At least five people were killed after a landslide struck an abandoned jade mine dump in Hpakant township in Myanmar's Kachin State during the monsoon season.
The incident took place on June 28 in Namaw village, where a disused mining waste heap collapsed, trapping several people. Local residents and volunteers from the Thinhka social welfare association recovered the bodies of five victims from the debris.
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In Nay Pyi Taw (14-6-2026), President U Min Aung Hlaing examined a massive 14,300g (71,500-carat) natural rough sapphire along with a 354.77g sapphire crystal at the Presidential Palace. These rare untreated deep-blue sapphires, found in Mogok in 2020, have now been transferred to the State. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
The military regime has dropped more than 60 bombs on Mindat Township over the past three days as part of a major push into southern Chin State.
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Myanmar has announced the discovery of a massive ruby weighing 11,000 carats (2.2 kilograms), a rare find even for the country’s central gemstone hub of Mogok near Mandalay https://t.co/aeM6PXN7Y4
I have just come back Myanmar 🇲🇲 where I spent two weeks traveling around the resistance-held territories of the Sagaing region. Its a remote region which no other foreign press has managed to visit since the start of the war five years ago.
I'll share some impressions below 🧵