Coal Mining Company’s License Renewed
Coal extraction company gets the green light to operate in Shan State next year despite polluting the air, land and water for nearly two...
Dam-building in Shan State: Militarization and subjugation the main purpose?
On December 5, Shan communities and local Members of Parliaments held a press conference in Yangon, City Hotel, to call for an immediate cancellation...
‘We Are Not Stupid or Blind’: Locals Oppose Coal Mining in Laikha
Hundreds of people demonstrate against a proposed coal extraction project set to destroy more than 1,000 acres of Shan State paddy fields. Hundreds of locals...
Tatmadaw Destroys Local Farms Following Attack by Unknown Assailants in Hsipaw
Officers told locals ‘life was more important than corn’ after destroying their crops a week before the harvest. Government forces destroyed local corn farms...
Deputy Minister: Upper Yeywa Dam Construction Will Continue, Despite Public Objection
The Union Deputy Minister for Electricity and Energy said ‘the people don’t need to worry too much.’ Burma’s government will allow continued construction of a...
Shan State Locals, MPs Call For Halt to Hydropower Projects on Namtu River
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The demands are in opposition to the Upper Yeywa Dam, which expected to drown a village and hundreds of acres of farmland. Executive members...
Conservation of Inle Lake running out of time?
When the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in June 2015 designated Inle Lake as Myanmar’s first Biosphere Reserve under the framework...
Flooding Displaces More Than 200 People, Damages Paddy Fields in Lashio
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Those fleeing rising water levels in northern Shan State are seeking refuge in local monasteries and with relatives. More than 200 people have been forced...
Ethnic customary law in the light of land confiscation
On July 17, Human Rights Watch (HRW) called on the government for compensation of illegally confiscated land, and urged to enact laws to protect...
Following Heavy Rains, Lashio Man Swept Away in Stream Still Missing
The man had attempted to drive across a bridge inundated with water. A Lashio man who was swept away by rising waters as he attempted...
