Mine

Mine event in China on Wed 29th November 2017

29th November 2017

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Land mine removal resumes on border The clearing of thousands of land mines resumed on Monday near the China-Vietnam border in southeastern Yunnan province. Suspended for 11 months, operations resumed with 67 People's Liberation Army soldiers clearing mines scattered across a 38-square-kilometer area around Dongshan Mountain and sealing off areas where mine removal is too dangerous or difficult. The mission is expected to conclude by the end of 2018. Tens of thousands of mines were left behind when the fighting ended. Two previous operations (1992-94 and 1997-99) removed mines and unexploded ordnance on one side of the mountain. The mission is extremely dangerous because of the widespread and complex distribution of the land mines

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