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Coal Mining Projects Caused Insufficient of Natural Water In Mong Nai

It is reported that natural streams have dried up this year, and locals are having difficulties with the insufficient of drinking water in Mong...

The Trouble and Danger of Coal Wastes in Mong Kung

Categories “During the rainy season, the smell from the coal tailings is very bad. It will affect our health in the long run,” Sai Lu,...

Military Junta to Revive Taunggyi Dreadful Pang Peg Steel Mill

“If the Pang Peg (Pinpet) steel mill resumes, the locals could face starvation. We are worried that more land confiscation would occur again,” Khun...

Mining Company Restarts Project In Hsipaw Township

A Mandalay-based conglomerate linked to Burma's military is planning to restart large-scale coal mining in Hsipaw Township, which was stopped by the National League...

Hsi Hseng paddy growers face an economic lost this year

The paddy growers in Hsi Hseng township, Southern Shan State, experienced a lost mainly because of the superfluous rainfall. It is reported that apart from...

Coal Mining Companies Ramp Up Illegal Extractions Amid Protests

Mining companies are using the civil unrest that is breaking out across Burma as a diversion to extract coal in areas of southern Shan...

Farmers Threatened to Accept Deal for Confiscated Land

By- Hseng Hleng The government seized land from farmers in eastern Shan State and threatened them to accept substitute land, according to a Shan political...

Coal Mining in Namzang Would Destroy Water Source in Mongnai, Locals Say

By HSENG LENG / SHAN Locals across two townships are concerned about the environmental impact of potential coal extraction operations near Nam Maw Nguen lake...

Flooding Damages Homes and Farms in Shan State

By- Sai Hseng Hlaing Flooding caused extensive damage to Nam Salap village, in northern Shan State, this Saturday (September 26), with homes and farms completely...

Hsihseng Farmers Continue to Demand Return of Land Confiscated by Military

Farmers in Hsihseng Township in the Pa-O Self-Administered Zone of Shan State say that the case of their seized farmland remains unresolved, as the...

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