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Junta attacks displace nearly 250,000 people in Myanmar: UN
AFP, Published on 21/04/2021
» The Myanmar military junta's crackdown on anti-coup protesters has displaced close to a quarter of a million people, a United Nations rights envoy said Wednesday.
'Make it safer': calls grow to reform Myanmar's deadly jade trade
AFP, Published on 01/10/2020
» HPAKANT (MYANMAR) - A torrent of water, rock and heavy sludge spun Sai Ko as he clung to a corpse to survive -- a memory that still traumatises the young "jade-picker" three months after Myanmar's worst-ever mine disaster.
Facebook leads Myanmar police to weed-growing Americans
AFP, Published on 25/04/2019
» YANGON: Myanmar police have arrested one American and two locals after photos on Facebook led them to a huge plantation of towering marijuana plants near Mandalay.
Muse: Myanmar's militia-run, billion-dollar gateway to China
AFP, Published on 31/01/2019
» MUSE, Myanmar: With tinted windows and their militia name emblazoned on the side of their Ford truck, "Pan Say" fighters cruise the sleazy streets of Muse, Myanmar's main gateway to China and awash with weapons and cash from casinos, drugs and sex.