The Myanmar SAC has arrested several key staff members, including the head doctor, deputy head, and a logistics officer of Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) in Dawei, forcing it to suspend its Metta Yeik Clinic operation, according to sources close to the organization. The arrests reportedly began in late May, when the logistics officer of MSF […]
Newborns abandoned as mothers give up hope Beneath a makeshift extension on the ground floor of a dilapidated two-story house, a newborn baby lies on his back, sleeping on a rattan bed. Suddenly, he cries out loudly. Daw Htwe, his adoptive mother, rushes from the back of the house and scoops him up in her […]
Education across the Tanintharyi Region continues to face mounting challenges as schools struggle to reopen amidst ongoing conflict, military airstrikes, and severe shortages of teaching materials. While military-controlled education authorities attempt to implement a non-formal education system for thousands of out-of-school children, the overall enrollment figures for the current academic year remain significantly lower than […]
In the conflict-scarred hills and coastal plains of Myanmar’s southern Tanintharyi Region, a decades-old project is resurfacing – not as a symbol of prosperity, but as a harbinger of fear. The Dawei Special Economic Zone (SEZ), a megaproject once billed as a transformative gateway for Myanmar’s integration into global trade, is now being revived by […]
With continuous breezes, many young children liked to fly kites. However, ready-made kites of various colors were no longer available at the shops in the village. Although the children were eager to play with kites, the season was not right for flying them and the elders were not free to make kites for their children, […]
“The mere sound of a plane makes me feel sick,” said a 38-year-old resident of Launglon, describing the growing terror felt by civilians in Myanmar’s southern Tanintharyi region. Once relatively untouched by the junta’s brutal air campaign, Tanintharyi is now experiencing a sharp escalation in aerial attacks and heavy shelling from artillery. Even as Myanmar […]
Myanmar migrants’ children struggle to get an education in Thailand A young child from Myanmar used to sit in front of his house with his dog while he waited for his bus to school in Thailand every day. On school days, neighbours would often see him running to catch the school bus, wearing his blue […]
In July 2024, Maung Tu, 40, a manager at a mining company, purchased a betel nut farm of 2.4 hectares, or 6 acres, near the southern tip of Myanmar for nearly seven times the market price, paying approximately 200 million kyat (about $50,000 at the unofficial exchange rate). He has little interest in the cash […]
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။
