They have been dubbed the trespassers. The 200 or so families who moved to Ingalaing when it was only an underdeveloped, unutilised field on the fringes of Yangon have now found themselves in the middle of a turf war. As the city expands, developers are eating up the no-longer-so-far-flung plots in Hlaing Tharyar, and attempting […]
‘Trespassers’ pushed out of homes by affordable housing project
August 2, 2016 by thiha
Filed Under: Latest News, Property Report Tagged With: Daw Hla Kyi, Department of Human Settlement, Department of Urban Housing Development, DHSHD, Hlaing Tharyar, Housing Development, Kyan Sit Min, Kyan Sit Min Housing Estate, Mahabandoola project, MInistry of Construction, Order Restoration Council, South Dagon Township, The Kyan Sit Min Housing Estate, U Min Aung Aye, U Min Htein, U Mya Maung, Yangon, Yangon Region Chief Minister U Phyo Min Thein, Yangon State Law
Farmers fence off government land
June 17, 2016 by thiha
Farmers who have fenced off government-owned land in Yangon Region which they say rightfully belongs to them may soon be facing legal action, according to the regional Department of Human Settlement and Housing Development. On empty plots of land in Yangon that the government says it owns but that it does not use, farmers and […]
Filed Under: Latest News Tagged With: Department of Human Settlement, Housing Development, MCEA, Mingaladon, Myanmar Construction Entrepreneurs Association, National Land Use Committee, Order Restoration Council, South Dagon, State Law, U Khin Shwe, U Pho Phyu, U Yu Khaing, Yangon Region, Zaykabar Construction
Militarism in Thailand and Myanmar: A Role Reversal in the Making?
June 2, 2016 by thiha
Militarism seems to be migrating from the latter to the former at a speedy rate. By Pavin Chachavalpongpun A role reversal for Myanmar and Thailand is starkly in the making, as concerns about militarism seem to continue to migrate from the former to the latter at a speedy rate. Recent developments towards democracy in Myanmar […]
Filed Under: Latest News Tagged With: aung san suu kyi, Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Cold War, Constitutional Court, Development Council, General Min Aung Hlaing, guards, King Bhumibol Adulyadej, Kyoto University, Meanwhile, Militarism, Myanmar, National Council for Peace, National League for Democracy, NCPO, NLD, Order, Order Restoration Council, Pavin Chachavalpongpun, Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, Queen, Senior General Than Shwe, SLORC, Southeast Asia, SPDC, State Law, State Peace, Tatmadaw, Thai junta, Thailand, Younger
