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News Myanmar Kayah: Amnesty Intl says Myanmar army has laid landmines in Kayah

Published on: Tuesday 19 July 2022
Amnesty Intl says Myanmar army has laid landmines in Kayah
News source: https://baynews9.com/fl/tampa/ap-online/2022/07/20/amnesty-intl-says-myanmar-army-has-laid-landmines-in-kayah

BANGKOK (AP) — Myanmar’s military has laid landmines that have killed and injured people in and around villages in Kayah, a conflict-affected region near the border with Thailand, Amnesty ...

News Myanmar Kayah: Myanmar's Kayah State Chief Minister reassigned to military duties

Published on: Wednesday 31 December 2025
Myanmar's Kayah State Chief Minister reassigned to military duties
News source: https://www.thestar.com.my/aseanplus/aseanplus-news/2026/01/01/myanmar039s-kayah-state-chief-minister-reassigned-to-military-duties

YANGON: The Office of the National Defence and Security Council (NDSC) announced Tuesday (Dec 30) through Order No. 54/2025 that Kayah State Chief Minister Zaw Myo Tin (pic) has been reassigned to ...

News Myanmar Kayah: Kayah Farmers Continue Military Protest, Now in Silence

Published on: Thursday 04 July 2019
Kayah Farmers Continue Military Protest, Now in Silence
News source: https://reliefweb.int/report/myanmar/kayah-farmers-continue-military-protest-now-silence

Farmers in Demoso Township, Kayah State staged protests in two locations within the township Thursday against what they say are illegal seizures of their land by the Myanmar military (or Tatmadaw). ...

News Myanmar Kayah: The Promise and The Statue

Published on: Thursday 27 June 2019
The Promise and The Statue
News source: https://www.tni.org/en/article/the-promise-and-the-statue

Karenni, known today as Kayah State,* became one of the states in modern-day Myanmar only after the country’s independence in 1948. Before 1948, Karenni existed as an independent land in history. The ...

News Myanmar Kayah: Govt Suggests KNPP Sign Ceasefire this Fall

Published on: Wednesday 17 July 2019
Govt Suggests KNPP Sign Ceasefire this Fall
News source: https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/burma/govt-suggests-knpp-sign-ceasefire-fall.html

While the stalled peace talks between the government and the NCA signatories heighten the KNPP’s reluctance, there are other issues that have yet to be solved in Kayah State, including disputes over ...

News Myanmar Kayah: Myanmar Military Sues 3 Reporters over Farmers’ Protest in Loikaw

Published on: Friday 21 June 2019
Myanmar Military Sues 3 Reporters over Farmers’ Protest in Loikaw
News source: https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/burma/myanmar-military-sues-3-reporters-farmers-protest-loikaw.html

NAYPYITAW—The Myanmar military (or Tatmadaw) has filed a lawsuit against three reporters who covered a farmers’ protest in Kayah State’s Loikaw under Article 12 of the Law Protecting the Privacy and ...

News Myanmar Kayah: Govt Has Duty to Solve This: Kayah Farmers

Published on: Wednesday 26 June 2019
Govt Has Duty to Solve This: Kayah Farmers
News source: https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/burma/govt-duty-solve-kayah-farmers.html

At a press conference in Loikaw on Wednesday, farmers in Kayah State appealed to the Union government for help solving ongoing land disputes between them and the Myanmar army. The farmers held the ...

News Myanmar Kayah: 'Human Zoo' of Exotic Women Stirs Controversy in Thailand

Published on: Thursday 28 March 2019
'Human Zoo' of Exotic Women Stirs Controversy in Thailand
News source: https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1998-apr-19-mn-40776-story.html

While some critics have long decried the "human zoo" aspect, long-necked tourism took a darker turn last year when news reports said a Thai businessman had lured a Padaung group out of Myanmar's Kayah ...

News Myanmar Kayah: Company Overview of Kayah Resort

Published on: Thursday 04 April 2019
News source: https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=568673105

Kayah Resort, doing business as Ngwe Taung Pyay, operates as a resort cum hotel. The company was founded in 2015 and is based in Loikaw, Myanmar. As of May 30, 2018, Kayah Resort operates as a ...

News Myanmar Kayah: Ethnic minorities across Myanmar protest against Aung San statues

Published on: Thursday 28 March 2019
News source: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/03/ethnic-minorities-myanmar-protest-aung-san-statues-190328013321078.html

Yangon, Myanmar - Dee De, an ethnic-minority activist living in Myanmar's eastern Kayah state, remembers the moment police began firing on a crowd of some 5,000 people who gathered to protest against ...

News Myanmar Kayah: 630,000 Without Adequate Potable Water as Summer Temps Soar

Published on: Thursday 25 April 2019
News source: https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/burma/630000-without-adequate-potable-water-summer-temps-soar.html

Day temperatures across the country have reached over 40 degrees Celsius on average, climbing to 46 degrees Celsius in some parts of central Myanmar. According to the department, more than 630,000 ...

News Myanmar Kayah: Eight foreign investor apply for mining permits in Myanmar

Published on: Thursday 25 April 2019
News source: https://steelguru.com/mining/eight-foreign-investor-apply-for-mining-permits-in-myanmar/539161

Fortuna Metals applied for two blocks in Kachin to mine gold, copper and related metals and one block in Kayah State to mine tin and tungsten, said U Ather Hlaing. According to the 2018 Myanmar ...