The Mawchi mine in Karenni state was once the world’s most important source of tungsten, but locals there have now moved towards lead mining. The job is dangerous, however, as…
Day: December 3, 2010
USDP turns eyes to Shan state
Election winners continue to push for support from ethnic groups as USDP representatives court third-placed Shan party
Generation Wave
[album: https://www.dvb.no/wp-content/plugins/dm-albums/dm-albums.php?currdir=/wp-content/uploads/dm-albums/Generation Wave/] Award-winning photographer James Mackay travelled to the Thai-Burma border to document the underground activist and hip hop group, Generation Wave, as they made the video for their…
Captured Karen troops ‘executed’
Six troops were taken hostage after Burmese army launched an attack last week on a KNU/KNLA Peace Council outpost close to Myawaddy