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Karen Rebel-Backed Firm, Govt to Study Industrial Estate Proposal in Myanmar’s Deep South

February 10, 2020 by Thiha

YANGON—The Tanintharyi regional government and a company backed by a Karen armed group have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to conduct a feasibility study on a strategic industrial estate project on Monday that aims to link with two major regional economic corridors, one backed by China and the other by Japan. Five hours by […]

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Implementation of burma’s vacant, fallow and virgin land management law: at odds with the nationwide ceasefire agreement and peace negotiations

December 17, 2018 by Thiha

Land rights of peoples must be protected to improve prospects for peace. The Government of Myanmar’s approach to land policy risks increasing land conflicts and exacerbating current challenges in formal peace negotiations. Civil society organizations strongly oppose implementation of the recently-amended Vacant, Fallow and Virgin Land Management Law (VFV Land Law), due to well-founded fears […]

Filed Under: Latest News Tagged With: Agreement, ancestral lands, ceasefire, Ethnic Armed Organizations, ethnic groups, Fallow and Virgin Land Management Law, Federal Land Law, IDPs, Internally Displaced Persons, Joint Monitoring Committees, Kachin, Karen National Union, Karen Peace Support Network, KNU, land conflict, land policy, land reform, Land-Grabbing, law, National Land Use Policy, Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement, Naypyitaw, NCA, New Mon State Party, NLD, northern Shan States, peace, peace negotiation, peace negotiations, political, Population, recorded, register, Restoration Council of Shan State, Tatmadaw, traditional, UNA, United Nationalities Alliance, VFV land, VFV Land Law, Villagers

Thailand reaffirms Dawei plans, but does Myanmar?

June 27, 2016 by thiha

“The governments of Thailand and Myanmar reaffirmed that the Dawei megaproject will create thousands of jobs and improve the livelihoods of people along the border,” according to Thailand’s caretaker Prime Minister Gen Prayuth Chan-ocha. Prayuth was speaking at a joint press conference in Bangkok on Friday. Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi also addressed reporters, […]

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Trial phase of KNU hydropower dam to cost $1 million

March 4, 2016 by thiha

IT is anticipated that $1 million will be used in the preliminary trial phase of a Karen National Union (KNU) construction of Baw Ka Hta hydropower dam project, located in Nyaunglebin district of Bago Region, says Saw Tar Doh Moo, the chair of the KNU central economic committee. As well as working to have a […]

Filed Under: Latest News Tagged With: Bago, Baw Ka Hta hydropower, Doh Moo, Karen National Union, KNU, KNU Thoolei company, Ministry of Electric Power, Nyaunglebin, Saw Tar Doh Moo

Roads can convert Myanmar from economic void to hub

March 4, 2016 by thiha

YANGON — Once regarded as “Asia’s missing link,” Myanmar is undergoing a road construction boom. Seen as vital for economic development, arterial roads are being planned and built with greater urgency, and advances in democratization as well as cease-fires with ethnic minority rebels have sped projects along. The construction of roads connecting Myanmar with […]

Filed Under: Latest News Tagged With: asean, Association of Southeast Asian Nations, China, Dawei, Democratic Karen Benevolent Army, DKBA, East-West Economic Corridor, India, Italian-Thai Development, Japan International Cooperation Agency, JICA, Karen National Union and, Kawkareik, KNU, Laos, Moei River, Myanmar, Myawaddy, Nippon Express, Sagaing District, Southern Economic Corridor, Thailand, Vietnam, Yangon

Controversial palm oil project sparks arguments

March 17, 2015 by thiha

Letters were exchanged between the Taninthayi regional government and the Karen National Union (KNU) over a palm oil production project run by Myanmar Stark Prestige Plantation Co Ltd, in cooperation with a Malaysian company. The debate started when company officials sent a complaint letter to the regional government claiming that the KNU demanded they shut […]

Filed Under: Latest News Tagged With: Hpado Win Khaing, Karen National Union, KNU, MIC, Myanmar investment commission, Myanmar Stark Prestige Plantation Co Ltd, Palm oil project, Taninthayi

Fight against malaria unites old foes in Myanmar

December 29, 2014 by thiha

In the middle of a bustling village hall in Myanmar’s Kayin state, a government health worker pricks the finger of a child to extract a tiny drop of blood for a malaria test. A scene unthinkable a few years ago is now commonplace in an area once blighted by armed conflict between the government and […]

Filed Under: Latest News Tagged With: government, health, Kayin State, KNU, malaria test, peace

Trial of Traders Hotel bombing suspects continues

July 16, 2014 by thiha

The trial of suspects allegedly linked to the spate of bomb blasts in Yangon last October, including a blast at the former Traders Hotel, is continuing, sources from the Western District Court said. Three men are on trial at the court for a plot to bomb the Western Park Ruby Restaurant in Ahlone Township. The […]

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Myanmar Police Say Karen Businessmen Plotted Bombings

October 21, 2013 by thiha

RANGOON — Rangoon Division’s police chief says a group of ethnic Karen businessmen allegedly planned the recent string of bomb blasts in Burma to scare off foreign investors from their resource-rich Karen State. The police have detained eight suspects following bomb blasts in several states and divisions over the past week, the police chief said […]

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Bombs aimed at scaring foreign investors away from lucrative areas of country

October 19, 2013 by thiha

YANGON – A series of bomb blasts in Myanmar over the past week was intended to scare away foreign investments in the country, authorities said on Friday. Since Oct 9, there have been at least 10 small explosions or attempted bombings that have killed two people and injured several, including an American woman who sustained […]