Myanmar led world in landmine victims in 2023: monitor


BANGKOK: Landmines and unexploded munitions claimed more victims in Myanmar than in any other country last year, a monitor said on Wednesday (Nov 20), warning the true toll could be double or triple its estimate of 1,000 people killed or wounded.

Decades of sporadic conflict between the military and ethnic rebel groups have left the country littered with deadly landmines and munitions.

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