Kachin State
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Students Attending Private School Can’t Stay In Dormitories, Govt Says
The government sent new guidelines to private schools with dormitories in Kachin State to ensure social distancing is followed when…
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“Jade land Is A Licensed Death Ground”, CSOs say
Kachin civil society organizations (CSOs) questioned the conditions leading to the senseless deaths of jade miners during last week’s tragic…
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162 Miners Killed In Hpakant Landslide
At least 162 miners at the Hpakant jade mine in Burma’s Kachin State died after the side of a hill…
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Displaced Villagers Want Electricity For Everyone In New Village
Over 200 internally displaced Kachin families living in the outskirts of Myitkyina, the capital of Kachin State, want the government…
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Kachin Citizens Without ID Won’t Be Able To Vote
Many Kachin citizens without national ID cards will be omitted during the 2020 general election. According to the Kachin State…
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Kachin State Govt Land Ruling Creates Dispute Between Villages
Two villages are caught in a land dispute in Kachin State’s Hukaung Valley after the state government declared an area…
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Interview
KSPP Will Contest 18 Townships In Kachin State
KNG interviewed Kachin State People’s Party (KSPP) Vice-Chair Duwa Gumgrawng Awng Hkam about how his party is getting ready for…
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Quarantined Teachers Test Negative For COVID-19
Teachers working at Myitkyina University were allowed to return to their villages on Tuesday after two teachers in a quarantine…
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First Batch of Returned Migrant Workers From Thailand to Kachin State Test Negative for COVID-19
Some 44 migrant workers from Thailand who returned to Kachin State and were quarantined to monitor for COVID-19 have tested…
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KHCC Will Resettle IDPs In Puta-O
The Kachin Humanitarian Concern Committee (KHCC) announced plans to resettle hundreds of internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Puta-O Township, Kachin…
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