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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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Mining Companies, Govt to Blame for Hpakant Landslide Deaths, Kachin CSOs Say
Jade mining companies and government departments should be charged in the deaths of more than 170 jade pickers in a…
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KNO Warns Yuzana to Leave Kachin State
The Kachin National Organization (KNO) has demanded that the Yuzana Co. Ltd. unconditionally return land that it confiscated from locals…
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Govt, KHCC Meet in Naypyidaw to Discuss IDP Return
The Kachin Humanitarian Concern Committee (KHCC) submitted the Kachin Independence Organization’s (KIO) strategic plan for Kachin internally displaced persons’ (IDPs)…
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Kachin Historians Demand Corrections be Issued to Government Textbooks
The Kachin National Association of Tradition and Culture (Myanmar) has issued demands to the President and State Counsellor to correct…
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Hundreds Of Kachin Villages Will Be Left Out Of Election
The election commission is unable to collect a list of names for eligible voters from about 200 villages in Kachin…
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Students Attending Private School Can’t Stay In Dormitories, Govt Says
The government sent new guidelines to private schools with dormitories in Kachin State to ensure social distancing is followed when…
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