Tag: Landmine

30 April 2026 By Kan Htun MAUNGDAW, Myanmar — An 11-year-old Rohingya boy has lost his left leg after stepping on a landmine near a security battalion in Maungdaw Township, adding to the growing toll of civilian casualties caused by unexploded ordnance in Rakhine State. The victim, identified as Marmat ...

23 April 2026 By Poesangle NAUNG CHO, Myanmar — For the sugarcane farmers of Naung Cho, the end of active combat has brought little peace. Instead, the fields that once promised a bountiful harvest have become a deadly landscape of hidden landmines and unexploded ordnance (UXO), claiming dozens of lives ...