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]…
Author: Kiana Duncan
“We do not have an exit date”: Chevron, PTT take on Total’s Yadana gas interests
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Tanintharyi locals protest mangrove destruction
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"Dirty List" broadens to include Japanese investors, tech firms, Vietnamese shippers
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Kirin Plans Myanmar Beer Exit by End of June
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Student federation claims education victory for Burma’s Nagas in India
Lobbying from the Naga Student Federation (NSF) resulted in a success this past week when educational institutions in the Indian state of Nagaland agreed to accept Naga students fleeing junta…