Myanmar
Acting president of the National Unity Government (NUG), Duwa Lashi La, called for revolt in “every corner of the country” against the regime.
Two more mining workers have died in a second mudslide near the site where over 50 people were engulfed in a vast pool of sludge in the jade-rich region of Kachin state’s Hpakant.
An American and two Myanmar nationals have been arrested during a raid on a suspected marijuana plantation about 60 kilometres west of Mandalay.
Recovery teams in Myanmar fought against a huge lake of sludge on Wednesday in their search for bodies after a landslide engulfed more than 50 jade miners—the latest fatal accident in a notoriously dangerous but highly-lucrative industry.
Myanmar's Supreme Court rejected an appeal Tuesday by two Reuters journalists jailed for seven years each on charges linked to their reporting on the Rohingya crisis.
More than 50 people are feared killed after a landslide in northern Myanmar engulfed jade miners while they were sleeping.
Protesters say the Chinese-backed mega-dam will cause huge environmental damage and bring little benefit to the country.
Saint Htet, 28, fell on the descent of Mount Phangran Razi on the Myanmar-India border in Kachin state.
Myanmar started releasing more than 9,500 prisoners on Wednesday as part of its annual amnesty marking the country's traditional new year, but Reuters journalists Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo will not be included, said an NGO advocating for political prisoners.