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Myanmar
Kachin forces capture military camp outside jade-rich town of Hpakant
The KIA and Kachin PDF seize a military post southwest of the Kachin State town weeks after their initial attack on the site
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More than 1,000 displaced as fighting escalates near Hpakant, Kachin State
Junta air and artillery strikes during clashes with the joint forces of the KIA and Kachin PDF have displaced hundreds of residents of Hway Hkar village, Hpakant Township
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At least 30 jade miners believed dead in latest Hpakant landslide
Witnesses say the collapse of a hillside into a lake triggered a wave that was at least 40 feet high
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Clash and blasts reported in Myanmar jade town of Hpakant
The incidents are the latest evidence of tensions in the area, three months after dozens were killed there by junta airstrikes
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Australian MP calls for ‘immediate’ sanctions against Myanmar following junta massacre of Kachin State civilians
A parliamentarian introduces a legislative motion urging Australia to ‘isolate’ Myanmar’s coup regime from access to funding and resources used to terrorise the population
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