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Disabled Need Assistance To Vote
A group assisting the physically challenged in Kachin State called for provisions to help them cast ballots for the 2020…
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Govt Pursues Domestic Tender For Nam Jim Economic Zone
The government of Kachin State announced it won’t sign a second MoU for the Nam Jim economic zone with a…
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Parents Of Students Killed By KIA Want Bodies Back
Parents of two students who were detained by the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) following a brawl near a karaoke establishment…
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Floods Inundate Village In Kachin State
Hundreds of homes were inundated after flooding overtook a village in Kachin State’s Hukawng Valley earlier this week. Heavy rainfall…
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Court Rejects Myitkyina Journal’s Request To Revoke Witness In Lawsuit
The lawyer for Myitkyina Journal reporters asked the court to exclude a witness during the trial against Tha Khin Sit…
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KIA Accused Of Beating And Detaining Civilians
A Kachin Independence Army (KIA) officer and several soldiers stand accused of assaulting civilians and then detaining some of them…
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Hundreds Of Kachin Villages Will Be Left Out Of Election
The election commission is unable to collect a list of names for eligible voters from about 200 villages in Kachin…
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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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