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    Flooding subsides in Hpakant
    June 19, 2017in Kachin, Lead Story, News368by NANG MYA NADI / DVB
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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.

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    Workers abandon Kachin mines due to military threat
    June 12, 2017in Kachin, Lead Story, Natural resources, News512by PAING SOE / DVB
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    Workers abandon Kachin mines due to military threat

    The Burmese military air-dropped leaflets stating that anyone remaining after 15 June would be considered an associate of the outlawed KIO.

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    Measures to prevent violence put forward after Sagaing jade mine killings
    May 19, 2017in Lead Story, News, Sagaing227by AUNG SAN MYINT
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    Measures to prevent violence put forward after Sagaing jade mine killings

    Sagaing divisional authorities are undertaking a four-step plan to prevent violent confrontations between licensed mining companies and so-called “freelance” jade scavengers at the Khamti jade mines after an altercation two…

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    Four miners shot dead at jade mine
    May 17, 2017in Lead Story, Natural resources, News781by DVB
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    Four miners shot dead at jade mine

    Sagaing MP says: “The security guards did not attempt to stop the miners from walking in, but then fired on them as soon as they had done so.”

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    2 killed in Hpakant jade mine landslide
    December 16, 2016in Kachin, Lead Story, Natural resources, News1023by NANG MYA NADI / DVB
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    2 killed in Hpakant jade mine landslide

    Two jade scavengers were killed and another injured at yet another deadly landslide at Hpakant’s mines.

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    Jade miner shot by soldier in Hpakant
    November 15, 2016in Kachin, Lead Story, Natural resources, News4by DVB
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    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.

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