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A new study fills a glaring gap in scholarship by letting women tell their own stories of resistance to decades of military rule in Myanmar.
News Myanmar » Kachin » Culture: Is Myanmar’s Kachin Conflict Really Over?
The visit on Wednesday by the United Nations’ special envoy to Myanmar, Vijay Nambiar, to Laiza, the headquarters of the Kachin Independence Organization, is a positive sign that the conflict in ...
News Myanmar » Kachin » Culture: Q+A-What is behind clashes in Myanmar's Kachin hills?
June 16 (Reuters) - Myanmar troops have clashed with ethnic Kachin rebels near Chinese-built dams this week, threatening Chinese energy interests in the country. Here are some questions and answers ...
News Myanmar » Kachin » Culture: Kachin civilians flee Myanmar's 'forgotten war'
Seng Moon grabbed her day-old baby and fled into the thick jungle, joining thousands of villagers escaping fighting between ethnic Kachin rebels and Myanmars army, now reinforced by a unit notorious ...
News Myanmar » Kachin » Culture: Myanmar government announces ceasefire with Kachin rebels
YANGON (Reuters) - The Myanmar military will observe a ceasefire in its fight with ethnic Kachin rebels with effect from Saturday, state television reported, but rebels would not immediately commit to ...
News Myanmar » Kachin » Culture: Rape Is a Weapon in Burma's Kachin State, but the Women of Kachin Are Fighting Back
Galau Dau Yang, 35, stands outside her home in the northern Shan State village of Kut Khaing. Galau Dau Yang, who is ethnically Kachin, was gang-raped by police. Like in most conflict zones, human ...
News Myanmar » Kachin » Culture: Suu Kyi meets with Catholics in Myanmar's Kachin state
Myanmar's opposition leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, has reached out to Christian leaders in conflict-stricken Kachin state in a bid to win over voters critical of her silence on key issues affecting the ...
News Myanmar » Kachin » Culture: Myanmar’s displaced Kachin Christians remain in limbo
Mary Lu Ja, 33, a displaced Catholic from war-torn Myanmar’s northern Kachin state, didn’t expect she would be stuck in a makeshift camp for internally displaced persons (IDPs) for half her life. The ...
News Myanmar » Kachin » Culture: Myanmar Military Launches Air Strikes on Kachin, Rakhine, Shan States
India’s Worrying Plans for Dams on Transboundary Rivers Shared with Bangladesh 2025 seems set to continue last year’s sharp increase in the number of retaliatory air and artillery attacks on ...
News Myanmar » Kachin » Culture: Myanmar’s Minerals Deal
In the scramble for access to the nation’s rare earth deposits, a non-state armed group holds the cards. Cadets of the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) preparing for military drills at the group’s ...