On this week’s episode of DVB’s Doh Pyay Doh Myay Roadshow, the team takes us north of Mandalay to the ruby mining town of Mogok.
Month: December 2014
2014 in Review
DVB’s roundup of some of the most important stories to happen in Burma in 2014.
Four forestry officers slain in Shan State
According to a Shan State government administrator, the forestry officers had earlier seized 200 tons of illegally felled logs and were on their way back to check the haul. “We…
Nay Myo Zin, Naw Ohn Hla arrested over Latpadaung protest
Activists Naw Ohn Hla and Nay Myo Zin were arrested by police in Rangoon on Tuesday morning for their role in a protest in front of the Chinese Embassy, denouncing…
Latpadaung villagers tear down Wanbao fence
Around 100 local villagers have torn down a fence erected by the Myanmar Wanbao copper mining company around a disputed patch of land near Latpadaung mine.
Burmese army captures KIA outpost near Hpakant
Burmese government forces have captured a Kachin rebel outpost in Kar Mine, near the jade mining town of Hpakant.