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Mongla: ‘the Wildlife Trafficking Capital of the World’
Mongla lies on the border of the Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture in southwestern China and Shan State in northeastern Burma. Situated in the heart of the Golden Triangle, the city is known among other sad epithets as the wildlife trafficking capital of the world and for drugs, gambling, ...
MNMC to protect influence and dignity of journalism
“Newsmen or artiste literary workers love freedom, hence need to be given freedom of expression and simultaneously privileges for their own security.” said Dr Pe Myint, Union Minister for Information, meeting with Myanmar News Media Councilors in Yangon yesterday.He added that journalists had the right ...
Value of trade through Muse border trade camp on the decline
The value of trade through the Muse border trade camp was on the decline as of the end of September, it is learnt from the statistics of Trade Department. The value of trade via Muse as of 23rd September in this fiscal year amounted to ...
Myanmar negotiating 200 billion Euro loan from Belgium for riverbank upgrades
Myanmar is in discussion with Belgium to receive a 200 billion Euro loan that will be used to achieve better water flow by digging a sandbank in the Ayeyawady and Chindwin rivers.According to a representative of the department of water resource and river development, a ...
Worryingly high Myanmar marital birthrate revealed following census
While the total fertility rate in Myanmar is 2.5 children per woman, and on par with ASEAN averages, new and more detailed data tell a very different story: Married women in Myanmar give birth to five children on average. Keep reading ...
Kachin locals oppose dam in Militia-controlled area
Locals have sent an open letter to Burma’s President opposing the planned hydropower project to be built over the May Kha River and Ngaw Chan Kha Creek in Kachin State’s Chipwi and Tsawlaw townships.Keep readin ...
WCS, TSA save the turtles in Myanmar
Working in conjunction with the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), the Turtle Survival Alliance (TSA) works to implement recovery programs for some highly endangered endemic species in Ayeyawady Region – the Myanmar roof turtle, the Myanmar star tortoise and the Rakhine forest turtle.Keep reading ...
Two-thirds of disabled children not enrolled in formal education
RANGOON — A joint report published by the United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (Unicef) has stated that Burma’s national education law needs to be amended, as two-thirds of the country’s 232,000 disabled children do not obtain a formal education.Keep reading ...
Efforts exerted to formulate a zoning law in Yangon
Concerted efforts are being made for a zoning plan in Yangon Region to go from draft to law, it is learnt from the City Planning and Land Administration Department under the Yangon City Development Committee (YCDC).Keep reading ...
Illegal log trade continues on Salween river
CHIANG MAI, Thailand — The 25 tons of teak logs recently seized on the Salween River in Karen State show that the illegal trade persists despite a nationwide logging ban.The teak logs were seized by an armed wing of the Karen National Union (KNU) along ...
