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Wife opposes bail for former deputy mayor in fatal shooting case The wife of a man fatally shot in Phatthalung province has formally objected to bail for a former deputy mayor of a sub-district administrative organisation accused of carrying out the... [1]

Village Headman Accused of Punching Woman over Land Dispute The village administrator has denied the charge and threatened to sue the woman for defamation. A woman has accused a village administrator in Kachin State’s Mohnyin Townsh [2]

NAMTU, Northern Shan State—Many people strive to be a leader in their community, but Sai Maung (not his real name) was far from happy when he was chosen by lottery to serve as the village head of his hometown of Pan Wo Village in Namtu Township, nort... [3]

In commemorating the 29th anniversary of the 1988 Uprising, The Irrawaddy revisits the personal account of its founding editor-in-chief Aung Zaw on how he avoided the arrest of authorities by living as a monk in Kayan on the outskirts of Yangon, then... [4]

Thailand’s Drought Lets Rice Farmers’ Debt Grow In the debt-ridden Northeast, many rice farmers struggle to make ends meet after the government shut off the irrigation systems leaving them without the profits of the second annual rice crop. [5]

Even as India is busy courting Myanmar to advance its much-touted Act East Asia Policy, with promises and talks to open up borders and enhance people to people contact, far away in the remote Naga hills a slow but definite dissent is brewing against ... [6]

YANGON: A stabbing and murder occurred in Kyaukse, Mandalay Region, after the old head of the household was said to have been dissatisfied with the new head of the community, according to Myanmar Police Force. [7]

This photograph taken on August 22, 2025 shows labourers working at the under-construction site of the Dibang Multi-purpose Hydroelectric Project on the Dibang river, in the Lower Dibang Valley district of the northeastern state of Arunachal Pradesh.... [8]

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[1] TH thethaiger.com · 2026-01-17 · 85% match

Wife opposes bail for former deputy mayor in fatal shooting case

Wife opposes bail for former deputy mayor in fatal shooting case The wife of a man fatally shot in Phatthalung province has formally objected to bail for a former deputy mayor of a sub-district administrative organisation accused of carrying out the

[2] MM kachinnews.com · 2019-07-30 · 75% match

Village Headman Accused of Punching Woman over Land Dispute

Village Headman Accused of Punching Woman over Land Dispute The village administrator has denied the charge and threatened to sue the woman for defamation. A woman has accused a village administrator in Kachin State’s Mohnyin Townsh

[3] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2019-09-09 · 75% match

Ethnic Conflict Puts Village Leaders in Myanmar’s Shan State at Risk

NAMTU, Northern Shan State—Many people strive to be a leader in their community, but Sai Maung (not his real name) was far from happy when he was chosen by lottery to serve as the village head of his hometown of Pan Wo Village in Namtu Township, nort

[4] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2017-08-08 · 75% match

Confessions of a Bogus Monk

In commemorating the 29th anniversary of the 1988 Uprising, The Irrawaddy revisits the personal account of its founding editor-in-chief Aung Zaw on how he avoided the arrest of authorities by living as a monk in Kayan on the outskirts of Yangon, then

[5] TH isaanrecord.com · 2015-04-21 · 71% match

Thailand’s Drought Lets Rice Farmers’ Debt Grow

Thailand’s Drought Lets Rice Farmers’ Debt Grow In the debt-ridden Northeast, many rice farmers struggle to make ends meet after the government shut off the irrigation systems leaving them without the profits of the second annual rice crop.

[6] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2018-05-07 · 70% match

Dissent in the Naga Hills as India-Myanmar Border Follies Linger

Even as India is busy courting Myanmar to advance its much-touted Act East Asia Policy, with promises and talks to open up borders and enhance people to people contact, far away in the remote Naga hills a slow but definite dissent is brewing against

[7] MM www.thestar.com.my · 75% match

https://www.thestar.com.my/aseanplus/aseanplus-news/2025/10/16/former-village-headman-in-myanmar039s-mandalay-region-allegedly-stabs-new-chief-to-death-out-of-dissatisfaction

YANGON: A stabbing and murder occurred in Kyaukse, Mandalay Region, after the old head of the household was said to have been dissatisfied with the new head of the community, according to Myanmar Police Force.

[8] MM eng.mizzima.com · 2025-10-01 · 40% match

India plans mega-dam to counter China water fears

This photograph taken on August 22, 2025 shows labourers working at the under-construction site of the Dibang Multi-purpose Hydroelectric Project on the Dibang river, in the Lower Dibang Valley district of the northeastern state of Arunachal Pradesh.

[9] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2017-12-07 · 55% match

Muslim village-head killed in Rakhine’s Maungdaw District

YANGON – A Muslim village headman, Shaw Feik Amen, from Rakhine State’s southern Maungdaw Township, was shot dead in his house by unidentified armed men on Tuesday night, a border police officer confirmed on Thursday.

[10] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2017-07-07 · 41% match

A Conversation With Mikael Gravers: Research Among the Karen, Past and Present

This week on Tea Circle, we’re pleased to feature an interview with anthropologist Mikael Gravers, an expert on nationalism, ethnic conflict, and peace and reconciliation, with extensive experience working among Karen communities in Thailand and Myan

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