NUP Lawmaker Questions Missing Revenues From Myanmar’s Natural Resources

by Admin | Jul 24, 2026 | Daily News, Resource Extraction

Source: The Irrawaddy Despite Myanmar’s extensive extraction of natural resources, tax revenues remain strikingly low, prompting a lawmaker to ask in parliament: “Where have the resources gone?” Read Full Story

Kok River pollution tops agenda as Myanmar president visits: Anutin

by Admin | Jul 22, 2026 | Daily News, Politics/Policy, Resource Extraction

Source: Thai PBS World The Thai prime minister said today that he would raise the ongoing toxic contamination in a river in northern Thailand with the Myanmar president during his official visit early next month. Read Full Story

Activists Urge Nationwide Resistance Against Myanmar Junta’s Plan to Revive Controversial Myitsone Dam

by Admin | Jul 20, 2026 | Daily News, Resource Extraction

Source: Burma News International | By Network Media Group Activists and civil society organizations in Myanmar are calling for nationwide opposition to the military junta’s renewed efforts to revive the controversial Myitsone Dam project. Read Full...

China’s Rare Earth Rush Is Poisoning the Mekong — And Southeast Asia Is Paying the Price

by Admin | Jul 12, 2026 | Daily News, Politics/Policy, Resource Extraction

Source: Mizzima | By Sun Lee For seventy million people, the Mekong River isn’t scenery. It’s dinner. It’s income. It’s the reason a village exists where it does. Read Full Story

China calls for joint Thailand-Myanmar probe into Mekong pollution

by Admin | Jul 9, 2026 | Daily News, Politics/Policy, Resource Extraction

Source: Thai PBS World A spokesperson for the Chinese Embassy in Bangkok said in a post on the embassy’s Facebook page that China supports both countries in strengthening communication and coordination and expediting a joint investigation so that the issue can...

Activists escalate protests at Chinese Embassy in Bangkok over Myanmar mining runoff

by Admin | Jul 9, 2026 | Daily News, Politics/Policy, Resource Extraction

Source: Democratic Voice of Burma | By English Editor Environmental defenders and civil society networks converged on the Chinese Embassy in Bangkok, Thailand, on Wednesday to demand immediate accountability from Beijing for toxic transboundary pollution destroying...