Mong Hpyak Locals to Petition Union Govt to Halt Australian Gold Mining Venture
Eastern Shan State residents have opposed the project since meeting company reps last year,...
Genetically Modified Organism: Where Myanmar stands
Lately, a piece of news came up in the local press on the much...
Air pollution from Hsipaw coalmine affecting health
Residents in the northern Shan State township of Hsipaw have been struck by respiratory...
Coalmine has no impact, says natural resources minister
Burma’s Minister of Natural Resources and Environmental Conservation Ohn Win told parliament on Wednesday...
Coalmine companies refuse to withdraw from Mong Kung
The Pyae Aung Hein and Hein Mitter companies are continuing their coal-mining operations in...
RCSS/SSA listens to villagers’ opposition to Mong Kung coal mines
Representatives of the Restoration Council of Shan State/Shan State Army (RCSS/SSA) sat for a...
Hsipaw residents demand their land back
Some 30 local residents of Hsipaw Township in northern Shan State marched through the...
Residents demand halt to gold mining in Mong Phyak
Local residents in eastern Shan State’s Mong Phyak Township have called for a gold-mining...
Coal-mining companies agree to close down in Mong Kung
The Pyae Aung Hein and Hein Mitter coal-mining companies have both agreed to halt...
4,000 protest coal mine in Mong Kung
Some 4,000 people including politicians, civil servants, youths and Buddhist monks gathered together this...
