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The policemen were also sleeping in tents below the mine, near the workers. [2] According to the local police, the area had experienced a lot of heavy rain in the week leading up to the collapse. Shortly after midnight on July 28, a landslide occurred, [1] and at approximately 2:20 am MMT, the mine collapsed onto the workers and police sleeping ...
The landslide was triggered by mining waste collapsing into the lake. More recently, a week before the 2021 landslide, another accident at a jade mine in the same area left ten miners missing. Jade mining in Myanmar is prohibited till March 2022, but these imposed laws are broken by locals who are struggling amidst low employment and poverty.
Looking down a rubble slope at a jade mine in Kachin State. Myanmar is the largest supplier of jade, [1] providing between 70% [2] and 90% [3] of the world's supply. While Myanmar's official statistics for 2016–2017 put the jade trade value at US$750 million, [4] independent estimates that include illegal mining put it at US$15–31 billion per year.
The 2023 Hpakant jade mine disaster occurred on August 13, 2023, when the Hpakant Jade Mines experienced the third documented landslide in the area. [1] Hpakant is located in Kachin, Myanmar . The landslide killed 32 people when tailings (mining waste) swept the miners into a nearby lake. [ 2 ]
The miners belonged to two different companies: Myanmar Thura and Shwe Nagar Koe Kaung, [8] while the mine was operated by Unity Co. [9] A photo taken some time before the mine collapse and posted on Facebook showed a large pool of water being formed above the miners, while the Myanmar Thura company mined against the earth under the water. [10]
Myanmar Diaries: Myanmar Film Collective: Collage film: Co-production with the Netherlands and Norway: Way Ma Nay Chin Bu: Nyunt Myanmar Nyi Nyi Aung: Lu Min, Nay Min, Shwe Hmone Yati: Drama: Shot in 2017 [10] The Butterfly Trap: Wyne (Own Creator) Pyay Ti Oo, Phway Phway, Nay Naw, Kaung Set Htoo, May: Thriller: The Beginning: Lynn Lynn [11]
Channel 7; Country Myanmar Broadcast area Myanmar Headquarters: Yangon: Programming; Picture format: 1080i (16:9 HDTV) Ownership; Owner: Forever Group: Sister channels: MRTV-4
Kyaw Min Yu rose to prominence during the 8888 Uprising, as a student activist. [4] [5] He was imprisoned for 15 years, from 1988 to 2003, for participating in the 8888 Uprising, [6] and later spent another five years in prison after protesting fuel price hikes with the 88 Generation Students Group in August 2007.