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KBC Leaders Discuss Future of Kachin IDPs
Leaders from the Kachin Baptist Convention (KBC) and representatives from internally displaced people’s (IDP) camps met this week to discuss…
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Chinese Nationals Fined, Detained for Weeks Over Illegal Operation of Waingmaw Shops
A Waingmaw Township court sentenced three Chinese nationals to fines of 500,000 kyat (US$329) for operating shops without official permission…
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Northern Shan State IDPs In Need of Aid, ‘Especially Food’
Clashes are ongoing between the Burma Army and members of the Northern Alliance of ethnic armed groups in northern Shan…
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School Teacher Attacked in Sumprabum
A 26-year-old teacher in a government school was attacked and beaten in Sumprabum, Kachin State, by two workers from the…
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Burma Army Shoots Two Men Dead on Muse-Kutkai Road
The Burma Army shot dead two motorbike drivers and injured two more people traveling on the road between Muse and…
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Military Supporters Hold Myitkyina Rally to Defend 2008 Constitution
The counter-demonstration follows a thousands-strong protest the day before, which called for the charter to be changed. Supporters of the…
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Demonstrators in Myitkyina Say No Peace Without Constitutional Amendments
‘The 2008 Constitution is not a democratic structure,’ a political researcher said. More than 6,000 people in Myitkyina, the capital…
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Chinese Nationals Arrested in Waingmaw For ‘Running Shops Without Permission’
An immigration officer said that while the individuals had visas to live in Burma, they had been ‘repeatedly warned’ not…
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Rawang Youth Provide Aid to Flood Victims Neglected in Kachin State’s Far North
A youth group provides food to some 20 households displaced by flooding in Puta-O since mid-July, who have not received…
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Kachin Villagers Plant Hundreds of Trees to Commemorate Thai Queen’s Birthday
‘We thank the Thai king and queen. They gave a place to us,’ a villager from Ban Mai Samakee said.…
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