Poppy fields wiped out in Mindon Tsp.

A total of five acres of poppy fields in Myingwe village-tract in Mindon Township, Magway Region were destroyed on 19 and 20 January.
Elderly woman burned to death in Pruso Township
A 69-year old woman has died in a fire in Hoya Village, Pruso Township in Kayah State, the Ministry of Home Affairs reported.
South Korean court acquits man executed in 1948
A South Korean court on Monday posthumously exonerated a man executed more than 70 years ago for assisting rebel forces, saying he had been wrongly convicted.
Five vehicles damaged in motorcar workshop fire in Myawady
No casualties were reported in a motorcar workshop fire in Myawady, a border town in Kayin State, the Ministry of Home Affairs said.
Three people injured in boat fire in Patheingyi Township
Three people—two men and one woman—were injured in a boat fire in Patheingyi Township, Mandalay Region, the Ministry of Home Affairs reported.
Mingun-Mandalay vessel catches fire in Ayeyawady River, four injured
A vessel that plies the routes between Mingun and Mandalay in the Ayeyawady River caught fire at Mayanchan Port in Patheingyi Township, Mandalay Region at about 4 pm on 17 January.
Police confiscates homemade guns, bullets in house raid
A local police squad seized a pistol, homemade guns and bullets in a house raid in Thamanya Village, Hpa-an Township in Kayin State, the Ministry of Home Affairs reported.