Gold miners have resumed work around the Indawgyi Lake despite facing local opposition in Mohnyin Township in Kachin State. Mining is now happening in the jungle between Mamong Kai and Lon Tong villages, which threatens
Residents of Hpakant are struggling with rising rice and fuel costs after regime forces blocked a key transport route into the township in Kachin State following clashes with the Kachin Independence Army (KIA). (more…)
Residents of Indawgyi Lake fear that gold mining along the Nam Yinn Hka River, which flows into the lake, will pollute the waters they rely on for their drinking water and to cultivate their crops