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Returned Kachin IDPs Prepare to Flee Again
The first displaced returnees to the Kachin village of Nam San Yang in Waingmaw Township are again preparing to flee…
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Kachin Locals Stand to Lose Land to Namjim Industrial Zone
Locals have demanded an explanation as to why they are being dispossessed of their land by the Kachin State government…
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Pesticides Linked to Deadly Stream Pollution in Waingmaw
Pesticides in Kachin State’s Waingmaw Township are polluting nearby streams and killing fish and livestock, locals say. Workers on the…
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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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Amid Ceasefire Speculation, Kachin IDPs Ask If They Will ‘Need to Run Again’
Kachin people displaced by war have expressed concern about how a potential ceasefire between the Kachin Independence Organization (KIO) and…
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Authorities Raid Kachin Bible School in Myitkyina
Military and government authorities raided a Kachin Christian Bible school in the Kachin State capital of Myitkyina in the early…
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Myanmar Army Tanks Roll into Myitkyina as Kachin Activists Gather
A group of politically active Kachin gathering in the Kachin State capital Myitkyina says they were very alarmed by the…
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Despite Ceasefire Declaration Myanmar Army and Ethnic Alliance Clash in Kutkai
Armed clashes between the Myanmar army and members of an ethnic military alliance continued in the hours after the alliance…
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Shoddy Construction Plagues Myitsone Dam Relocation Sites in Myanmar’s North
Hkawn Tawng, a Kachin widow, was forced to move from her original home close to the confluence where the Irrawaddy…
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Civilians killed by Shelling in Myanmar’s Shan State as Gov. and Armed Groups Meet
Many Kachin people across the world took to social media on Saturday to express their anger and outrage following the…
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