"“According to the records of the [ASEAN Regional Mine Action Center, or ARMAC] member countries, social media, and concerned organisations in rural areas, the number of mine casualties has increased yearly. Also, we’ve seen that the rate of disability is increasing,” he said in the opening speech at a meeting on mine-risk education held in Nay Pyi Taw on Tuesday. Landmine explosions killed 27 people and injured 85 in 2015, killed 48 and injured 228 in 2018, and killed 33 and injured 98 as of the end of July. That is why we need more mine-risk education, U Win Naing Tun said. “Mine awareness courses, rehabilitation of those who were injured by mines and their social and financial development are our main duty,” he said. For fiscal 2017-18, the ministry earmarked K200,000 for each mine-affected person, and 525 people have received the subsidy. The states and regions of Kachin, Shan, Kayin, Kayah, Mon, Tanintharyi, Bago, and Rakhine are listed as having mines. Only the first phase of mine clearing, called a non-technical survey, has been done in Kayin and Kayah. Myanmar started clearing mines in 2012. In 2016, the National Mine Risk Education Working Group was established to support mine-affected people and education. In 2017, a mine-education app was released..."