Explosive weapons killed or injured children at record levels last year, as wars increasingly move into urban areas, U.K.-based charity Save the Children said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/20/world/society/explosive-weapons-children-2024-ngo/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #society #landmines #drones #missiles #un
Clearing the surface of Gaza of unexploded ordnance will likely take between 20 to 30 years, according to an aid group official who described the enclave as a "horrific, unmapped minefield." https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/24/world/gaza-mine-clearing-30-years/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #israelhamaswar #gaza #palestinians #landmines
Participants of a conference in Tokyo have agreed to accelerate aid to Ukraine by training personnel involved in land-mine removal and investing in technological development. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/23/japan/mines-ukraine-conference/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #ukraine #tokyo #landmines #ukrainejapanrelations
Experts say the landmines that sparked a clash between Thailand and Cambodia were likely newly laid. Phnom Penh denies the accusation. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/16/asia-pacific/politics/landmines-thailand-cambodia-clash/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #landmines #thailand #cambodia #southeastasia
Japan will send two Ground Self-Defense Force instructors to a mine removal training program in Lithuania as part of Tokyo's assistance to the Ukrainian military, Defense Minister Gen Nakatani said Friday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/10/japan/ukraine-mine-removal-support/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #ukraine #gsdf #landmines #ukrainejapanrelations
Three Thai soldiers were injured by a land mine on Saturday while patrolling a border area near Cambodia, days after the two neighbors agreed to a detailed ceasefire. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/09/asia-pacific/thailand-soldiers-land-mine-cambodia/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #cambodia #thailand #southeastasia #landmines
Thailand has accused Cambodia of placing landmines in a disputed border area after three soldiers were injured, but Phnom Penh denied the claim and said the soldiers had veered off agreed routes. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/22/asia-pacific/politics/landmine-tensions-thailand-cambodia/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #thailand #cambodia #landmines
Thailand accused Cambodia of planting new land mines on the Thai side of the shared border, in an escalation of a bitter territorial dispute between the two countries. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/21/asia-pacific/politics/thailand-cambodia-land-mines/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #thailand #cambodia #landmines #southeastasia
The drones which have revolutionized the way war is fought in Ukraine may also now become a game-changer in demining the country. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/03/world/demining-ukraine-drones/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #ukraine #russia #russiaukrainewar #landmines #drones