Aerial view of the Myitsone river confluence, seen in January 2022. (Supplied)

Kachin tycoon draws controversy over gold mining at Myitsone

Local people call for community leaders to do more to stop one of Kachin State’s most influential businessmen and his company from digging up and destroying land near Myitsone.

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