54 believed dead in Hpakant landslide

54 believed dead in Hpakant landslide

AP 23 APR 2019  Myanmar TIMES

Miners search for jade stone at the Hpakant jade mining area in Kachin State. Photo: EPA

More than 50 people are believed to have died in a mudslide at a jade mining site, a lawmaker representing Kachin State U Tin Soe said.

The lawmaker said on Tuesday that three bodies have been recovered and 54 people are still missing. It would be difficult to recover the bodies buried by the mud, he added.

The accident occurred close to midnight on Monday in the Hpakant area of Kachin state.

Landslides are not rare, and usually occur when mountainous piles of mining scraps slide down on jade scavengers.

A total of 54 workers from two mining companies, together with 40 machineries including backhoes and trucks, were underneath the mud when the large refuse pile collapsed late at night on Monday, he said.

The Ministry of Information confirmed on Facebook that 54 workers were missing. It identified the companies involved as Shwe Nagar Koe Kaung and Myanmar Thura.

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Report of Love4Burma (2017)

Report of Love4Burma (2017)

As one of very few organizations aiming at third world countries, especially concentrating on Myanmar, we, Love4Burma, cannot avoid the topics of Rohingya Muslims genocide issues. The issues are Just as complex as those with Kachins, Palaungs, Wa, Karens, or Guogan (Burmese Chinese); the distrusts between all parties are built generations by generations. The hatreds are accumulated by events of cruel crimes. Without a real mercy and a heart of reconcile, it is an unsolved puzzle in a near future.

But, I do believe miracles are in God’s hand. Nothing is impossible in His Will. I also believe in Justices and Righteousness. No evil events can hide under His Lights. Therefore, we will continue walking with the Lord, and let the Spirit guides us in His Will with humble hearts. We continue praying for God’s wisdom upon Aung San Suu Kyi and Her regime.

This year we have two friends went to Myanmar with their own agenda. But, they volunteered in their spare times to help us in understanding the progress and supporting the needs of L G H and M P Ministry. Not only it saves us the expenses of travels, but also represents our hearts and concerns of Love4Burma – a small vessel that willing to do the good works according to God’s will.

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Even though Love4Burma are weak in many aspects, I am still in favor of the unreached Palaung ministry.  We are praying that the sons of God in Jesus can show their faith by their lives and worldview. As long as the gospel can be spread among the unreached, I think we are in the right direction. May God and the Spirit help us with wisdom to be a vessel for the Lord!

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Pope preaches forgiveness in first public Mass in Myanmar

Pope preaches forgiveness in first public Mass in Myanmar

2017-11-30 05:17

Yangon - Pope Francis urged Myanmar's long-suffering ethnic minorities to resist the temptation to exact revenge for the hurt they have endured, preaching a message of forgiveness on Wednesday to a huge crowd in his first public Mass in the predominantly Buddhist nation.

https://www.news24.com/World/News/pope-preaches-forgiveness-in-first-public-mass-in-myanmar-20171129

Report of Love4Burma （2016）

Aung San Suu Kyi’s NLD (National League for Democracy) Party had opened a new era for Myanmar (Former Burma). Even though many conflicts still remain such as the fightings of Northeast border Minority Tribes with Burmese army, such as Rohingya Muslims genocide issues etc., a more democratic direction and open atmosphere is expected to come into realization. This cannot be foreseen before. I am confident that the Kingdom of earth is in God’s hand indeed. And, the time is up, God is taking actions now.

One film, “The road to Mandalay” 再見瓦城, first shown in Myanmar’s theater in early November. This kind of movies was banned for 50 years for censorship. Suddenly, it is allowed to show beyond people’s expectation. The director, Midi Z, is a Taiwanese director who is also a Burmese Chinese from Lashio city of Burma. I had a chance to visit Lashio several times since 1995. The first time I was there with a team to do a short term mission for their Chinese school. The saddest things we encounter are leaving nothings for their young boys. As Midi tried to demonstrate (from his interviews) is the life that he had familiar with, the life that only “survive” dominates their steps and decisions. One of our sisters hold one boy leaving with tears because we know that their destiny is either a Jade digger, a drug dealer or smuggle to Thailand for a better future. Director Midi films other movies, “Ice Poison” and “Return to Burma” in 2014, in which he secretly took a movie out of real Burma about their lives.

These boys now walk into their different lives. Director Midi luckily came to Taiwan and thrived his way out. Most are still struggling. But, they are not the worst. I met a Palaung family in a rare Palaung Sunday service. The man of the family did a testimony about how he flee to Thailand, how he got beaten by Thailand Police, how he got into Thailand’s jail, and how he came back with empty hands. But, he shows the joy of having Jesus with him to conquer all the difficulties really touches me. He is one of so few Palaung Christians in that mountain area. Palaung/DeAng are much inferior economically than Lashio boys. I wish one day Director Midi can film a Palaung’s life to show how can a tribe be humiliated so much and  still live there generations by generations.

Our organization is just a mind-set to show that YOU are the pearls in God’s eyes.

Even though Love4Burma are weak in many aspects, I am still in favor of the unreached Palaung ministry.  We are praying that the sons of God in Jesus can show their faith by their lives and worldview. As long as the gospel can be spread among the unreached, I think we are in the right direction. May God and the Spirit help us with wisdom to be a vessel for the Lord!

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Midi Z: ‘A Film Is Not Just a Film—It Can Be Everything’

Midi Z: ‘A Film Is Not Just a Film—It Can Be Everything’

http://www.irrawaddy.com/in-person/midi-z-a-film-is-not-just-a-film-it-can-be-everything.html

By TIN HTET PAING 9 November 2016

Burmese-born Taiwanese filmmaker Midi Z, who hails from northern Shan State’s Lashio Township, left Burma for Taiwan in 1998, when he was a 16-year-old student going by the name of Thain Kha Min Lwin.

Today, the 34-year-old filmmaker tries to pull into focus the meaning of “home” by revisiting childhood memories in his films that zoom in on the experiences of his family and friends. His characters, in particular, were inspired by the stories of his siblings, who either worked as jade miners in Hpakant or were illegal migrant workers in Thailand.

Of the four feature-length films and two documentaries to his name, Ice Poison (2014) and The Road to Mandalay (2016) are his two most celebrated. The former draws an intimate portrait of two young people in Lashio who try to escape their harsh lives by selling—and even using—drugs, while the latter is more of a love story and tells the tale of two young illegal migrants in Thailand. Both films won several awards at local (Taiwan) and international film festivals. The Road To Mandalay was screened at the historic Waziya Cinema on Monday by Rangoon’s Memory! International Film Heritage Festival.

Knowing that his Burmese audience was not familiar with his way of filmmaking—which incorporates a more realistic and subjective approach to storytelling—the director said he was both excited and nervous to screen the film in his home country, his worry being that the audience would not understand his interpretation of Burmese memories. The Irrawaddy sat down with Midi Z on Tuesday to talk about filmmaking and what inspires it.

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"The Road to Mandalay" broke the 50 year's ban to show in Myanmar theater.

Myanmar struck by 6.8-magnitude earthquake

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/aug/24/myanmar-struck-by-6-8-magnitude-earthquake

US Geological Survey reports powerful quake in north-central Myanmar, damaging temples in the ancient city of Bagan

Tremors from the earthquake were also reported in Kolkata, India, where people fled office buildings. Photograph: Bikas Das/AP

A powerful 6.8-magnitude earthquake has hit central Myanmar, the US Geological Survey has said, severely damaging ancient temples at the old city of Bagan and killing one person.