by Admin | Apr 28, 2026 | Aid, Daily News, Humanitarian Crisis, Land Grab
Source: Kantarawaddy Times A village along the Shan–Karenni border has been completely displaced after attacks by the military junta using heavy weapons and drone strikes starting on April 23, and is in need of assistance. Read Full Story
by Admin | Apr 2, 2026 | Daily News, Land Grab
Source: Burma News International | By Shan Herald Agency for News On March 29, junta troops and police forcibly evicted over 80 residents from their homes in Nawngtawng Village, leaving the locals with no choice but to flee, a Hopong resident reported. Read Full...
by Admin | Mar 11, 2026 | Daily News, Land Grab
Source: The Irrawaddy | By Athena Awn Naw A steel fence rises where his land once stretched toward the river. Concrete pillars anchor it deep into the soil. Barbed wire coils along the top. The work goes on in open daylight. He does not speak. He simply stands and...
by Admin | Feb 13, 2026 | Daily News, Land Grab
Source: Shan Herald Agency for News | By SHAN “This is land cultivated by our ancestors. Now they are using the label ‘Vacant, Fallow, and Virgin Land’ to force us out. They are calling us squatters on government land in order to evict us,” a local man from Hopong...
by Admin | Jan 9, 2026 | Environment, Land Grab, Opinion Papers
Source: Transnational Institute | Commentary by Lahkyen Roi Amidst conflict and military misrule, one of the most devastating impacts has been ‘land grab’ as local people are displaced and outside interests rush in to seize natural resources and set up exploitative...
by Admin | Nov 4, 2025 | Environment, Highlights, Land Grab, Opinion Papers
Source: The Irrawaddy | By Surachanee Sriyai We must instead recognize how China’s economic penetration through mining concessions, illicit trade routes and cross-border intermediaries has reshaped the ecology and politics of Southeast Asia’s frontier rivers. Read...
