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The Irrawaddy News Magazine
December 1, 2008
Also on Monday, Wanna Aung was sent to Pegu Prison in central
Burma and Thiha Thet Zin was transferred to Myitkyina Prison in
Kachin State in northern Burma ...
Asian Tribune
November 29, 2008
But General Aung San was able to convince some of the
Shan Saophas,
Kachin Duwars and the Chin leaders and finally succeeded in concluding an agreement with ...
Democratic Voice of Burma
November 25, 2008
... who was transferred to Bamaw prison in
Kachin state and U Thattama (also known as Thet Zaw), who was sent to
MyinGyan prison in
Mandalay division. ...
Myanmar Times
November 25, 2008
Another source disclosed that gold production at mines in Homalin, Katha and Wuntho in
Sagaing Division and Myitkyina in
Kachin State, was down as much as ...
Palm Beach Post
November 25, 2008
Maran also belongs to an ethnic minority, the Kachin tribe, which also makes him a target of discrimination, he says. "It is our native land, but we are not ...
Tri Valley Herald
November 22, 2008
For questions or comments, e-mail Karina Chin at Kachin@seq.org. Fundraisers benefit Family Service Agency: Red-Car-Bel, one of Family Service Agency of San ...
UNPO
November 21, 2008
ISN
November 21, 2008
... albeit in the guise of an unrepresentative and exploitative military dictatorship - against highland minorities such as the
Shan,
Kachin and Karen. ...
The Irrawaddy News Magazine
November 20, 2008
... Panneik Tun to Bahmao Prison in
Kachin State, Kyaw Kyaw Htwe to Mergui Prison in Tenasserim Division and That Zaw to Moulmein Prison in
Mon state. ...
Newspost Online
November 20, 2008
... are presently being interrogated, he said. Trained from
Kachin in
Myanmar, Singh was a terror in upper
Assam. He was also a bomb expert. (ANI)
ReliefWeb (press release)
November 20, 2008
Mizzima.com
November 19, 2008
The Irrawaddy News Magazine
November 18, 2008
A woman jade trader from Hpacan Township,
Kachin State-
Burma's largest jade mining area-said she had recently come to the Chinese border with jade stones ...
Tehran Times
November 18, 2008
Of the projects, seven are located in the northernmost Kachin state, six of which range over 1200 MW, the report said, adding that the rest of the projects ...
Bangkok Post
November 16, 2008
Other
activists were taken to northern
Kachin state and
Sagaing division and to southern Taninthayi division, which are between 800 and 1600 kilometres away ...
OpEdNews
November 16, 2008
But they were sent to
Kachin State without appropriate medical treatment. The areas
activists were sent are extremely remote and difficult to reach for ...
The Irrawaddy News Magazine
November 16, 2008
...
Htay Kywe was transferred to Buthitaung Prison in Arakan State, western
Burma; Hla Myo Naung was transferred to Myitkyina Prison in
Kachin State, ...
MorungExpress
November 13, 2008
San Francisco Chronicle
November 13, 2008
In essence, the country is run like a mafia, from the languid tea shops of Rangoon to this remote jungle area of Kachin state, where the mining town of ...
Myanmar Times
November 12, 2008
Mythum can be found in the high forests of
Chin state,
Kachin State and
Sagaing Division, browsing on shrubs, bushes and leaves. ...
First Post
November 10, 2008
This part of lawless northwest
Burma is virtually autonomous: run by tribes like the Wa,
Shan and
Kachin, who have long profited from the heroin and ...
Toledo Blade
November 9, 2008
He knew how to communicate by radio but not with the Kachin tribe members when they landed at the airfield. He needed help and a friend, which he found in ...
Press Trust of India
November 9, 2008
... it to sneak in and out of
Myanmar after receiving arms and training from the
Kachin guerrillas based in that country, a senior defence official said. ...
Times of India
November 8, 2008
Prepak is said to have received weapons and training in exchange for hard cash from the
Kachin Independent
army of
Myanmar. The outfit is said to have ...
The Irrawaddy News Magazine
November 7, 2008
Tea production in
Burma takes place in the hilly regions of
Shan,
Kachin, Chin and Karen states, as well as in
Sagaing and
Mandalay divisions. ...
United Press International
November 7, 2008
On April 3, 1997, he was transferred to the Myit-kyi-na prison in the state of
Kachin, which is in the north of
Burma and has extreme weather. ...
Council on Foreign Relations
November 7, 2008
... accession to
India in 1975, and provided military assistance to groups hostile to the pro-
China regime in
Myanmar, such as the
Kachin Independence
army. ...
South Asian Post
November 6, 2008
... like a hand-woven basket from the Rawang community in Burma-
Myanmar's
Kachin State, along with a rapid-fire history lesson of the region. ...
The Irrawaddy News Magazine
November 5, 2008
One year later, he was transferred to Myitkyina Prison in northern Kachin State. Deplorable prison conditions are commonplace in Burmese prisons and ...
istockAnalyst.com (press release)
November 1, 2008
With the
Kachin independent
army in control of northern
Myanmar, they too have been noticed selling arms to various insurgent groups. ...
Insurance News Net (press release)
October 31, 2008
... projects for
Myanmar on the confluence of Ayeyawaddy river and Maykha and Malikha rivers in
Kachin state with a combined capacity of 13360 mw. ...
Democratic Voice of Burma
October 31, 2008
Asia Times Online
October 31, 2008
According to EarthRights Internation, the
Kachin state
dams are expected to have a combined capacity of 13360 megawatts. Chinese
companies have also long ...
Times of India
October 30, 2008
With the
Kachin independent
army in control of northern
Myanmar, they too have been noticed selling arms to various insurgent groups. ...
The Women's International Perspective
October 30, 2008
The Union of
Burma was formed in 1947 with the signing of the Panglong Agreement which was intended to provide the signing parties (
Kachin, Chin and
Shan) ...
UNPO
October 29, 2008
"A further 18570 members of the peoples of the Karen, Kachin and Kayan are threatened by eviction in coming months because Chinese investors are building ...
The Irrawaddy News Magazine
October 28, 2008
One woman who lives in
Kachin State in northern
Burma and who suffers from glaucoma said she paid about 100000 kyat (US $79) for the trip to Mae Sot, ...
The Irrawaddy News Magazine
October 28, 2008
The
Thailand-based
Kachin Women's Association of Thailand (KWAT) released a human trafficking report in August, titled "Eastward Bound," based on interviews ...
ReliefWeb (press release)
October 27, 2008
"A further 18570 members of the peoples of the Karen, Kachin and Kayan are threatened by eviction in coming months because Chinese investors are building ...
New Statesman
October 27, 2008
Source:
Kachin Development Networking Group Imperial green jade is unique to
Burma - and jewellery made from it can sell for millions of dollars on the ...
