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2,000 Kachin trapped by Myanmar fighting lack food, medicine

CommunityleadersfromtheChristianethnicKachincommunityhavecalledforurgentmedicalattentionforabout2,000civilians,includingpregnantwomenandtheelderly,trappedinthej

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Meet the teenage girls from Myanmar enrolling in karate classes to protect themselves against government troops

Every afternoon, dozens of teenage girls at the school for displaced children line up on the grounds, dressed in white uniforms with belts of various colours: yellow, blue, white. They kick high and jump with glee before settling into their exercises, shouting in Japanese as they punch into the air.

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Lifting US jade sanctions ‘a mistake’: Myanmar minister

​The minister in charge of mining in Myanmar’s conflict-ridden state of Kachin says it was a mistake for the United States to lift sanctions on the country’s notorious jade industry.

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Myanmar parliament passes urgent motion on drug fight

Myanmar's parliamentary House of Representatives (Lower House) has passed an urgent motion calling on the government to support mass participation in fight against drugs, according to an official report Friday.

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Myanmar armed group ambushes official's convoy

​Myanmar's ethnic Kachin Independence Army has ambushed a convoy of Kachin state transport minister on a highway in northern Kachin state, official sources said on Thursday.

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Myanmar gov't, Kachin armed group call for realization of peace process

Negotiators of Myanmar government and the ethnic Kachin Independence Organization (KIO) on Tuesday issued a joint statement after a renewed  peace talks in Myitgyina, capital of the Kachin state, agreeing to set up a conflict mediation team  as part of the first phase of implementing the joint monitoring mechanism agreed in October 2013.

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Myanmar gov't, rebels strive to bring Kachin IDPs back home

The Myanmar government and the  Kachin Independence Organization (KIO) have started work on bringing Kachin internal displaced people back home from relief camps following recent talks in Myitgyina.

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China calls for Myanmar resolution of clashes

China has called on Myanmar to resolve clashes between the government and armed rebels, at the first Strategic Security Consultation with Myanmar leaders on Sunday, in Nay Pyi Taw.

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Myanmar goverment endeavors to bring KIO back to negotiation

Myanmar government is taking prompt steps to bring the Kachin Independence Organization (KIO) back to the negotiation table after the last talks planned in the border town of Ruili on Oct. 30 failed.

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China, U.S. concern over Northern Myanmar dispute

Continuing milatary attacks on ethnic Kachin rebels by Myanmar government have raised the conersn of China and the international community over the region's stability.