While the West moves to re-isolate Myanmar after a short period of re-engagement, neighboring India is taking a more realpolitik approach to reports of massive rights abuses by the nation’s security forces. Indeed, India is doing its utmost to improve relations while the United States and European Union impose new sanctions aimed specifically at Myanmar’s […]
Why India looks the other way on Myanmar
November 6, 2018 by Thiha
Filed Under: Latest News Tagged With: 'Act East' policy, Assamese, aung san suu kyi, Bay of Bengal, Belt and Road Initiative, China, Chinese strategic, Crackdown, Economy, European Union, Gold Mining, Ichiro Maruyama, India, Indian Ocean, Manipuri, military supplies, Modi, Muse, Muslim Rohingya, Myanmar’s military, Myanmar’s military chief, Naga, New Delhi, Northeast rebels, Pakistan, Rihkhawdar Zowkhawtar, Rohingya, Ruili, Sri Lanka, Taga, Tamu, United States
In Hkamti, the slow death of a river
April 30, 2015 by thiha
Upper Myanmar’s Chindwin River, a tributary to the great Ayeyarwady, is choking to death – on gold. As it flows through Sagaing Region’s Hkamti township, rich in natural treasures, it is fouled with red sludge and spoil, the ruins of former and active mines and diggings. The villages of Hman Bin, Phaung Sai, Kaung Hmu, […]
Filed Under: Latest News Tagged With: Ayeyarwady, Chindwin River, Chindwin Thar Mg Moe, Chindwin Youth Network, Department of Mining, Department of Water Resources, Environmentalist Ko Aung San Myint, Hkamti township, Hkamti U Ohn Thwin, Hman Bin, Kachin, Kaung Hein, Kaung Hmu, Ko Aung San Myint, Ko Kyaw Thet Win, Kyar Hmaw, Kyar Kite, Ma Lin, Ma Nang, Min Sin, Myanmar, Myanmar Gems Enterprise, Myanmar Gems Law, Naga, Nant Phi Lin, Padumone, Phaung Sai, President U Thein Sein, Pyidaungsu Hluttaw, Sagaing Region, Sai Kyaw, Swan Yi Htet Myet, The Myanmar Times, Tietee, U Htein Win, U Myat Maung
