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Banana Plantation Workers Demand Kachin State Govt Help Them Claim Unpaid Salaries
Laborers on tissue culture banana plantations in Waingmaw Township have asked the Kachin State government to resolve the case of…
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Resettled Kachin IDPs Request Aid As They ‘Start From Zero’
Internally displaced persons (IDPs) who have resettled to the village of Nam San Yang in Kachin State say that they…
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Two Kachin IDPs Injured in Landmine Blast
Two Kachin internally displaced persons (IDPs) were injured after they stepped on a landmine while trying to reach their farmland…
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Ten Acres of Village Land Damaged by Digging for Turtle Stones
A village headman has reported that more than 10 acres of farmland has been damaged through the digging for “turtle…
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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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Kachin Orgs Welcome ICJ Ruling & Push For Wider Recognition of Persecution
Some Kachin organizations have spoken out in support of an order by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The…
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KBC Calls on Witnesses to Speak Out in Five-Year-Old Murder Case
Five years after the brutal rape and murder of two Kachin teachers in northern Shan State, the chairperson of the…
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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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Hpakant Locals Call Annual Uru Stream Flooding a ‘Man-Made Disaster’
To ensure that flood damage is minimized this year in Hpakant, Kachin State, locals have demanded that the government enforce…
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KSPP Not Buying Into NLD’s New Ethnic Affairs Committee
The Kachin State People’s Party (KSPP) has criticized the ruling National League for Democracy’s (NLD) hasty formation of an ethnic…
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