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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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Jade Market to Be Built in Hpakant
A jade market is being built in Hpakant town in Kachin State at a cost of 6 billion kyat (more…
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KWAT: No Justice in Burma Army’s Crimes in Northern Shan State
The Kachin Women’s Association – Thailand (KWAT) has released a report demonstrating how justice has yet to be served in…
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