Minister Aung Min says a date will be announced for the signing of the NCA after next month’s meeting between ethnic leaders and President Thein Sein.
Tag: Kachin Indepedence Organisation
88 Gen delegates meet Myitsone villagers
88 Gen delegates and the KIO meet in Myitkyina, and indications suggest that the Myitsone mega-dam featured prominently in their talks.
UN faces ‘serious funding shortfall’ for Kachin humanitarian relief
The United Nations humanitarian relief programme geared towards assisting those displaced by the Kachin conflict has so far raised only US$14.6 million of the US$50.9 million UN officials estimate is…
Burma’s supreme seat of power
More than 20 months after witnessing government forces violently abduct his wife, a farmer turned refugee from Burma’s Kachin struggles to move forward
Ethnic alliance, govt aim to hold talks in July as clashes continue
A coalition representing 11 of Burma’s ethnic armed groups and the government are planning to hold a new round of talks after months of delays
War, displacement fueling trafficking scourge in Kachin state
After two years of war and displacement in northern Burma’s Kachin state, more people are being trafficked along the Sino-Burmese border