The Myanmar 'water brothers' salvaging shipwrecks on the tide

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YANGON — Diving into the darkness of the Yangon River, Mr Than Nyunt starts another murky sortie in his months-long mission to salvage a sunken ship using the power of the moon.

His target is a 53m long cargo vessel resting on the silty riverbed in Myanmar 's commercial hub, whose steel carcass will fetch a tidy sum as scrap — if he can get it to shore.

"After I excavate one ship I always want to do it again and again," he told AFP from the river, wearing a Manchester United jersey and a pair of gardening gloves.

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