The ongoing Strategic Environmental Assessment of the hydropower sector in Myanmar does not determine the fate of planned or future hydropower projects and rather is a tool for decision-makers to be better informed of countrywide environmental and social risks.

A coalition of 422 civil society and environmental groups are calling on the government to halt all proposed coal and large-scale hydropower projects, citing a raft of negative impacts on vulnerable local communities.

Burmese military media have reported that Kokang rebels abducted five workers from a hydropower plant in Laogai.

Karen Rivers Watch says recent fighting for control of a road to the site of the controversial Hatgyi hydropower dam is putting a dangerous strain on the ceasefire in Karen State.

Joern Kristensen, the director of the Myanmar Institute for Integrated Development, speaks to DVB about Burma's options for meeting its energy needs.

Opposition to Chinese-invested hydropower schemes in Burma is being orchestrated by "extreme" groups, according to an influential Chinese newspaper.