Antipersonnel landmines manufactured by the Defence Products Industries of Myanmar, have been found in photographic images among other weapons captured from the Myanmar Armed Forces, on a regular basis since 2021. Media photographs of mines captured from Myanmar Armed Forces troops have been posted from most States and Regions of Read more…
DVB, Non-discriminatory warfare, 2 April 2011 Video focuses on the status of Myanmar/Burma compared to other countries in the world according to the findings in the Landmine & Cluster Munition Monitor report 2010 by the International Campaign to Ban Landmines (ICBL). Includes interviews with the Prosthetics Department of Mae Tao Read more…
Burma Soldier, LeBrocquy Fraser Productions, Nic Dunlop, Director New film focusing on Myo Myint, a former soldier in the Burmese Army who lost several parts of his body when a shell landed next to him in a mine field. URL for trailer to the film: http://www.imdb.com/video/wab/vi3607233049/ Film website: http://www.burmasoldier.com/ Burmese Read more…
Irrawaddy, Life’s a Blast in the Karen Jungle, Saw Yan Naing, 18 March 2011 Interview with Kay Poe, a landmine engineer with the Karen National Liberation Army. URL: http://www.irrawaddy.org/highlight.php?art_id=20963
Irrawaddy, A Porter’s Tale, 16 March 2011 Excerpt of the story of Aye Maung from the book “Nowhere to be Home: Narratives from Survivors of Burma’s Military Regime.” Aye Maung was a prisoner who was forced to porter in a Tat Ma Daw column and witnessed other porters become mine Read more…
Mizzima News, Land mine use in Burma Thursday, 10 March 2011 Q&A with Yeshua Moser-Puangsuwan from the International Campaign to Ban Landmines regarding the movement’s engagement with Myanmar/Burma and the status of the landmine crisis there. URL: http://www.mizzima.com/edop/interview/4993-land-mine-use-in-burma.html