Kachin State

October 29, 2015
Thuta Linn — “We don’t welcome the destruction of stability by other parties” says U Zakhung Ting Ying, an independent candidate who is running for...
October 26, 2015
Thuta Linn — The Kachin Independence Army (KIA) will not launch any attacks or cause disturbances during the election period, says U Dau Khar...
October 24, 2015
Sai Aung Myo Lwin — The Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP) held a rally in Kachin State’s capital Myitkyina on Tuesday. During the rally...
October 24, 2015
Thuta Linn — “People have lied to the public in the past. They promised to do this and that, but you can’t find them afterward. They have disappeared...
October 20, 2015
“I want to uplift the basic lives of people from remote areas” Thura Linn — BNI Newsroom staff interviewed U Kyaw Kyaw Oo, an Upper House candidate...
October 20, 2015
Thuta Linn — The BNI Newsroom contacted U Khun Sa from the Kachin State Democracy Party (KSDP), who is running for a seat in the Upper House...
October 16, 2015
Thuta Linn — Voting in next month's election will not take place in 211 village tracts in Kachin state. Although voting has also been suspended in...
October 16, 2015
Thura Linn, BNI News Room — The Chairman of the Unity and Democracy Party of Kachin State (UDPKS) U Khet Htein Nan (also Khet Htain Nan) claims he...
October 14, 2015
Thuta Linn, BNI Election Newsroom — Skirmishes should not break out again during the election, Kachin State Democracy Party’s (KSDP) chairman Dr...
U Dashi La Seng, a candidate from the National League for Democracy (NLD) who is running in Hpakant Constituency No 2 for a seat in the State Parliament.
October 14, 2015
Thuta Linn, BNI Election Newsroom — A reporter from the BNI Election Newsroom interviewed U Dashi La Seng, who is contesting a seat in Kachin State’s...
October 12, 2015
Thuta Linn - Ongoing clashes in Kachin State could pose challenges for next month's election says U Khet Htain Nan, the chairman of the Unity and...
October 8, 2015
Sai Aung Myo Lwin — The murder of two members of the Tai-Leng Nationalities Development Party (TNDP) in separate incidents in Kachin State's jade...