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More Than One Year After IDPs Return to Nam San Yang, Burma Army Removes Landmines From Their Farmland
The Burma Army removed landmines from nearly 100 acres of paddy farms owned by 98 families in Nam San Yang…
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KIO Will Attend Union Peace Conference If Invited
The Kachin Independence Organization (KIO) has not been invited to the 4th Union Peace Conference (UPC), a time when most…
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Govt Pursues Domestic Tender For Nam Jim Economic Zone
The government of Kachin State announced it won’t sign a second MoU for the Nam Jim economic zone with a…
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Parents Of Students Killed By KIA Want Bodies Back
Parents of two students who were detained by the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) following a brawl near a karaoke establishment…
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Floods Inundate Village In Kachin State
Hundreds of homes were inundated after flooding overtook a village in Kachin State’s Hukawng Valley earlier this week. Heavy rainfall…
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KBC Leader Returns From Laiza Without Incidence
A Kachin leader, who was initially blocked by the Burma Army after returning from Laiza was allowed to pass through…
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Displaced Kachin Civilians Return To Village To Clean Church
After living in an internally displaced persons (IDP) camp for almost a decade, Kachin villagers, who were displaced by fighting…
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Fortuna Metals Company Withdraws Mining Exploration Plans for Hkawnglanghpu
The Fortuna Metals Company has informed the Kachin State government that it will not pursue mining exploration in Hkawnglanghpu Township…
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Court Rejects Myitkyina Journal’s Request To Revoke Witness In Lawsuit
The lawyer for Myitkyina Journal reporters asked the court to exclude a witness during the trial against Tha Khin Sit…
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KIA Accused Of Beating And Detaining Civilians
A Kachin Independence Army (KIA) officer and several soldiers stand accused of assaulting civilians and then detaining some of them…
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