Crime Ethnic issues Kachin Lead Story News
An ethnic Tai-Leng, or “Red Shan,” schoolteacher was reportedly shot dead by unknown assailants on Wednesday, less than 24 hours after the murder of a fellow Red Shan man in similar fashion, both in the Kachin State jade mining township of Hpakant.
Conflict Kachin Lead Story Natural resources News
Members of the Kachin Independence Army started a fire that destroyed a warehouse in Hpakant Township on Wednesday, according to Myawady News.
No casualties were reported in a fire that did extensive damage to property owned by a mining company in Hpakant Township on Wednesday.
Soe Zaw Zaw, vice-commander of the Combat Police Battalion based in Hpakant, has apologised for brandishing his gun at a meeting with members of the public.
Business Conflict Lead Story Natural resources News
Proceeds from Burma’s annual sale of jade, gems and pearls totalled US$592.12 million, down nearly 10 percent from 2015, government data showed.
Kachin Lead Story Natural resources News
Maung Aye left his poor village for Hpakant, where he risks his life each day to find the one jade stone that will lift him out of poverty.
Ethnic issues Kachin Lead Story News
A military mouthpiece claimed that three men allegedly working for the Kachin Independence Army confessed to carrying out a recent series of bomb attacks in Burma’s jade-mining region.
Environment Kachin Lead Story News
Residents of Hwaysai village say the mine, operated by local businessman Kyauk Win, has been eroding the banks of Uru Creek and obstructing the flow of water since it began in March of this year.
Kachin Lead Story Natural resources News
The incident took place at a site that had been closed for the rainy season because of fears about the stability of its massive pile of mining waste.
Nandar Hlaing, who was recently assigned to work as a village administrator in Hpakant Township, was shot and killed in front of her children on Sunday evening.
The attack, on a company apparently targeted for refusing to give in to extortion demands from an armed group, left at least 10 vehicles damaged or destroyed.
Lead Story Natural Disasters Natural resources News
Local officials say around 20 people may have been buried when a slag heap collapsed on Thursday evening.
Ethnic issues Kachin Lead Story News
The Burmese Army apologised to villagers displaced by recent clashes in Hpakant Township between government troops and the Kachin Independence Army.
