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Tenasserim tin mine allegedly pollutes creek
The Heinda Tin Mine is operated by Myanmar Pongpipat Co Ltd which is owned by a Thai company but registered in Burma.
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Conflict Lead Story News Tenasserim
Tenasserim govt looks to launch mine-clearance programme
“The mine-clearance talks began with a focus on areas in the vicinity of ethnic armed group outposts,” said the minister.
Tenasserim villagers take Heinda mine battle to Supreme Court
Villagers from Tenasserim Division have taken their battle against a Thai-owned mine all the way to the Supreme Court.
Conflict Ethnic issues Lead Story News
KNU, NMSP troops clash in Tenasserim
The clashes between the two major ethnic armed groups are the first since they decided to stop fighting in 1988.
Boatpeople Lead Story News Refugees
102 abandoned migrants rescued in Tenasserim
The Burmese navy has recovered 102 men, thought to be asylum seekers from Bangladesh, who were abandoned on the island of Saunggauk, state media reported.
Lead Story News Politics Refugees
Tenasserim to allot land for refugees, officials say
Officials of Tenasserim Division claimed that refugees residing in a camp in Thailand would soon be able to return as they are scouting for land for their resettlement.
Tenasserim govt orders KNU to stop collecting ‘taxes’
Tenasserim Division’s government ordered the KNU to stop letting their police force collect “taxes” in Tavoy district.
Tenasserim villagers protest military land grab
Thayetchaung residents protest the 1990 seizure of more than 900 acres of farmland by the military and government to build a railroad.
Culture Education Ethnic issues Lead Story News
Karen language proposal gets green light in Tenasserim
Representatives of the Karen National Union (KNU) met last week with members of the Tenasserim division government in Tavoy where they agreed that plans to teach ethnic languages in Karen schools should move ahead.
800 fishermen saved off Tenasserim coast
Many remain unaccounted for as extreme weather tips barges and boats off the coast of Burma’s southeastern Tenasserim division
Russian specialists inspect Tenasserim outposts
Jul 16, 2008 (DVB), Four Russian defence specialists have reportedly arrived in Tenasserim division to inspect the Burmese government's air defence and artillery outposts along the Thai-Burmese border. The four[…]
Russian and Chinese experts visit Tenasserim division
Jan 10, 2008 (DVB), Recent visits by Chinese and Russian agricultural experts to the coastal areas of Tenasserim division have been met with suspicion by the Karen National Union. A[…]
Storms hit Irrawaddy, Magwe and Tenasserim
Aug 07, 2007 (DVB)
Conflict Ethnic issues Lead Story News
NMSP and KNU clash again in Tanintharyi Region
Clashes between the New Mon State Party and the Karen National Union, two Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement signatories, erupted on Sunday morning in Yebyu Township, Tanintharyi Region.
Conflict Ethnic issues Lead Story News
Mon, Karen national ceasefire signatories clash in southeast Burma
A clash between soldiers from the New Mon State Party (NMSP) and Battalion 16 of the Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA) reportedly erupted over the weekend near Mahn Aung village in Ye Township, Mon State. The skirmish flared eight miles away from the village.
Energy Environment Lead Story News
Debate over coal-fired power plant in Karen State heats up
Locals and civil society organisations in Karen State are pushing back against plans for a coal-fired power plant in Hpa-an Township, where the project still has the blessing of the state’s leading official.
Communal Violence Lead Story Magwe News
Mob attacks Muslim homes in Taungdwingyi as police guard mosque
Eye-witnesses said as many as 70 people attacked the houses, carrying weapons such as machetes, while some 400 by-standers watched.
Lead Story Migrants Issues News
Burmese migrant exodus spreads to southern Thailand
More than 1,000 Burmese migrants have returned via the Maw Taung border checkpoint in Tenasserim, with perhaps a similar number crossing at Kawthaung, the southernmost port in Burma.
Farmers Feature Features (OLD) Lead Story News
Climate of uncertainty fuels anxiety, exodus in Dry Zone
A changing climate is putting downward pressure on residents in Burma’s Dry Zone, where farming families stretch back generations.
Body count rises to 90 in search for plane off southeastern Burma’s coast
Search personnel had recovered 90 bodies as of Thursday afternoon as the hunt for a downed military transport plane and the 122 passengers and crew aboard entered its second week.
Accidents Lead Story News Tenasserim
86 bodies recovered in ongoing search for downed plane
The ill-fated, Chinese-manufactured Y-8-200F aircraft was en route to Rangoon from Myeik when it went missing last week.
76 bodies from downed transport plane recovered: military
The bodies of over half the passengers aboard the ill-fated military plane that went down over the Andaman Sea last week have been recovered, with search and rescue efforts having brought ashore 76 corpses out of the 122 people on the flight.
10 of 31 bodies retrieved in missing plane disaster cremated
Burma cremates 10 of the 31 bodies pulled from the waters off its southern coast as the hunt for a military transport plane that went missing over the Andaman Sea with 122 people aboard stretched into a third day.
Body count rises to 31 in search for downed plane amid deteriorating weather
As search efforts entered their third day on Friday, Burma’s military said it had recovered the bodies of 31 men, women and children from the military aircraft that crashed into the Andaman Sea earlier this week, with hopes fading for the survival of any of the 122 passengers onboard.
Lead Story Military News Tenasserim
Aircraft crash: President’s Office offers condolences, 29 bodies recovered
“As of 3:30pm on 8 June, 29 bodies – one man, 20 women and eight children – have been recovered by the team,” says military statement.
Military aircraft carrying over 100 passengers goes missing
Aviation authorities on Wednesday afternoon lost contact with a military aircraft carrying more than 100 passengers, with the plane en route to Rangoon from Myeik when it dropped off the radar in southeastern Burma.
Constitution Lead Story News Politics
Ethnic states can write own constitutions: State Counsellor’s Office
UPDJC agrees in principle to allow administrative regions and states a federal right to adopt their own constitutions, but only on the basis that they do not seek to break away from Burma.
Lead Story News Politics Tenasserim
Myeik MP apologises for slapping his constituent
After Tun Hla kept yelling, MP Ye Myint Swe walked up to him and slapped him across the face.
Lead Story News Politics Tenasserim
‘Slapstick’ NLD MP video viewed over 1m times on Internet
Incident happened after an argument over shabby workmanship on the doors and window frames of a school building.
Irrawaddy Division Lead Story News
4 killed as Cyclone Maarutha hits Irrawaddy Delta
Four people have been killed and about 60 houses destroyed as storms caused by Cyclone Maarutha wreaked havoc in the Irrawaddy Delta.
