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Caption : Three artists were released from jail on bail by Myitkyina court on April 30, 2020.
May 4, 2020
Three Painters Promoting COVID-19 Awareness Released on Bail, Charges...
Three painters were released from jail on bail by a Myitkyina court on Thursday, but continue to face charges of “insulting religion” for their...
Volunteers from KsC19PN help accepting home returning workers from China on April 20, 2020. Photo: Seng Nu Pan/ KsC19PN.
April 25, 2020
Social Distancing Not Allways Being Followed For Returning Workers, CSO...
With thousands returning en masse from jobs in China in recent days a Kachin civil society coalition cautioned that more needed to be done to reduce...
KsC19PN volunteers reached at Maina RC (Roman Catholic) camp in Waingmaw township, Kachin State, northern Burma on April 6, 2020. Photo: KsC19PN
April 13, 2020
Kachin Civil Society Initiates Coronavirus Prevention Measures in IDP Camps
Kachin civil society organizations have started their own preventative programs to fight coronavirus in the internally displaced persons (IDP) camps...
April 13, 2020
Gov’t Restricts Traffic To Hpakant To Fight Virus
The government introduced stricter travel measures it claims will help prevent the spread of COVID-19 in Kachin State’s Hpakant Township. Locals are...
Office of Kachin State Health Department, Myitkyina
April 7, 2020
Health Dept Monitoring Nearly 3,000 People in Kachin State for COVID-19
Kachin State’s health department has reported that a total of 2,985 people are being monitored either at home or in quarantine facilities for signs...
Women carrying firewood wash their hands at IDP camp of Trinity Kachin Baptist Church in Myitkyina, the capital of Kachin State, northern Burma.
April 2, 2020
‘Not Enough Water to Wash Our Hands,’ Say Kachin IDPs Bracing For COVID-19
While thorough handwashing has been proven as an effective strategy to fight the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, internally displaced persons (IDPs...
Narinjara media based in Sittwe, Rakhine (Arakan) State, western Burma.
April 1, 2020
Gov’t Blocks Ethnic Media Groups From Mobile Networks
Three online ethnic media outlets in Burma are blocked on major mobile internet providers at a time when access to information has never been more...
March 31, 2020
Burma Army Warns KIO to Cut Ties With Arakan Army or Face Attack, PCG Says
Kachin civil society organizations say that they are concerned that the Burma Army is planning a military offensive in areas under the control of the...
Burmese military took a press conference at Kawng Kha on March 6 after seizing biggest amount of narcotics drugs. Photo: facebook
March 29, 2020
Burma Army Raids Kawng Kha Militia Headquarters
Burma Army troops raided the headquarters of the Kachin Defense Army (KDA) east of Kutkai town in northern Shan State, and reportedly detained top...
March 28, 2020
Kachin CSOs Want To Work With Gov’t To Combat Covid-19
Kachin civil society organizations (CSOs) want to cooperate with the government to prevent the spread of the covid-19 pandemic in villages across...
March 28, 2020
Coronavirus Rumours Cause Panic Buying
After rumours circulated markets would close soon due to the spread of covid-19 residents in Kachin State started panic shopping. Kachin State...
Kambaiti border pass, the biggest China border trade gate in Kachin State, northern Burma. Photo: Dr. Thein Myo
March 27, 2020
Burma-China Border Remains Open Amid COVID-19 Pandemic
While checkpoints along the Thai-Burma border closed this week, traffic continues as usual along Burma’s border with China, local sources have said...