Kachin State
Ethnic group says Myanmar air attack kills 80 at celebration
Air strikes by Myanmar's military killed as many as 80 people, including singers and musicians, attending an anniversary celebration of the Kachin ethnic minority's main political organization, members of the group and a rescue worker said Monday.
At least 113 bodies pulled from mine landslide in Myanmar
Rescuers continued their search for victims of a huge mine landslide in northern Myanmar on Nov. 23 as the toll passed 100 in a disaster highlighting the perils of the country's secretive billion-dollar jade trade.
Scores killed in Myanmar jade mine landslide: officials
At least 90 people have died in a huge landslide in a remote jade mining area of northern Myanmar, officials said Nov. 22, as search teams continued to find bodies in one of the deadliest disasters to strike the country's shadowy jade industry.