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Union Day Commemorated During Manau Festival
After a controversy over its name, leading to its cancellation in January, the Manau festival in Myitkyina has been rescheduled…
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Thermal Scanners Installed On Sino-Burmese Border
With many migrant workers returning to Myanmar from China because of the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) thermal scanners have been installed…
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Pat Jasan Destroys Poppy Farms In Kachin State
Kachin anti-drug group, Pat Jason, have been destroying poppy fields in Tanai (Danai) township with the support of locals since…
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KIO Kicks Off Coronavirus Awareness Campaign
An awareness campaign about the coronavirus was launched along the Burma-China border in Kachin State by the Kachin Independence Organization…
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Kachin Orgs Welcome ICJ Ruling & Push For Wider Recognition of Persecution
Some Kachin organizations have spoken out in support of an order by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The…
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Coronavirus Check Established at Kachin State Border Gates With China
The public health department in Kachin State set up medical checks at the Kambaiti and Loije border gates to China…
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Jade Picker Killed in One of First Hpakant Landslides of 2020
Local authorities confirmed that a 54-year-old man was killed while picking jade during a landslide in Hpakant this week. The…
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KBC Calls on Witnesses to Speak Out in Five-Year-Old Murder Case
Five years after the brutal rape and murder of two Kachin teachers in northern Shan State, the chairperson of the…
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Kachin Orgs Demand Chinese President Abandon Myitsone Dam Project
More than 50 Kachin organizations have called on Chinese President Xi Jinping, who is currently visiting Burma, to permanently cancel…
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Burma Army Attacks Kokang Base on Day of Chinese President’s Visit
On the day of the arrival of Chinese President Xi Jinping to Burma, the Burmese military launched an attack on…
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