Category: Myanmar
Myanmar to use US$1 billion loan for infrastructure projects
Economic development, agriculture, electricity, and infrastructure projects will be the focus of a framework for loans between South Korea and Myanmar.
Ministry urges farmers to save water
Farmers urged to use water more efficiently as there is less water behind the country’s more than 300 reservoirs and dams despite the current rainy season.
Farmers protest over farmland compensation for oil exploration
Farmers in the Mann oilfield area in Minbu Township, Magway Region staged a protest yesterday over alleged failures by the authorities in correctly offering compensation for land seized decades ago.
The Salty Taste of Climate Change in Myanmar
Saltwater intrusion caused largely by climate change is pushing indigenous farmers in the lower Ayeyarwady Delta to migrate to higher land and abandoned their professions.
Shoddy Construction Plagues Myitsone Dam Relocation Sites
According to relocated villagers the houses were built by Asia World quickly using poor materials. Asia World, is a large Myanmar conglomerate founded by Lo Hsing Han, a former militia leader infamously dubbed the “Godfather of Heroin” by American officials.
New freshwater species discovered in Myanmar
A team of international and local scientists have announced the discovery of previously unknown species of freshwater mussels in Myanmar.