CIVIL WAR: Kachin State?s Northern Military Zone; Shan State; Karen State (Thaton District, Taungngu(?) District, Dupala District, Paan District, Papun District); Arakan State...Persecution by the Junta: Atrocities in Civil War Zones...ENVIRONMENT: ".According to the May 3rd issue of " The Nation", a Bangkok-based English language newspaper, the Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (EGAT) has a plan to build more than ten new hydroelectric power dams throughout Thailand and along the Burmese border. Private consultants and foreign funding agencies are conducting feasibility studies for this project..."...REPATRIATION: "On the 22 of May, the Thailand government started an operation to repatriate illegal Burmese in Mae Sod, opposite the site of the Burmese border city of Myawady..."...POLITICS: Opposition; Reopening of the Universities; Opposition on theThai-Burmese Border...ECONOMIC ISSUES: "After crushing the pro-democracy Movement in 1988, the military regime began to open the closed door of Burma to foreign investments in order fo solve the country?s economic problems. This influx of foreign investments does not bring a solution to Burma because the poverty among the majority of the people is created by the insatiable corruption of the military officials and continually rising taxes levied against the people. The main suppliers of foreign investments to Burma now are Japan, Thailand, South Korea, China and Singapore; Agriculture; Corruption; Underground Business; Taxation; Inflation; Fishermen; Economic Development...HUMAN RIGHTS: Extra Judicial Executions in Rangoon