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Climate of uncertainty fuels anxiety, exodus in Dry Zone
A changing climate is putting downward pressure on residents in Burma’s Dry Zone, where farming families stretch back generations.
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Arakan International Relations Lead Story News
China’s $10 billion strategic project at Kyaukphyu sparks local ire
Can Burma’s government please China, bring development and job opportunities, and ensure local residents’ rights are upheld as plans for the Kyaukphyu Special Economic Zone move forward?
Feature Features (OLD) Lead Story News
Too young to toil: Burma’s child labour epidemic
The government has taken the first step to address the rampant problem of child labour throughout the country by drafting a five-year National Action Plan to eliminate child labour.
Foreign Affairs Lead Story News
Cash and chemicals: For Laos, Chinese banana boom a blessing and curse
Experts say the Chinese have brought jobs and higher wages to northern Laos, but have also drenched plantations with pesticides and other chemicals.
Human Trafficking Lead Story News
Despite crackdown, people-smuggling across Thai-Burma border has risen
People smuggling across the border from Burma to Thailand is on the rise despite a crackdown by authorities in both countries that has made it more expensive and dangerous, Thai immigration police say.
Chin Environment Lead Story News
Efforts to change Chin farming habits seek to slow harmful deforestation
Can Chin State’s farmers move away from shifting cultivation and embrace sedentary agriculture in time to save the western region’s forests?
Dawei Development Lead Story News
Dawei left high and dry by mining firms
Located in southeastern Burma by the Andaman Sea, Dawei, or Tavoy, is set to be a strategic channel for connecting with trade partners around the South China Sea.
Human Rights Labour Issues Lead Story News
Despite calls for reform, prisoners continue hard labour in shackles
Months after a report on abuses and corruption in prison labour camps prompted calls for reforms and investigations, little has changed.
Dry Zone farmers struggle to switch to new rice varieties
The introduction of more productive crops is a key strategy for helping vulnerable communities in the Dry Zone.
Analysis Contributor Lead Story
Diverse perceptions of the Irrawaddy River Valley among its inhabitants
For centuries, the Irrawaddy River has served as Burma’s main riverine artery, but what does the future hold for this important waterway?
Thais seek closer ties through bilateral business council
Thai businesses are ramping up ties with their Burmese counterparts in five main areas — agriculture, border trade, energy, industrial development and tourism — to tap into vast investment opportunities in the neighbouring country.
Business Interview Lead Story News
INTERVIEW: Branding organic coffee in Burma
Genuis Shan Highlands Coffee founder Ngwe Tun discusses organic coffee growing, marketing, and the challenges for Burma’s coffee industry.
Farmers Lead Story Mandalay Division News
Drip-irrigation helps farmers in Burma’s Dry Zone
In central Burma’s harsh dry environment, drip-irrigation vegetable gardens help hundreds of families get by.
Ethnic issues Karen Lead Story News
Mahn Sha bust to be unveiled in his home town
“In the past, such a memorial event would not be allowed,” said the assassinated KNU leader’s niece.
Labour Issues Lead Story Migrants Issues News
Burmese lead migrants’ push for better pay, benefits at Thai seafood firm
Burmese nationals lead more than 2,000 migrant workers at a major Thai seafood exporting company in calling for bigger bonuses and better welfare benefits, a rare demand in a country that bars foreigners from forming trade unions.
Farmers Features Lead Story News
Climate change-affected soybean farmers get new seeds, technology
For many small farmers in southern Shan State, where roughly one-quarter of all of Burma’s soybean is grown, harvests have declined in quality and volume, putting pressure on livelihoods.
As honey sales rise, growing buzz surrounds beekeeping in Burma
Hundreds of small farmers in southern Shan State have boosted their income through apiculture and they are trained, and enthusiastic, beekeepers.
Struggling Arakan farmers want more government support
Many farmers in Arakan State suffer from the lack of labour, low mechanisation and poor market access for farm produce.
‘The fishing industry needs capital, technology and market access’
Myint Thein, a Fisheries Department officer in southern Arakan State, an area with thousands of fishermen, discusses the challenges facing the fishing industry there.
Arakan Features Lead Story News
As catches fall, fishermen in Arakan State sink into debt
Fishing, a major industry in impoverished Arakan State, has been in a long decline, pushing many coastal communities into debt.
Through reclusive Wa, China’s reach extends into Suu Kyi’s Burma
China is extending its considerable influence in Wa State, a self-administered statelet in Burma the size of Belgium
Farmers struggle to turn away from illicit but lucrative opium
At a remote farm about two hours away from Loikaw, capital of Karenni State, farmers scrape out raw opium from the poppies they’ve grown.
Electricity Energy Environment Lead Story Natural resources News
Hundreds of CSOs demand safe, sustainable energy plan
A coalition of 422 civil society and environmental groups are calling on the government to halt all proposed coal and large-scale hydropower projects, citing a raft of negative impacts on vulnerable local communities.
Farmers increase fertiliser use with little knowledge, or regulation
In recent years, farmers in Irrawaddy Division have come under pressure to modernise, as labour costs rise and productivity of the delta’s soil declines.
Health Interview Lead Story News
Talking nutrition in Chin State
Dr Khin Mar Cho is a nutrition specialist and director at Cornell University’s College for Agriculture and Life Sciences in the USA.
Land grabs on the rise as Burma pushes for peace
Land conflicts in Burma have escalated in recent years, with military and armed groups driving people from their land, and new laws failing to protect farmers, says a rights watchdog.
Business leaders to follow Suu Kyi to Japan
A group of 30 Burmese business leaders will travel to Japan as State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi begins a five-day visit to the country today.
Census Chin Lead Story News Women's Issues
Family matters: Census reveals dilemmas for Chin women
Married women in Chin State give birth to nine children on average, compared to four in Rangoon, according to new data.
Business Development Lead Story News
USAID to help finance Burma’s ‘missing middle’
A new microfinance programme backed by the US government’s foreign aid agency USAID aims to promote the growth of medium-sized businesses in Burma.
Business Foreign Affairs International Relations Lead Story News
Suu Kyi meets British FM ahead of US visit
State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi, who is also Burma’s foreign minister, met with her British counterpart on Monday to discuss efforts to promote bilateral ties.
