Kachin State
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Kachin State Govt: Chinese Trucks Allowed Across Border Because Burmese Drivers ‘Don’t Follow Guidelines’
The Kachin State government has ordered civilians not to block trucks transporting tissue culture bananas to China, which continue to…
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Townships Without Internet Can’t Join Online Classes
Seven townships in Kachin State, without internet services, will be left out of the government’s plan to resume classes online,…
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Kachin State’s First COVID-19 Patient Discharged From Hospital
Kachin State’s first COVID-19 patient—and Burma’s 144th—was discharged from Myitkyina hospital on Monday after testing negative twice for the virus…
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Govt Won’t Drop Charges Against Three Artists Over COVID-19 Mural
The deputy director of Kachin State’s religious affairs department is refusing to drop the legal case against three painters charged…
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Lockdowns Hurt Businesses In Kachin State Villages
Business owners in Myitkyina township are struggling to survive after COVID-19 lockdowns forced their restaurants and beer stations to close.…
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Quarantined Workers Will Be Moved Before Rain Comes
The Kachin State government will transfer hundreds of migrant workers staying in a rudimentary quarantine facility in northern Kachin State…
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Mandated Quarantine For Kachin State MPs
Kachin State parliamentarians will need to quarantine for one week before attending an upcoming session in parliament. Tun Tin, the…
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Calls Grow to Drop Charges Against Artists Over COVID-19 Mural
The Kachin State-based Legal Aid Network (LAN) has demanded that the case against three Myitkyina-based painters be dismissed one month…
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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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Kachin IDPs Face Food Insecurity During COVID-19 Lockdown
All the internally displaced persons (IDPs) camps in Kachin State have been under lockdown since the end of March after…
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