China gearing up for gold pickings in northern Burma
Loads of gold are ready to be taken away by a Chinese mineral company from Burma's northeast Kachin state after the firm found a gold load in the area during a successful preliminary test in late 2008,...
View ArticleSaviours sought to halt Irrawaddy River dam project
The voices like those of a Kachin Baptist pastor against the largest Irrawaddy River dam project site in Burma’s northern Kachin State are often heard saying: “We don’t like it 100 percent but we...
View ArticleAppalling conditions in Naga Hills Region under Burmese junta
A majority of the Naga, estimated to be about four million live on the Indian side, in Nagaland. The Naga in Burma is in the minority with an estimated population of over 200,000. The Naga in Burma...
View ArticleGETTING HIGHER - NUMBER OF KACHIN YOUTH USING ILLEGAL DRUGS IS RISING
Ah Too hoped he would strike it rich as a gold miner. But, instead, the 24 tear old from Kachin State has found himself struggling in the depths of a heroin addiction, which uses up all his hard earned...
View ArticleWomen journalists Increasing in Number, But Face Many Challenges
Although there are many more women journalists in Burma now, they face many challenges while trying to do their job..... Although there are many more women journalists in Burma now, they face many...
View ArticleKIO declares war against drugs before Burma elections
Burma’s ethnic Kachin Independence Organization (KIO), declared war against drugs in a statement released October 5 in the country’s north,..... Burma’s ethnic Kachin Independence Organization (KIO),...
View Article“Kachin State is being raped by China and by the regime”: Benedict Rogers...
Benedict Rogers is a writer and human rights activist specializing in Asia and he is London-based East Asia Team Leader of the international human rights organization Christian Solidarity Worldwide...
View ArticleTime has brought change for KIA women soldiers
Medical Sergeant Maran Ja Hkam, her braided hair reaching down to her ankles and white lab-coat covering her military uniform, administered an injection to a tuberculosis patient in an army hospital in...
View ArticleSeeking a new way: Kachin farmers getting out of poppy business
A large group of students, ages 8 to 15 years old, dressed in dirty clothes and with unkempt appearance, rush from classrooms as soon as the afternoon bell rings in Sa Don Village, in Wine Maw...
View ArticleASEAN Chess: A New Way to Play an Old Game
(Feature) A new hybrid chess playing style was unveiled recently when chess enthusiasts from across South East Asia gathered in Myanmar for the first time to play ASEAN style chess. A new hybrid chess...
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