Many of Myanmar’s migrant workers in Thailand have been forced to open bank accounts that are then used by others to launder money from illegal online gambling and other illicit sources. Some of the migrants from Myanmar, who only earn a few thousand baht per month on construction sites or in factories, have discovered deposits […]
Most of the fishers in Thailand—one of the countries that have received the biggest value from seafood export—are Myanmar migrant workers who have been fleeing from their country since the coup in 2021. In Thailand, they are facing another threat: working with many risks, ranging from losing body parts to death, without proper protection. This […]
While neighboring countries have been launching intense anti-narcotics operations along their borders, the drug gangs now send more shipments via the southern Tanintharyi waters, where the conflict is growing. Dawei Watch When more than one ton of methamphetamine – commonly known as ice – was found aboard a fishing boat by Myanmar’s military junta in […]
Despite its low profile, the country’s pearl industry stands accused of providing revenue to help prop up the military junta TANINTHARYI, MYANMAR – For the controversial pearl industry in Myanmar, it’s business as usual in the southern Myeik Archipelago, despite calls for international pearl farming companies – including the Japanese – to exit the country […]
An appeal to the international community from a youth protester Zan Hein (aka) Raymond. In a video received by Dawei Watch, Zan Hein appealed to the international community, made on the third anniversary of the February 1 coup d’état. ” It is deeply distressing to see powerful governments and corporations turning a blind eye to […]
One of the most successful conservation projects in the country now under threat from unregulated extractive industry. DAWEI, MYANMAR – Unregulated and irresponsible gold mining has surged within Myanmar’s southern nature reserve area, putting nearly two decades of conservation efforts under threat. Zimbar Creek and the surrounding lush forest inside the Tanintharyi Nature Reserve (TNR) […]
Dawei Watch သတင်းဌာနကို ၂၀၁၂ ခုနှစ် မေလတွင်ထားဝယ်မြို့ အခြေစိုက် စတင် တည်ထောင်ခဲ့သည်။ Dawei Watch သည် ကနဦးတွင် တစ်နိုင်ငံလုံးခြုံထုတ်ဝေသည့် နေ့စဉ် သတင်းစာများ၊ အပတ်စဉ်များကို အဓိကအားဖြင့် တနင်္သာရီတိုင်းနှင့် မွန်ပြည်နယ်အတွင်းမှ သတင်းများ ဝန်ဆောင်မှုပေးလျက်ရှိသည်။ ယင်းအပြင် ထူးခြားမှုအလိုက် ထိုင်းရောက် မြန်မာ ရွှေ့ပြောင်းလုပ်သားများ သတင်းကိုလည်း တင်ဆက်သည်။
