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Please open the school door!

Dawei Watch

April 27, 2025

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 […]

Armed groups and junta profit as toxic mines devour southern Myanmar

Dawei Watch

April 24, 2025

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 […]

The $29-billion shortcut: Thailand’s land bridge project fuels hopes and fears

Dawei Watch

February 11, 2025

By Nicha Wachpanich The Thai government is betting big on a land bridge to revolutionise trade routes and propel the economy forward. But in the fishing villages and durian orchards of the South, the question remains: at what cost? Rising out of lush undergrowth like a modern ruin, an unfinished high-rise hotel greets visitors to […]

My Younger Brother …

Dawei Watch

October 31, 2024

We arrived in the middle of a quiet night and the door of the small house was open, but the place had the feel of a graveyard. When we arrived, we shone the beam of our torch at the door of the house. The door was open, but the small house belonged to a person […]

Rape and sexual assaults by both sides going unpunished

Dawei Watch

September 12, 2024

Women in Myanmar who have been raped and sexually assaulted during the ongoing conflict find little help from the junta, or those fighting against it. While there have been active campaigns worldwide to protect women from becoming the victims of sexual violence, women in Myanmar, who have been assaulted sexually, remain helpless while those who […]

Guardians of Pat-Chan: How river conservations thrived before Myanmar’s crisis

Dawei Watch

August 26, 2024

A group of conservationists and villagers fought to preserve Myanmar’s southern Pat-Chan River and its mangrove forests – until a military coup forced their efforts to halt TANINTHARYI, MYANMAR — Efforts to conserve rivers and mangroves in southern Myanmar came to a standstill when activists fled the country in fear of their safety. The responsibility […]