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UN voices concern over deadly airstrikes in Myanmar's Kachin State
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
The UN said Kachin airstrikes "appear to be excessive and disproportionate use of force by security forces against unarmed civilians is unacceptable and those responsible must be held to account."
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3 bodies retrieved after Myanmar landslide
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Yangon [Myanmar], December 23 (ANI): Three bodies have been recovered as of Thursday morning after a landslide hit Myanmar's Kachin state on Wednesday, media reported citing Fire Services Department.
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Over 80 missing in landslide at jade mine in Myanmar
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Yangon [Myanmar], December 22 (ANI): Over 80 people went missing in a jade mine landslide in Myanmar's Kachin state in the early hours of Wednesday, Xinhua quoting a local village administration official reported.
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Myanmar: 3 million in need of humanitarian aid, 'world is watching' UN rel
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
New York [US], November 9 (ANI): Growing conflict, insecurity, COVID-19, and a failing economy, has rendered some three million Burmese in need of life-saving humanitarian assistance across Myanmar, the UN Emergency Relief Coordinator said on Monday.
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Myanmar: Illegal rare-earth mining in Kachin State on China's border rises
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Naypyitaw [Myanmar], April 29 (ANI): Illegal mining of rare earth minerals have surged in Myanmar's northern Kachin state on the Chinese border after the February 1 coup, local media reported.
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50 people killed, many missing following Jade mine's collapse in Myanmar
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Yangon [Myanmar], July 02 (ANI): At least 50 people died and many others are still missing after Jade mine in Hpakant township of Myanmar's Kachin state collapsed on Thursday, Xinhua reported citing the local village administration office
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US provides USD 44 m as assistance for Rohingyas
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], May 16 (ANI): The United States (US), through the US Agency for International Development (USAID), has agreed to provide an additional sum of USD 44 million as humanitarian assistance to Bangladesh to meet the urgent needs of Rohingya refugees.
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UN rights expert to assess potential abuses in northern Myanmar
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New York [US], Jan. 7 (ANI): An independent United Nations expert will assess the human rights situation in Myanmar starting next week, it was announced yesterday, following increasing concerns about civilians in Kachin State and the escalating violence in Rakhine State.
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Soldier stripped of rank after Tatmadaw court rules him guilty for death o
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Naypyidaw, Aug. 10 (ANI): The Myanmar National Human Rights Commission has said a Tatmadaw (Myanmar Armed Forces) investigation into the death of a villager in Kachin State has found a soldier guilty, with a military tribunal ruling that he be stripped of his rank and discharged from service
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