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Tanai’s mining evacuees need long-term solutions, say Kachin church leaders
Church leaders in Tanai estimate that about a thousand people have sought sanctuary at churches in the town.
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Kachin NGOs demand justice for victims of sex crimes
Khon Ja pointed to an infamous incident involving a woman named Sumlut Roi Ja, who was abducted by Burmese soldiers in 2011 and never seen again.
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Workers abandon Kachin mines due to military threat
The Burmese military air-dropped leaflets stating that anyone remaining after 15 June would be considered an associate of the outlawed KIO.
In Kachin’s IDP camps, women struggle to be heard
New research has found that in camps for the internally displaced in Kachin State, women’s needs struggle to be heard as the conflict in northern Burma enters its seventh year.
Shelling injures three civilians in northern Kachin State
Three locals were injured on Sunday night when an unidentified artillery shell fell on a house in Naung Lone Kaung Yar village, in the northern Kachin State township of Tanai.
Kachin rebels demand protection money from CB Bank, says Burmese military
We do requests donations from local businesses, but never using force or threats,” the KIO responded.
Kachin, Wa armies cut ties to UNFC
The Kachin Independence Organisation (KIO) and the Wa National Organisation (WNO) have withdrawn from the United Nationalities Federal Council (UNFC), a formerly seven-member coalition of ethnic armed groups.
IDPs, civil society meet state counsellor on Kachin trip
During a brief trip to conflict-wracked Kachin State on Tuesday, State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi visited displacement camps and, in a lighter moment, posed for photos with a pair of nonagenarians who similarly smiled for the camera with Suu Kyi’s father more than a half-century ago.
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Suu Kyi visits Kachin State
A local NLD MP told DVB that her main agenda is to discuss issues relevant to negotiating a peace deal with the various ethnic groups.
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Inside one of Kachin State’s newest IDP camps
Last month hundreds of internally displaced persons fled renewed conflict in Burma’s north. For many, they traded one IDP camp for another.
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Police in Myitkyina lock down Kachin conference
Police in Kachin State’s capital Myitkyina on Thursday morning cordoned off the Manaw festival grounds, where the Kachin National Conference was being held.
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Kachin parties object to Aung San statue
KPCC says the construction of a statue is continuing on a vacant plot of land close to the landmark clock tower in Myitkyina city centre.
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Suu Kyi’s office donates to Kachin IDPs in rare nod to conflict
State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi has acknowledged, albeit somewhat obliquely, the deteriorating security environment in Kachin State, with the office of Burma’s de facto leader donating 300 million kyats ($222,000) to those displaced by conflict.
Kachin pastors transferred to police, charged with unlawful association
Two Kachin pastors detained by the Burma Army have been charged under the Unlawful Associations Act, according to the President’s Office.
Missing Kachin pastors in military custody: Burmese Army
Two Kachin pastors who went missing last month and were feared dead are alive and in Burmese Army custody, according to the Office of the Defence Services’ Commander-in-Chief.
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Burmese army captures 3 bases from Kachin rebels
According to the Burmese military chief’s office, the base in Mansi had been a major hub for smuggling timber and cattle to “a neighbouring country”.
Rights groups call on govt to probe case of missing Kachin pastors
Human rights organisations have called on the government to investigate the disappearance of two Kachin pastors in northern Shan State.
Up to 4,000 IDPs on the run in Kachin, says aid team
Many of the IDPs yesterday attempted to flee across the Chinese border to seek sanctuary but were turned back by the Chinese authorities.
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UN envoy Lee hears of unsolved Kachin murder cases
Yanghee Lee is on a 12-day fact-finding visit to Burma to assess developments within various human rights situations across the country.
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UN special rapporteur denied visits to Kachin State conflict sites
Yanghee Lee was denied access to conflict-wracked Hpakant and Waignmaw townships in Kachin State this week as she undertakes her fifth visit to Burma in her capacity as UN special rapporteur on the country’s human rights situation.
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Kachin IDPs’ woes grow with fall of KIA’s Gidon outpost
A recent offensive by the Burmese military in Kachin State, seizing the Kachin Independence Army’s Gidon mountain outpost, has exacerbated the dire conditions for displaced people living in the area as northern Burma enters its coldest stretch of the year.
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15,000 flee to China from conflict-torn Shan, Kachin states: UN
Up to 15,000 people may have fled across Burma’s border into China in the past month, a United Nations agency has said, as fighting between the Burma Army and ethnic armed groups intensifies.
Kachin parties denounce ‘terrorist’ labelling of ethnic militias
The Northern Alliance has engaged in hostilities against Burmese government forces in northern Shan State for over two weeks.
Feathered dinosaur tail found in Kachin State amber
Some 99 million years ago, a juvenile dinosaur got its feathery tail stuck in tree resin, a death trap for the small creature. But its misfortune is now giving scientists unique insight into feathered dinosaurs that prospered during the Cretaceous Period.
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Kachin rebels waging ‘limited war’ in battle for Muse
“A limited war is a war limited in time or location, but basically it is not an all-out war,” KIA peace negotiator Nashan San Awng tells DVB.
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Army offensives increased since new govt, says Kachin NGO
“The pattern of Burma Army abuse and impunity is the same as under the previous government, while the offensives have worsened.”
NGOs concerned by aid restrictions in Kachin State
“The Myanmar Tatmadaw [armed forces] consistently hinders food transportation to the most needed area in Kachin State,” says JST.
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Burmese military deployed air strikes, say Kachin rebels
The Kia says its frontline outpost in Myitkyina District was attacked by two fighter jets as Burmese ground troops simultaneously launched artillery strikes.
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Hundreds join vigil for peace in Kachin State
Hundreds of people gathered in the Kachin State capital Myitkyina on Monday to call on the Burmese army to end its offensive against the KIA.
Mob armed with swords & clubs break free drug suspect in Kachin
A policeman was injured in the melee when more than 20 men broke free a suspect caught by police with a stash of drugs in a forest.
