Workers from Sagaing and Magway regions have been denied jobs and are facing layoffs from some factories in Yangon Industrial Zone, according to sources from the labor community. A worker…
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“I’ll be home with victory”: Myaung Women Warriors Stake a Claim for Equality on Burma’s Frontlines
Under the hot afternoon sun in Burma’s dry zone, a call rings out into the clearing. The revolution must succeed. The call is met with the resounding voices of 20…
H1N1 death toll in Burma rises to 27
In Sagaing Division, it has been reported that six family members of medical doctors have contracted H1N1.
2 killed, 100,000 displaced by floods in Burma
Water levels have risen steadily since unrelenting monsoon rain began in early July, driving some people to higher land or seek shelter in Buddhist monasteries, says official.
3 dead as flooding wracks Upper Sagaing
“Floodwaters have swept away 23 houses and affected more than 10,000 people,” said Dr. Zaw Win, the regional minister of social affairs for Sagaing Division.
Protesters again face down police at Letpadaung
Protesters confronted police along the Pathein-Monywa Road near the controversial Letpadaung copper mine in Salingyi Township on Monday, in the latest dust-up over the Chinese-backed project in southern Sagaing Division.