News reports on new casualties in Myanmar/Burma
In the photograph to the right, lies a youth 17 year old in a poorly equipped hospital in Mongkaing Township, in central Shan State. His mother and another relative hold his hands as he fights for life. In November 2021, he was returning home with a buffalo when they triggered Read more…
On Thursday 9 December 2021 at 09:30 Myanmar time and 10:00 Thailand time, a press conference to launch the Myanmar/Burma country report in Landmine Monitor 2021 was held. The event was hybrid with remote participation for Burmese journalist who can no longer work openly and publish online or in exile. Read more…
Map of suspected contamination by antipersonnel landmines The United Nations Myanmar Information Management Unit (MIMU), in collaboration with the Landmine Monitor, has produced its 11th updated contamination map. The map is based on townships in which credible reports of antipersonnel landmine contamination have been recorded by the Landmine Monitor from Read more…
In a disturbing development the Landmine Monitor is finding evidence of a battery-less antipersonnel mine being manufactured by atleast one ethnic armed organization. Since mid-2020 Landmine Monitor has received detailed photographs of a new type of locally made antipersonnel, fragmentation, mine which does not rely on a battery and will Read more…
Contamination Map The United Nations Myanmar Information Management Unit (MIMU), in collaboration with the Landmine Monitor, has produced its 10th updated contamination map . The map is based on townships in which credible reports of antipersonnel landmine contamination have been recorded by the Landmine Monitor from 1999 – 2020. The Read more…
UNICEF and the Mine Risk Education Working Group (MRWG) have released an infographic detailing casualties caused by Explosive Remnants of War (ERW) in Myanmar, including landmines. The graphic provides data on 146 casualties during the first half of the year. 23% of the casualties resulted in death. 53% of their Read more…