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Tag: Myanmar

Government enacts tougher forest law

By Nantiya Tangwisutijit September 27, 2018

The Myanmar parliament has enacted a tougher forest law that threatens violators with up to 15 years in prison in a bid to conserve the country’s fast-dwindling forests.

Poachers are killing Myanmar’s elephants in increasing numbers

By Nantiya Tangwisutijit September 27, 2018

With 16 camps across Myanmar and more planned, debate has grown around whether sanctuaries can solve the poaching problem

China Is Winning the Race for Water Security in Asia

By Nantiya Tangwisutijit September 25, 2018

China has dammed and now controls the flow of the Mekong River, yet omplaints about the Mekong have been muffled, in part because China has little to fear from smaller countries like Laos, Thailand, and Cambodia.

The origins of Myanmar farming

By Nantiya Tangwisutijit September 24, 2018

For a nation where 70% of the labour force works in agriculture, we know surprisingly little about how farming came to Myanmar. It is thought that it began in the Irrawaddy valley.

Construction of road near ‘No Man’s Land’ in Thai-Myanmar border river suspended

By Nantiya Tangwisutijit September 24, 2018

Myanmar troops in Myawaddy township alleged that the road was being built in “questionable proximity” to the islet, locally called “No Man’s Land”, on the Moei River, which divides the two neighbouring countries.

As West recoils, China surges south in Myanmar

By Nantiya Tangwisutijit September 24, 2018

China has seized on Myanmar’s renewed international pariah status to push forward its corridor ambition, recently signing a Memorandum of Understanding on the so-called “China-Myanmar Economic Corridor”, or CMEC.

Thousands of dead mussels pile up in Kyaukphyu Township

By Nantiya Tangwisutijit September 24, 2018

In the past, live mussels were found in the mud after water receded. Now locals who collect mussels are suffering from skin diseases also.

Coal plan sparks ire as Myanmar struggles to keep lights on

By Nantiya Tangwisutijit September 24, 2018

Opposition to a planned $3 billion coal-fired power plant in eastern Myanmar is highlighting the challenges facing ’s government in crafting a coherent energy policy in one of Asia’s poorest and most electricity-starved countries.

Activists blast Myanmar timber deal: ‘There is no transparency at all’

By Nantiya Tangwisutijit September 24, 2018November 27, 2020

It’s a “shadowy agreement” made by the Myanmar government to allow the export of 5,000 tons of hardwood timber, including 3,000 tons of highly prized teak.

Yangon Region Auditor General warns about possible losses on projects

By Nantiya Tangwisutijit September 20, 2018

For the success of the New Yangon City projects, officials need to carry out step-by-step checks and supervisions.

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