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Social Distancing Not Always Being Followed For Returning Workers, CSO Says
With thousands returning en masse from jobs in China in recent days a Kachin civil society coalition cautioned that more…
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Burma-China Border Remains Open Amid COVID-19 Pandemic
While checkpoints along the Thai-Burma border closed this week, traffic continues as usual along Burma’s border with China, local sources…
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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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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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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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China Pressures EAOs to Withdraw Statement Supporting ICJ Case Against Burma
The Chinese government is reportedly pressuring three members of the Northern Alliance of ethnic armed organizations (EAOs) to withdraw their…
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China-Backed Banana Plantations Linked to Undocumented Labor, Kachin State Govt Says
Kachin State authorities say they are having difficulty keeping track of migrant workers coming from China to work in agribusiness…
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KSPP Calls on US to Strengthen Presence in Kachin State
A Kachin political party representative has asked that the US open an official liaison office in Kachin State since China…
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Chinese Border Security Officials Meet KIO in Laiza
Top officials from the TNLA were also present at the meeting, according to sources. Chinese border trade and security officials…
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