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Tanai Amber Mines to be Re-Opened to Locals
Investors can apply for permission to mine, with priority given to locals, Kachin State’s natural resources and environment minister says.…
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Relocated IDPs Call for Better Conditions in Unofficial Camp
Residents of the unregistered Pangmati IDP camp in Myitkyina say they want same level of support as other camps. Residents…
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Chinese Nationals Deported for Violating Immigration, Forestry Laws
Five of eight people sent back to China had been found to be working on a tissue culture banana plantation…
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KIO: Opium Poppies Cover Twice as Much Land as UN Reported
According to the KIO, most of Kachin State’s poppy plantations are located in areas under the control of military-backed PMFs…
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KIO: Opium Poppies Cover Twice as Much Land as UN Reported
There is double the amount of opium poppy cultivation in Kachin State as was previously documented by the UN Office…
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Govt Proposes Resettlement for Hpakant’s Domestic Migrant Workers
Representatives of the Kachin State government and the Union’s Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement Ministry discussed a possible resettlement program…
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Two men have gone missing, and their bodies not yet found.
Two men have gone missing in a landslide in Mawmau Kawng village in Hpakant Township on Friday, according to local…
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Two Presumed Dead in Hpakant Landslide
Two men have gone missing in a landslide in Mawmau Kawng village in Hpakant Township on Friday, according to local…
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Gender Equality Workshop in Myitkyina Focuses on Greater Political Participation
A workshop in the Kachin State capital of Myitkyina on Friday explored gender equality and a 30 percent participation quota…
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Hpakant Jade Scavenger in Hospital after Apparent Police Shooting
The man suffered a non-lethal injury as police attempted to stop several dozen people from walking off with a large…
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