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Flooding subsides in Hpakant
“A day before, the flooding has been about a metre to two metres in the streets," said a local resident.
Hpakant residents band together in wake of murders
Neighbourhood watch groups are formed in the lawless jade mining town following two murders in broad daylight.
Pair of ethnic ‘Red Shan’ men shot dead in Hpakant
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.
2 killed, 11 injured in Hpakant jade mine landslide
Two freelance pickers were buried under a landslide of excavated soil as they sifted for scraps of jade.
2 killed in Hpakant jade mine landslide
Two jade scavengers were killed and another injured at yet another deadly landslide at Hpakant's mines.
Jade miner shot by soldier in Hpakant
The victim of the shooting told DVB that the mining company previously had no issue with freelancers scavenging at its worksite, but things went sour on Saturday.