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July 15, 2019
The murder of Nhkum Nang Htang has alarmed villagers and provoked demands for justice from civil society organizations. Calls for justice are growing...
July 11, 2019
The move is to counter illegal mining, a state minister says. The Kachin State government will allow small-scale gold mining in three townships in...
July 11, 2019
The Burmese government has demanded that the Kachin Independence Organization (KIO) provide an inventory list of its weapons, as well as disclosure...
July 10, 2019
Gold is being extracted from cassava plantations, locals say. Locals in Kachin State’s Hukawng Valley say that continued gold mining is affecting...
July 10, 2019
The UN agency’s recent findings suggested that they ‘hadn’t worked together with local people,’ the KNO secretary says. The Kachin National...
July 8, 2019
Officials in the Kachin Independence Organization (KIO) and Kachin politicians have said that the Burma Army should declare a unilateral ceasefire...
July 8, 2019
Police filed charges for their commemoration of the eighth year of war in Kachin State. Two youth appeared in court in Myitkyina on Thursday after...
July 6, 2019
Investors can apply for permission to mine, with priority given to locals, Kachin State’s natural resources and environment minister says. The Kachin...
July 5, 2019
Residents of the unregistered Pangmati IDP camp in Myitkyina say they want same level of support as other camps. Residents of an unofficial camp for...
July 3, 2019
Five of eight people sent back to China had been found to be working on a tissue culture banana plantation on protected forest land. Eight Chinese...
June 28, 2019
According to the KIO, most of Kachin State’s poppy plantations are located in areas under the control of military-backed PMFs or the BGF. There is...
June 25, 2019
Two men have gone missing in a landslide in Mawmau Kawng village in Hpakant Township on Friday, according to local sources. The landslide occurred at...
