This story is part of a DVB series on Burmese migrant workers supported by the Pulitzer Center and is a co-publication with Al Jazeera. [All images courtesy of Kiana Duncan]…
Month: May 2022
News Cartoon: May 30, 2022
“Theft of a Nation”
Chongqing-Mandalay train link begins operations, track build stalled within Burma
The junta’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Chinese Embassy in Burma jointly announced the inauguration of the Chongqing-Lincang-Mandalay train route, a bimodal transport link which aims to further connect…
Pro-military PNO forcing Pa-O men into new militias
The Pa-O National Organization (PNO) is recruiting locals to form a new pro-junta militia from villages between Taunngyi and Hopong in territory that is part of the Pa-O Self-Administered Zone,…
Burma's AAPP recognized at German peace awards
The Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (AAPP), an organization lauded for its recording and validation of incidences of crimes against humanity in Burma since the coup, has received the 2021…
Military lending to major banks as experts fear sector meltdown
Burma’s banking and financial crises have worsened since the military coup, despite the military pledging that it would prop up the sectors as private banks face collapse. Zaw Min Tun,…