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Govt Talks Explore Closure of Kachin IDP Camps
A national-level policy discussion on the resettlement of Kachin internally displaced people (IDPs) and the closure of IDP camps were…
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Alleged Tatmadaw Fighter Jet Makes Multiple Flights Over KIO Headquarters
A fighter jet believed to belong to the Burma Army flew over the Kachin Independence Organization/Army’s (KIO/A) headquarters in Laiza…
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State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi to Attend Contested Kachin State Day Celebration
State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi will reportedly attend the 72nd Kachin State Day celebration this week after the event…
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Kachin Activists Given Freedom of Expression Award
Two Kachin youth activists working with Kachin internally displaced people (IDPs) have been chosen as recipients of the Freedom of…
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Still No Justice in Case of Murdered Kachin Teachers
Nearly half a decade after two young Kachin schoolteachers were raped and murdered in northern Shan State, a truth investigation…
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KIA Launches Landmine Attack on LID-99 on Christmas Day
The Kachin Independence Army (KIA) launched a landmine attack on a Burma Army military column from Light Infantry Division (LID)…
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Yuzana in Dispute with Hukawng Valley Villagers over Graveyard Site
Local people living in the Hukawng Valley region of northern Kachin State say that the Yuzana Company has destroyed signboards…
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KHCC Prepares for Return of More than 3,000 Kachin IDPs
The Kachin Humanitarian Concern Committee (KHCC) is preparing to resettle a total of more than 3,000 internally displaced persons (IDPs)…
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Gov’t, Northern Alliance Discussed Release of Detainees: Source
Representatives of the Burmese government and the four-member Northern Alliance discussed the possibility of releasing detainees held by both sides…
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Burma Army, KIA Clash in Northern Shan State
Troops from the Tatmadaw and the Kachin Independence Army’s (KIA) 36th Battalion engaged in a gunfire fight in the Mungbaw…
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