Page 7 - Salween River News Today

Salween Peace Park (SPP) representatives have expressed outrage following deadly attacks by the Myanmar junta in Karen State.

Salween Peace Park (SPP) representatives have expressed outrage following deadly attacks by the Myanmar junta in Karen State.

The United Wa State Army has deployed hundreds of soldiers to southern Shan State, raising fears that it will clash with the rival Restoration Council of Shan State.

This week's exodus of thousands of people fleeing for their lives from Myanmar's Karen State into Thailand's Mae Sot district in Tak was not unexpected.

After post-coup protests, Karen state faced a Tatmadaw crackdown. Now, many rebuild, while others grow defiant.

The Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army says it clashed 126 times with the regime during last month and has killed 198 junta troops since July.

The sour relationship between Myanmar and Asean might have forced the Tatmadaw -- a term for the Myanmar junta government -- to go soft and release hundreds of political prisoners from Insein prison, in a bid perceived as an attempt to extend an olive branch to the regional bloc.

Resuming economic projects and reappointing cabinet ministers from the U Thein Sein government are just some of the ways the regime is trying to turn back the clock.

As COP15 convenes, the importance of free-flowing rivers like the Salween to Indigenous understanding of reality and biodiversity must be recognised.

Antique Maps of India & Nepal. Gallery of authentic historic and rare maps of India, Nepal and Ceylon or Sri Lanka from the 16th to the 19th centuries.