Burmese refugees offered job training in Thailand
Refugees living on the Thai border will be offered courses in dressmaking, mechanics, construction and hotel management to improve job prospects in Burma.
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INTERVIEW – Kachin women fight back
Moon Nay Li and Shirley Seng from KWAT talk to DVB about the ongoing conflict in Burma’s northern states and the difficulties facing Kachin women.
Borderlands hit with drug-resistant malaria
Leading scientists and health experts flagged the need for tougher political leadership and regional coordination in Asia to combat malaria, with the drug-resistant strain a particular worry
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More than 26,000 people displaced during recent clashes
Homeless people fled to packed camps or clustered near their charred houses in western Burma on Sunday, amid ongoing unrest that the UN said displaced 26,500 from mainly Muslim communities
Media coverage of the Rohingyans has barely broken the surface
Francis Wade Mar 18, 2009 (DVB), While the world remains shocked by the story of the Rohingya boatpeople who washed up on Thailand's shores in January, the media coverage has[…]
Media coverage of the Rohingyans has barely broken the surface
Francis Wade Mar 18, 2009 (DVB), While the world remains shocked by the story of the Rohingya boatpeople who washed up on Thailand's shores in January, the media coverage has[…]
Kaw Hmoo cyclone victims forced out of camps
May 21, 2008 (DVB), Authorities in Kaw Hmoo township of Rangoon Division have been pressuring around 1000 cyclone victims currently sheltering in monasteries and churches to go back to their[…]
Missionaries give Christmas donation to prison inmates
Dec 31, 2007 (DVB), Christian missionaries in Kalay township, Sagaing division, were given permission to provide a Christmas meal and donate clothing to inmates in three local prison camps. The[…]
