Land
Landmines, UXO and de-mining
Poverty solutions prove challenging
Rural development and poverty eradication in Laos could face many challenges in the coming years before getting better in the long term, according to the National Committee for Rural Development and Poverty Eradication. The challenges include unexpected developments and the fact that regional and international integration ...
Japan contributes to mechanised UXO clearance in XiengKhuang
According to the Japanese Embassy in Vientiane on August 18 the Japan government has provided grant assistance worth over US$570,662 for Mechanical Cluster Submunition Clearance in Xieng Khuang province. This project will accelerate UXO clearance with a Cluster Submunition Clearance Machine which cuts bush around a site ...
Follow the money
A surge in U.S. aid is helping Cambodia scale up work to rid its eastern provinces of the deadly detritus of old wars. With other countries pulling funding, deminers are leaving the west—where death and injury from old landmines and artillery shells are far more ...
UXO found in three different provinces
In recent days, dozens of pieces of unexploded ordnance and hundreds of AK-47 bullets have been found on farmland in three provinces – Siem Reap, Preah Sihanouk and Banteay Meanchey and handed over for disposal that were impounded by the Cambodian Mine Action Centre, who identified ...
US supports UXO clearance in Xieng Khuang
The United States’ Department of State Office of Weapons Removal and Abatement has provided more than US$2.17 million for a project supporting rural development through unexploded ordnance clearance in Xieng Khuang province. The total funding of US$2,178,865 will be used for survey and clearance in the ...
Forest fire detonates UXOs at Preah Vihear
A forest fire near the Preah Vihear temple complex in Cambodia caused decades-old landmines and other unexploded ordnance to explode on 20 March, according to regional military commander Duong Sam Neang. Keep reading ...
UN rights official sets tough targets for new government
Myanmar’s United Nations-appointed human rights investigator has given the new government a 100-day challenge. The task list – starting from its first day in office next month – includes lifting restrictions on freedom of movement in Rakhine State, meeting a 30 percent quota for women ...
UXO sector achieves new clearance milestone
The year 2015 was a year of significant progress and innovation for the UXO sector in Laos, thanks to a new evidence-based survey method. The sector has seen a considerable increase in the number of cluster munitions cleared per hectare of land; from fewer than seven ...
Shan rights groups call for mine clearance
Shan State locals are demanding the government clear landmines from conflict areas surrounding villages in the north of the state. The Kachin Ethnic Network of Shan State made the request in Yangon on 1 March during a press conference. They also demanded armed groups stop detaining civilians. Keep reading ...
RCSS faces landmine claims
Ethnic Palaung civilians fleeing fighting in Namkham township have accused forces of the Restoration Council of Shan State (RCSS) of laying landmines around their village and looting their homes. IDPs from Law Naw spoke to The Myanmar Times in a makeshift camp set up about 10 ...
