Gold miners have resumed work around the Indawgyi Lake despite facing local opposition in Mohnyin Township in Kachin State. Mining is now happening in the jungle between Mamong Kai and Lon Tong villages, which threatens
About 50 villagers from Lang Dau village tract demanded that gold miners leave the historic N'dum Latep area in Putao Township within a week. It was the third protest against gold mining in the township
Farmers in northern Kachin State want to stop gold mining in the area to protect their livelihoods and the local environment. They blamed the Kachin Independence Organisation (KIO), which is fighting the military regime, for
The Kachin are resisting the expansion of gold mining in historic N'Dum Latep, an area in Putao Township where the ethnic group is believed to have first migrated into Kachin and northern Shan States from
The people of Hukawng Valley want to convert fallow land near their village into farms, but out-of-town mining companies have their eyes on the gold deposits in the area and have been already reportedly paying
Gold prospectors are paying the military regime for mining rights near the Mali Kha River in Putao District, polluting an area where no mining happened before. "The water is polluted in the lower part of
Rice paddies next to a gold mine started after the military coup have been inundated near the Indawgyi Lake in Kachin State. Heavy rains in Mohnyin Township earlier this month caused flooding of about eight
Two villagers sustained injuries after accidentally stepping on concealed landmines allegedly planted by the Jahtu Zup People Militia Force (PMF) in Hpakant township, Kachin State. The PMF, which is under the Burma Army, blocked and
Residents of a village in Kachin State have told KNG that their water source has become discoloured after large-scale gold mining took place nearby following the military coup in Burma over a year ago. ''Since
The regime's armed forces have arrested several small-scale gold prospectors along the Irrawaddy River, rather than large companies using heavy machinery to mine for the precious metal, causing most of the environmental destruction in Kachin