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Gold Miners Return To Indawgyi Lake

Gold Miners Return To Indawgyi Lake

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

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Villagers Protest Gold Mining In N’dum Latep

Villagers Protest Gold Mining In N’dum Latep

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

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Sumprabum Villagers Oppose KIO-Approved Gold Mining

Sumprabum Villagers Oppose KIO-Approved Gold Mining

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

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Kachin Protest Gold Mining Of Historic N’Dum Latep

Kachin Protest Gold Mining Of Historic N’Dum Latep

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

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Villagers Oppose Gold Mining In Tanai

Villagers Oppose Gold Mining In Tanai

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

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Gold Mining Accelerates In Putao District

Gold Mining Accelerates In Putao District

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

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Gold Mine Floods Farms Around Indawgyi Lake

Gold Mine Floods Farms Around Indawgyi Lake

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

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Landmines Injures Civilians Near Hpakant Goldmine

Landmines Injures Civilians Near Hpakant Goldmine

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

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Gold Mining Contaminates Villager’s Water In Kachin State

Gold Mining Contaminates Villager’s Water In Kachin State

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

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Junta Targets Small Gold Prospectors In Myitkyina Township

Junta Targets Small Gold Prospectors In Myitkyina Township

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