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    Tagged: myitkyina

    Ethnic issues Lead Story News

    Aid workers concerned over ambitious plan to close IDP camps

    The Burmese government is drawing up plans to shutter displacement camps across the country, but aid workers say food rations and sustainable security should be first on the priority list.

    Kachin Lead Story News

    Left in limbo: Kachin IDPs face monsoon season dilemma

    “Unless both sides stop fighting and allow these people to go home, [the Kachin IDPs] are facing a dire situation.”

    Ethnic issues Kachin Lead Story News

    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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    Lead Story News Politics

    Sobering verdict on UN rights envoy’s second visit under NLD govt

    UN special rapporteur Yanghee Lee gave a sombre review of Burma’s human rights progress after her second tour of the country under the NLD government.

    Conflict Kachin Lead Story News

    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.

    Conflict Ethnic issues Lead Story News

    Thousands rally in Myitkyina for end of war

    Thousands rally in Myitkyina for the second time this week to demand an end to Burmese army offensives against ethnic armed groups in Kachin State and around the country.

    Conflict Kachin Lead Story News

    KIA, Burmese army clash near Hpakant

    A KIA spokesman says the Kachin militia engaged Burmese troops along the road between Kamaing and Hpakant on Monday morning after government forces had advanced on a position where the KIA’s 6th Battalion had dug in.

    Kachin Lead Story News

    Car blasted by controlled landmine in Kachin

    Witnesses at the scene said that a red wire trailing from a ditch at the side of the road.

    Crime Lead Story Military News

    Myitkyina shooting victim was motorcycle thief, says military

    Military news report says that a scuffle broke out as the four men tried to overwhelm the soldiers and seize their firearms, resulting in an unintentional discharge.

    Kachin Lead Story Military News

    Myitkyina student shot dead after argument at army checkpoint

    A serviceman from the Burmese armed forces has shot and killed an 18-year-old university student in Myitkyina.

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    2015 Elections Kachin Lead Story News Photos

    PHOTOS: Big turnout across Kachin State

    Thousands braved the icy morning air of Myitkyina to queue up at polling stations across the city.

    2015 Elections Kachin Lead Story News

    Local parties battle NLD for Kachin vote

    In Kachin State, the battle for votes will largely revolve around the NLD and local Kachin parties, not the USDP.

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    Lead Story Mandalay Division Natural resources News Photos

    IN PHOTOS: Flow of the Irrawaddy

    The suspension of the Myistone dam project has allowed a replenishing of river life on the Irrawaddy. But for long how will that last?

    Business Development Lead Story Natural resources News

    Myitsone Dam has cost us $800m, says China

    Naypyidaw is liable to pay compensation to the Chinese state-owned electricity giant if the project is permanently cancelled, Myanmar Times reports.

    2015 Elections Kachin Lead Story News Politics

    Election 2015: Record number of Kachin parties

    Twelve candidates will contest the Pyithu Hluttaw [House of Representatives] seat of Myitkyina, Kachin State, with the majority of contenders coming from local parties.

    Kachin Lead Story Natural Disasters News

    Glacial floods threaten Myitkyina: expert

    Celebrated Burmese weather expert Tun Lwin warns that the Kachin capital could be hit by flooding and landslides caused by melting Himalayan glaciers.

    Conflict Kachin Lead Story News

    KIO, govt deliberate armed clashes in Hpakant and Tanai

    Each side presented differing perspectives on how armed clashes broke out last week, but agreed to consider investigating the causes of the hostilities.

    Conflict Kachin Lead Story News Peace Process

    KIO, govt agree to conflict resolution talks

    The long awaited meeting of the Conflict Negotiation Commission, involving five delegates from each side, is due within a few days.

    Education Lead Story News Protest

    Myitkyina students join rally for reform

    A small group of Myitkyina University students stage a rally in solidarity with protests across the country opposing the National Education Law.

    Kachin Lead Story News Women's Issues

    Thousands turn out for Kachin schoolteachers’ funeral

    After a two-day funeral procession in the area, the bodies of the two young women murdered in Muse arrive in Myitkyina for burial.

    Culture Kachin Lead Story News

    Manau festival will go on despite calls to cancel

    kachin officials are adamant the Manau Dance Festival will go ahead despite concerns over military tensions in the region.

    Aid Kachin Lead Story News

    Kachin IDPs wait for aid as winter sets in

    Thousands of refugees at camps in northern Kachin State are facing food shortages since the state government blocked aid deliveries at the end of October.

    KIA forced recruitment continues amid desertions video

    Conflict Ethnic issues Lead Story News Video

    KIA forced recruitment continues amid desertions

    The Shan Ethnic Affairs Organisation says 98 villagers have managed to escape forced service in the KIA, but that hundreds remain.

    Ethnic issues Lead Story News Peace Process Politics

    Govt, Kachins commit to peace-keeping commission

    Peace negotiations resumed between the Kachin Independence Organisation (KIO) and the government’s Union Peace-making Work Committee (UPWC) in Kachin State capital Myitkyina on Tuesday.

    Kachin Lead Story News Peace Process

    Kachin peace talks proceeding tentatively in Myitkyina

    The KIO meets with a Burmese government delegation led by Minister Aung Min on Tuesday in Myitkyina, where they focused on finding a solution to the ongoing conflict in the region.

    Ethnic issues Lead Story News Peace Process Politics

    Thein Sein visits Kachin State on ‘peace mission’

    Civic society organisations, politicians and local people turned out to meet Burmese President Thein Sein in Myitkyina on Sunday for what they largely saw as a “peace mission”.

    Ethnic issues Lead Story News Politics

    Shan NGO blasts ‘militia monks’

    Community leader says Red Shan monks in photo are ‘temporary’ monks but that It is wholly inappropriate for Buddhist men of the cloth to participate in militia training.

    Ethnic issues Lead Story News

    Shans denounce KIA at ‘seminar’ in Myitkyina

    After being denied permission to stage a rally, thousands of ethnic Shans gather at a monastery to denounce the Kachin rebels for alleged human rights violations.

    Ethnic issues Lead Story News

    Civic groups take positive signs from Myitkyina talks

    Ethnic civil rights groups echo UN special adviser Vijay Nambiar’s sentiment that this week’s round of peace talks in Myitkyina between ethnic groups and the Burmese government were fruitful and bode well for the future.

    Burmese army compromises for sake of peace, says Lt-Gen Myint Soe video

    Ethnic issues Interview Lead Story News Video

    Burmese army compromises for sake of peace, says Lt-Gen Myint Soe

    Lt-Gen Myint Soe of Burma’s Ministry of Defence has played a leading role in difficult and at times fractious negotiations between the government and the Kachin Independence Organisation.

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