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Namhkam

town in Shan State, Myanmar

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Photo: Eiquay at Burmese Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons, cropped)

  • May 31

    Massive explosion at rebel-held mining explosives depot in northeastern Myanmar kills at least 46, injures over 70

    A powerful explosion ripped through a building storing mining explosives in Kaung Tat village, northeastern Myanmar, on Sunday, killing dozens and devastating the surrounding area.

  • May 31

    Dozens killed as explosives depot detonates in rebel-held northern Myanmar, devastating a village near the Chinese border

    A massive explosion at a munitions storage site in a village controlled by the Ta'ang National Liberation Army in northern Myanmar killed at least 46 people and wounded over 70 on Sunday, with rescue teams still searching for survivors under the rubble.

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