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☆ Myanmar jade mine landslide kills at least 32 people
  + stars: | 2023-08-16 | by ( Su Chay Sophie Jeong Kathleen Magramo | Su Chay | Sophie Jeong | ) edition.cnn.com   time to read: +1 min
CNN —A landslide at a jade mine in northern Myanmar has killed at least 32 people, a local fire services official told CNN on Wednesday. The landslide took place in the remote and mountainous town of Hpakant in the northern state of Kachin on Sunday, said Sa Tay Za of the Hpakant Fire Service Department. Myanmar produces about 70% of the world’s jade and Hpakant is home to some of the world’s biggest and most lucrative jade mines, worth billions of dollars. The group estimated Myanmar’s jade industry was worth about $31 billion in 2014, nearly half of the country’s official GDP that year. More than 160 people died after heavy rain triggered a landslide in a jade mine in Hpakant in 2020.
Persons: CNN —, Sa Tay, Za Organizations: CNN, Fire Service Department, Global, Resource Governance Institute Locations: Myanmar, Hpakant, Kachin, China
☆ Ethnic group says Myanmar air attack kills 80 at celebration
  + stars: | 2022-10-25 | by ( The Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com   time to read: +5 min
BANGKOK — Airstrikes by Myanmar’s military killed as many as 80 people, including singers and musicians, attending an anniversary celebration of the Kachin ethnic minority’s main political organization, members of the group and a rescue worker said Monday. He said he first heard there had been 60 deaths, but was later told by sources close to Kachin Independence Army officials that about 80 people had died. He said military aircraft dropped four bombs on the celebration at about 8 p.m., according to members of his group who were there. They also included at least 10 Kachin military and business VIPs sitting in front of the stage, and cooks working backstage, he added. He said the deaths were a loss for all Kachin people, and its group would fly the Kachin flag at half-staff.
☆ Air strike during Myanmar concert kills at least 50 - media, opposition
  + stars: | 2022-10-24 | by ( ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +3 min
Myanmar has been gripped by fighting since the army overthrew an elected government early last year. Resistance movements, some armed, have emerged across the country, which the military has countered with lethal force. Since the coup, open conflict has resumed between the Myanmar army and bitter rival the KIA, which has been fighting on and off for six decades for greater autonomy for the Kachin people. The U.N. in Myanmar said it was deeply concerned and saddened by reports of the attack. Foreign ministers of the Southeast Asian bloc ASEAN are due to meet later this week to discuss the Myanmar crisis, its chair Cambodia said on Sunday.
☆ Kachin, Myanmar: Dozens killed by military airstrikes during celebration event
  + stars: | 2022-10-24 | by ( Eyad Kourdi Sandi Sidhu Jessie Yeung | Eyad Kourdi | Sandi Sidhu | ) edition.cnn.com   time to read: +4 min
CNN —Dozens of people have been killed in military airstrikes that hit a celebratory event in Myanmar’s mountainous Kachin state on Sunday, according to local news outlets and international organizations. Reuters and local news outlet The Irrawaddy reported at least 50 people were killed. CNN cannot independently verify the number of reported deaths and has reached out to the military for comment. Kachin Alliance, a Kachin community organization based in Washington, DC, said Kachin artists, local elders, and KIO leaders were among those killed. The attack on Sunday drew international condemnation, with the United Nations saying it was concerned over reports of more than 100 civilians impacted.
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