Construction work has begun on Thai-Burmese SEZin Mae Sot, Tak province, with many additional labourers needed according to the director of construction.
Author: KHIN MIN ZAW
Mandalay students, profs parlay after Education Bill protest
A delegation of student activists met with university professors in Mandalay a day after a Burmese student union led a public demonstration in the city denouncing the National Education Law.
Mandalay miners sentenced to jail
Ten miners from Mandalay’s Yamethin Township have been sentenced to one and a half years in prison following months of protest against privatisation of the Moehti Moemi gold mines.
Business as usual: martial law won’t affect cross-border trade
Residents in the Burmese border town of Myawaddy fear that the imposition of martial law in neighbouring Thailand will disrupt the flow of border trade.
Sagaing farmers say insect infestation stipends were misappropriated
Farmers in Ayadaw, Sagaing Division, said that authorities have unfairly disbursed agricultural stipends after insects ravaged the paddies of around 160 people.
Mae Sot migrants demand labour rights
Burmese migrant workers in a garment factory in northern Thailand’s Mae Sot are striking over unpaid wages and long working hours.