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Kachin State Won’t Build COVID-19 Lab
The Kachin State government says it can’t build a laboratory to test for the novel coronavirus because there’s a dearth…
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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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Three Painters Promoting COVID-19 Awareness Released on Bail, Charges Remain
Three painters were released from jail on bail by a Myitkyina court on Thursday, but continue to face charges of…
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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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Day Workers Blocked From Banana Farms
Hundreds of day workers employed on tissue-culture banana farms in Waingmaw township, in Kachin State, have been told not to…
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Myitkyina Painters Promoting COVID-19 Awareness Charged With Insulting Buddhism
A group of young painters who created a work of art on the wall of a railway station in the…
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Nam Jim Economic Zone to Be Suspended, CSO Says
Plans for a controversial economic zone planned on the outskirts of Myitkyina has been suspended, civil society attendees told KNG…
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Myitkyina University Postpones Exams Due to COVID-19
Myitkyina University in Kachin State postponed mid-term exams for students on Tuesday amid fears of spreading the coronavirus through large…
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KNC Against Voting Rights For Guest Workers
The Kachin National Congress (KNC) gathered in protest on Monday against an amendment of the election bylaw allowing guest domestic…
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