Conflict Kokang Lead Story News
By truck, by bike, by foot – the exodus from Laogai
“Hundreds of civil servants [and workers] fled the town and headed south by car or motorbike. Those without transportation simply began walking.”
Conflict Kokang Lead Story News
“Hundreds of civil servants [and workers] fled the town and headed south by car or motorbike. Those without transportation simply began walking.”
Lead Story Migrants Issues Natural Disasters News
More than 220,000 people perished 10 years ago today in the worst natural disaster in living history. Some 2,000 were Burmese; many bodies remain unclaimed.
A group of local activists and politicians in Shan state’s Kengtung township are preparing a petition against a Thai-owned coal mining project, which they say will cause widespread social and environmental problems.