Locals Object to Confiscation of Their Land to Build Hydropower Plant Housing
Locals have opposed a move by a construction company to seize more than 250 acres of land in southern Shan State’s Mongnai Township to...
Flooding Forces More Than 100 Villagers From Their Homes in Hsipaw
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By SAI HSENG HLAING / SHAN More than 100 people in Ner Makhaw village are facing struggles with housing and food after heavy flooding hit...
Burma Army Prosecutes More Than 20 Hsihseng Farmers For Trespassing On Their Own Land
The Burma Army has brought trespassing charges against 22 farmers in Hsihseng Township in the Pa-O Self-Administered Area of southern Shan State. Light Infantry Battalions...
Govt Announces Plan to Seize and Redistribute 1,000 Acres in Kesi
The Kesi Township land management department has announced that they will seize more than 1,000 acres of land and allocate it for use by...
Hsihseng Authorities Halt Creation of Highland Farms After Local Opposition
The authorities in the Pa-O Self-Administered Region of Hsihseng Township in southern Shan State have stopped a plan to clear trees from mountains for...
Hsihseng Authorities’ Land Compensation Scheme Could Create Interethnic Conflict, Farmers Say
Farmers in southern Shan State’s Hsihseng Township say that if a plan goes ahead to distribute highland farms to locals, the authorities risk fomenting...
Don’t Compensate Us With Deforested Land, Say Hsihseng Farmers
Locals are opposing an offer put forward by the Hsihseng administration in southern Shan State to compensate them for farmland seized by the military...
Coal Mining Company Pressures Villagers In Southern Shan State
Residents in southern Shan State say they are being pressured to accept a coal mining project they don't want near their village. An abbot at...
Rice Farmers Affected By Late Monsoon Season
Farmers in eastern Shan State's Kengtung Township are waiting for the rain to come to flood their fields before they can start seeding their...
Burma Army Soldiers Plant Trees on Confiscated Farmland in Namzang
Burma Army troops have planted eucalyptus trees on farmland confiscated by the military in Namzang Township, southern Shan State, angering farmers who demand it...
