The Burmese army has launched assaults on Ta’ang rebel positions in Burma’s northeast in response to parliamentary calls for an intervention to end fighting between rebels that has displaced thousands.
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Floods cause clean water shortages across Burma
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Floods cause clean water shortages across Burma
Officials and aid workers warn that hundreds of communities face an acute shortage of clean water after floods contaminated ponds and wells.
VIDEO: Construction worker freed 33 hours after deadly collapse
Two construction workers were killed and 18 injured when metal scaffolding collapsed at a Pullman Hotel construction site in Mandalay on Saturday afternoon.
DVB Debate: How would Burma manage another natural disaster?
On 2 May 2008, Cyclone Nargis swept through southern Burma, killing 140,000 people. Seven years after the worst natural disaster in Burma’s history, DVB Debate asks: ‘How would Burma manage another natural disaster?’
Myanmar Red Cross readies for Nepal mission
To date, more than 4,000 people have been counted as dead in the 7.9-magnitude earthquake which struck between the cities of Kathmandu and Pokhara.