02 October 2013
Ten residents of Kyaukpyu, located in the Arakan state, were sentenced to three-month jail terms September 26 for their unauthorised protests against the Shwe pipeline, a controversial Chinese-backed project. The demonstration attracted the support of more than 500 locals and was held in mid-April on Maday Island. The controversy that caused the protest stems from […]
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18 September 2013
From Sunday 22nd September, residents of Kyaukpyu will for the first time have the convenience of 24 hour electricity. Made possible by gas turbines from Shwe Gas pipeline terminal converting compressed natural gas into electricity, homes in the Kyaukpyu township and surrounding villages will have electricity at standard rates of 35 kyat per unit. Local […]
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09 September 2013
Police in Kyaukpyu, Ramree Island, detained and interrogated 11 Chinese staff members of the Shwe National Gas Project on the 5th September concerning the unexplained death of a Chinese worker on the project. The workers are being detained for questioning. All of the employees on the project, located on Maday Island of the Kyaukpyu District, […]
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22 May 2013
The port of Kyaukpyu at the northern end of Ramree Island. This fishing port is in the process of being transformed into a major international deep-sea port, funded by China and connected by a rail and road network to southern China. Thanks to the photographer, Zibo Wei, for this amazing panoramic taken in June 2011.
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29 November 2012
The residents of a once-active and thriving fishing village now burned out are among 100,000 Muslims displaced in the Arakan state and too afraid or unable to return home. The entire Muslim neighbourhood of Kyaukpyu, a coastal town on Ramree Island, burned. Little is left of the village. A month after the neighbourhood burned to […]
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25 October 2012
At least 56 people were killed in riots in four townships in the western Myanmar state of Arakan. The number includes 31 women who were killed. At least 64 others were injured in the sectarian riots which took place in October 2012, according to official governmental sources. More than 1,900 homes and eight religious buildings […]
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19 June 2012
Two Muslim men have been sentenced to death for raping and then murdering a woman. The case led to sectarian clashes that resulted in the deaths of at least 50 people. The sentence was handed down by the Arakan state’s Kyaukpyu District Court. A third man who was also involved and charged hanged himself while […]
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21 March 2012
During exploratory drilling in the Shwe gas field near Ramree Island the private company MPRL E&P Pte Ltd. (Myanmar Petroleum Resources Limited) says it has found gas in Block A-6. MPRL is a private Burmese company and is the only independent exploration and production (E&P) company operating in both onshore and offshore in Burma. MPRL […]
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18 December 2011
Rare footage taken on January 21st 1945 of the capture of Ramree Island by the British 26th Indian Division. The film follows the Allied Forces combined efforts against the Japanese fortifications on the island. US Air Force B-24 Liberator’s drop fragmentation bombs whilst ships from the Royal Navy bombard the tropical island. British forces conduct […]
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04 December 2011
Recent heavy rain and extreme weather conditions during this years monsoon season are having a significant impact on agriculture says U Aung Ko Lat, deputy planning officer from the Department of Agricultural Planning. The heavy rainfalls in the region made international headlines recently with extensive flooding in Thailand’s north, highlighting the changing weather patterns. According […]
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