan State. Actually, farmers don't know how to use it,’ a local says. Widespread...

Locals Will Protest Coal Mine in Mongkai If Company Does Not Withdraw

‘If they cannot work in our paddy fields, how will they survive?’ a local monk said. Locals in Mongkai, southern Shan State, say they...

Namkham under Water as Flooding Starts Early This Rainy Season

Residents say the town has experienced serious flooding for each of the past three years, and that this is the earliest it has ever...

Hydropower Fails to Deliver Sufficient Electricity in Shan State: MPs, Locals

‘We have to consider an alternative way of generating electricity,’ says an MP, as available power is rotated between wards in the state capital...

Southern Shan State Faces Water Shortage

Nearly 200 families are affected in Mong Nai township alone. Townships throughout southern Shan State do not have enough drinking water, locals say. Mong Nai,...

Hailstorm Destroys Farms And Damages Homes

“The hailstones were so big they made holes in the rooves of houses,” said a local affected by the evening storm. Massive hailstones pounded southern...

Ad hoc panel discussion and the Myitsone dam controversy

On April 20, an ad hoc panel discussion attended by some 700 people titled “Will Redeem Back The Irrawaddy” headed by the Metta Development...

Chinese gold mining proposal in northern Kachin state rejected

In the midst of  Myitsone dam related controversy, with the National League for Democracy   government torn between having to honor the previous military government...

Kyaukme Locals Worried About Health Impacts of Coal Mining

The air and water quality has been affected over the last 10 years, villagers say. After more than 10 years of coal mining in northern...

Myitsone dam, the Chinese ambassador and the Kachin people

Following the Chinese ambassador to Myanmar Hong Liang's Myitkyina visit that took place from 28 to 29 December 2018, where he met leaders of...

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