Tag: farmers

Resisting the strong heat of the sun, a woman devotes her entire attention to cutting the overgrown grass on her fields, wielding a machete...

Farmers are protesting plans by the junta-appointed Shan State Forest Department to seize farmland for the construction of a government office in Mong Pang...

Ko Tun Aung was gazing at the heavy rain and muttering “The rain came early this year”. His muttering voice disappeared with the sound...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Unidentified perpetrators destroyed corn farms in Hsihseng Township—in the Pa-O Self-Administered Region of southern Shan State—for two consecutive nights, farmers said. According to the farmers,...

The Burma Army prosecuted 47 farmers in southern Shan State after farmers would not agree to sign a document stating that the Tatmadaw owns...

Farmers in southern Shan State’s Hsihseng Township are expected to go to trial since the military has not opted to withdraw trespassing charges against...