Yanghee Lee was denied access to conflict-wracked Hpakant and Waignmaw townships in Kachin State this week as she undertakes her fifth visit to Burma in her capacity as UN special…
Day: January 10, 2017
Burma warns its migrant workers in Malaysia after five hacked to death
Burma said on Monday it had sent out safety instructions to its migrant workers in Malaysia after attackers hacked five of them to death with swords, weeks after it barred…
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.