Kachin State
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About 340,000 results (January 2018)
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www via Google
Date of entry/update:
2018-01-02
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"The Kachin encompass a number of ethnic groups speaking almost a dozen distinct languages belonging to the Tibeto-Burman linguistic family who inhabit the same region in the northern part of Burma on the border with China, mainly in Kachin State. Strictly speaking, these languages are not necessarily closely related, and the term Kachin at times is used to refer specifically to the largest of the groups (the Kachin or Jingpho/Jinghpaw) or to the whole grouping of Tibeto-Burman speaking minorities in the region, which include the Maru, Lisu, Lashu, etc.
The exact Kachin population is unknown due to the absence of reliable census in Burma for more than 60 years. Most estimates suggest there may in the vicinity of 1 million Kachin in the country. The Kachin, as well as the Chin, are one of Burma?s largest Christian minorities: though once again difficult to assess, it is generally thought that between two-thirds and 90 per cent of Kachin are Christians, with others following animist practices of Buddhists..."
Source/publisher:
Minority Rights Group
Date of entry/update:
2014-08-21
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Kachin State
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explains findings from a recent public opinion survey of Kachin in Myanmar.
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"What are Kachin’s attitudes toward their country of citizenship? To what extent do they feel attached (Burmese: Tan yaw zin, Jinghpaw: Myit magyep kap ai) to it? These questions about ethnic minorities are relevant not just to the Kachin, but instead, underlie larger issues of national unity in Myanmar. The answers to these questions reveal the doubts and mental reservations that Myanmar’s ethnic minorities, such as the Kachin, feel about the political community they belong to.
Between 2018 and 2019, I conducted qualitative interviews and collected original survey data to answer these questions about Kachin’s attitudes toward Myanmar. The data reveals that the answers depend on understandings about how inferences are drawn, the limitations of utilizing quantitative and qualitative data, and how different types of data might complement one another.
Most surprisingly, I found that qualitative interviews and survey data produced differing results. According to my interviews with several Kachin activists, religious leaders, and Baptist youths, Kachin feel a relatively weak attachment and harbor, more or less, unfavorable attitudes toward Myanmar, perhaps due to the renewed armed conflict with the Kachin Independence Organization (KIO) and the recent increase in Kachin ethnonationalism. In contrast, according to the survey data, Kachin exhibit relatively high national pride in being citizens of Myanmar and a relatively strong attachment to Myanmar. How can we make sense of these divergent answers? I suggest several explanations that reveal the limitations of my qualitative and quantitative data. Ultimately, my analysis suggests that the divergence most likely resulted from limitations in my qualitative approach, which glossed over diversity within the Kachin community..."
Source/publisher:
"Teacircleoxford" (Myanmar)
Date of publication:
2020-07-02
Date of entry/update:
2020-07-10
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"The Kachin Independence Army (KIA) warned civilians in northern Shan State’s Kutkai this week that clashes could erupt anytime in the area between the ethnic armed group and the Myanmar military, or Tatmadaw.
Since June 1, the Myanmar military and the KIA have clashed violently in Kutkai five times. The township has also seen clashes between the Myanmar military and a KIA ally, the Ta’ang National Liberation Army (TNLA).
“[More] clashes can break out anytime. [Civilians] need to be very careful,” KIA spokesman Colonel Naw Bu told The Irrawaddy.
Clashes broke out on June 6 and 7 in Kutkai between the Myanmar military and the KIA, and another round of violence took place from Tuesday to Thursday, creating a climate of fear among Kutkai residents.
Dozens of people taking shelter at a camp for internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Zup Awng Village in Kutkai had returned to their villages to farm and search for food, as their community has seen a shortage of food due to COVID-19. The renewed fighting on Wednesday forced around 30 of them to flee back to the camp.
On Thursday, Myanmar military troops reportedly forced five locals in Kutkai to serve as guides for them, holding them until the evening. There was no fighting on Friday as of midday, according to local residents.
The fighting in Kutkai has erupted despite the fact that the Myanmar military has declared a ceasefire due to COVID-19, which is in effect until August 31.
“There was a clash with the KIA around 9 a.m. on Thursday some 2,500 meters from Namhu Village to the west of the Hsenwi-Kutkai Road,” Myanmar military spokesman Brigadier General Zaw Min Tun told The Irrawaddy.
He claimed that clashes took place because KIA troops trespassed into territories controlled by the Myanmar military.
But the KIA said it has not reached any agreement with the Myanmar military about troop deployments as it is still in discussions with the Myanmar government and military about signing a bilateral ceasefire agreement..."
Source/publisher:
"The Irrawaddy" (Thailand)
Date of publication:
2020-06-19
Date of entry/update:
2020-06-19
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Individual Documents
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Kachin State, Armed conflict in Kachin State - general articles, Armed conflict in Kachin State - ceasefires and ceasefire talks
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The ninth instalment in our travel series about wild swimming spots takes us to Myanmar’s northernmost state, a land of ethnic diversity, impenetrable jungle and… tubing.
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"Kachin State is famous for Myitsone and manau festivals, but also contains vast expanses of impenetrable jungle wilderness, a large variety of ethnic groups and even the country’s very own section of the Himalayas. So, I hear you ask? Okay – it also possesses a range of fairly special water-centric excursions, so next time you make it that far north do yourself a favour and add at least a couple of them to your itinerary.
INDAWGYI LAKE
You don’t have to be a devout wild swimmer to enjoy Myanmar’s largest natural lake – it’s an essential Myanmar travel destination in its own right. You can rent kayaks and bamboo bicycles, visit hot springs, and sign up for a range of different boating tours. While all of that comes heartily recommended, nothing beats heading for the middle of the lake at sunset, and diving headfirst into those deep, deep waters.
MYITKYINA
Myitsone
About 90 minutes north of Mandalay, two rivers that wind down from the Himalayas – the Mali Kha and the N’Mai Kha – converge to form one giant super river, the Ayeyarwady. The current is pretty brutal away from the shallows so I can’t really recommend swimming here. What you can do though is rent a boat (K20,000) for a 15-minute spin around the river(s). That, and renting out a traditional Kachin outfit, and posing like a total dork in front of the confluence..."
Source/publisher:
"Frontier Myanmar" (Myanmar)
Date of publication:
2020-02-23
Date of entry/update:
2020-02-24
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Individual Documents
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Kachin State, Water resources of Burma/Myanmar, Society and Culture, Burma/Myanmar - general studies
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Kachin State, Rawang, ethnic issues, manau, Kachin, language, culture, conflict
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A dispute over how to name the Kachin State Day Manau Festival in Myitkyina has revealed fissures in Kachin’s multi-ethnic society.
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Kachin State, Rawang, ethnic issues, manau, Kachin, language, culture, conflict
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"AS A CHILD, Khang would eagerly look forward to Kachin State Day on January 10 and the accompanying manau dancing in the state capital, Myitkyina. This year, that feeling all but disappeared, said Khang, now aged 26.
“I feel like Kachin State Day is just for show. The celebration doesn’t come from the bottom of our heart,” said Khang, who is from the Rawang ethnic group in Kachin. “We Kachin are lacking harmony… It’s like there is something between us, that we are not all the same.”
The festival planned for January 5-12 this year was to be the first Kachin State Day celebration initiated by Kachin society, rather than the government, since conflict resumed between the Kachin Independence Army and the Tatmadaw in 2011. The event, commemorated with traditional dancing around the six pillars that stand in Myitkyina’s Kachin National Manau Park, is known popularly as the Manau Festival.
Discord leading up to this year’s Kachin State Day event, however – including a cancellation and last-minute resumption – dampened the spirits of many Kachin.
The dispute, which stemmed from disagreement over what to call Kachin State Day in Jinghpaw, the Kachin lingua franca, touched a nerve within Kachin’s diverse society and prompted a broader debate about Kachin identity and who gets to define it.
Anthropologist of Kachin society Mr Laur Kiik describes Kachin as a multi-ethnic nation, integrating people from six or more ethnic groups to widely varying degrees. Debate over the names and boundaries of a Kachin identity, he said, has existed for decades; and Kachin State Day manau festivals have previously brought these debates out into the open.
Though the Myanmar government recognises 12 Kachin “sub-groups”, the Kachin National Association of Tradition and Culture, or Wunpawng Myusha Htunghking Hpung Ginjaw (known by the clipped acronym WHG), represents six linguistically distinct groups – Jinghpaw, Lachid, Lhaovo, Lisu, Rawang and Zaiwa..."
Source/publisher:
"Frontier Myanmar" (Myanmar)
Date of publication:
2020-01-14
Date of entry/update:
2020-01-14
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Individual Documents
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Kachin State, Languages of Burma - general, Languages of Burma/Myanmar, Society and Culture, Burma/Myanmar - general studies, Kachin (economic, social, cultural, political)
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AUNG SAN SUU KYI, ROHINGYA, KACHIN, MIN AUNG HLAING, TATMADAW, ETHNIC MINORITIES, ARAKAN ARMY, AUNG SAN, BURMESE
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AUNG SAN SUU KYI, ROHINGYA, KACHIN, MIN AUNG HLAING, TATMADAW, ETHNIC MINORITIES, ARAKAN ARMY, AUNG SAN, BURMESE
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"January 4 marked the 72nd anniversary of Myanmar’s independence from Britain. The civil war in which the country – a patchwork of diverse ethnic regions, with mutually incomprehensible languages, unerasable regional identities and distinct political histories – was born has come a full circle.
It is noteworthy that modern Myanmar was not the creation of nationalists. It was born out of the external shock of the Second World War and the dissolution of external colonial powers. Few Myanmar nationalist historians have acknowledged this historical fact, for it fundamentally and effectively undermines the nationalist historiography that typically glorifies and exaggerates the contributions of the ethnic-Burmese (Bama) nationalists – particularly State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi’s father and the Tatmadaw (military), originally a fascist proxy created by Japan as part of its wartime design against British rule in colonial Burma. Today, being an important site of the geopolitical rivalries among external powers, including China, India, the US and Japan, coupled with multiple domestic ethnic fault lines, Myanmar faces the very real prospect of another external shock, more than at any point in the country’s seven-decade post-independence history..."
Source/publisher:
"Asia Times" (Hong Kong)
Date of publication:
2020-01-14
Date of entry/update:
2020-01-14
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Arakan (Rakhine) State - reports etc. by date (latest first), Kachin State, The Military's political role, Politics, Government and Governance - Burma/Myanmar - general studies
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Far from the front lines of the US-China trade war, the resource-rich Kachin is the scene of a familiar struggle for influence between the two superpowers...China has invested heavily, but for some locals development has come at a cost
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"While the US-China trade war plays to the audience on the global stage, behind the scenes the two superpowers are engaged in a unique tug of war for influence in one of the world’s more remote corners.
Myitkyina, the capital of Myanmar’s Kachin State about 1,200km north of Yangon, rarely features on tourist bucket lists. Despite its verdant scenery and dynamic culture and traditions, it suffers from high rates of poverty and drug addiction, and has been the scene of a conflict between the Kachin Independence Army and the Myanmar military which has displaced an estimated 100,000 people since a 17-year ceasefire collapsed in 2011. Yet recently not one, but two high-profile visitors arrived in the space of just days.
US Ambassador to Myanmar Scot Marciel and a delegation from the US Embassy held a Myitkyina Road Show in November that included a jobs and opportunities fair, a workshop with the agricultural sector, and a meeting with veterans who fought alongside US troops in World War II. Marciel said the embassy wanted to work with the Kachin people “in support of freedom, democracy, human rights and economic progress”, and that the US was “committed to implementing development programmes in an open, transparent manner … to listen and learn”..."
Source/publisher:
"South China Morning Post" (Hong Kong)
Date of publication:
2020-01-12
Date of entry/update:
2020-01-12
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China-Burma-US relations, “One Belt, One Road” initiative, International Trade, Burma/Myanmar's relationship with the Global Economy, Kachin State
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"While Myanmar’s state counselor and de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi focused her energies last month on personally defending her country’s appalling human-rights record in The Hague, bewildering ever more erstwhile supporters for papering over atrocities, “Rape as a Weapon of War and the Women Who Are Resisting: A Special Report” recently released by the Free Burma Rangers (FBR) reflects a more accurate portrayal of the true nature of the ethnic conflict embroiling the long-troubled country.
“Sexual violence has become a hallmark of the prolonged civil conflict and an indisputable tactic of the Burma Army against ethnic women,” the report states. “After several failed domestic and international agreements, the Burma Army continues to rape with impunity, but women across the ethnic states are tired of living in fear.” Working with local ethnic pro-democracy groups, FBR trains, supplies, and later coordinates with teams providing humanitarian relief. After training, these teams provide essential emergency medical services, basic necessities and human-rights documentation in their home regions..."
Source/publisher:
"Asia Times" (Hong Kong)
Date of publication:
2020-01-03
Date of entry/update:
2020-01-11
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Kachin State, Armed conflict in Kachin State - general articles, Peace processes, ceasefires and ceasefire talks (websites, documents, reports and studies), Armed conflict and peace-building in Burma - theoretical, strategic and general, About Aung San Suu Kyi
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"Burma Army troops attacked a Kachin Independence Army (KIA) battalion with assault rifles late last week, a representative of the Kachin Independence Organization (KIO) confirmed.
Col Naw Bu, who is in charge of the KIO’s information department, said that the military launched an attack on October 19 on the KIA’s Regiment 254, located not far from the organization’s Laiza headquarters.
“It’s the KIA’s patrolling battalion… it is located between Hpalap and Samar hill,” Col Naw Bu told NMG. “The Burma Army, which has been stationed on Samar, attacked our Battalion 254 between 3:00 and 4:00 p.m. on October 19. Samar belongs to Kachin State. The Burma Army shot at us from Samar hill.”
Col Naw Bu added that the assault was carried out with assault rifles, including machine guns, but not artillery.
“They shot at us with around 20 bullets. They didn’t attack us with heavy weapons,” he said, adding that he did not know why the attack took place..."
Source/publisher:
"Network Media Group" (Thailand)
Date of publication:
2019-10-22
Date of entry/update:
2019-10-24
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Kachin State, Armed conflict in Kachin State - displacement and the humanitarian situation, Armed conflict in Kachin State - general articles, Non-Ceasefire Groups
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"More than 2,000 people have been forced to flee from their homes, and 19 have been killed, since fighting broke out between government troops and ethnic minority insurgents in northern Myanmar last week, government officials said Wednesday.
The escalation in hostilities in Myanmar’s fractured north is another setback for civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi’s bid to bring peace amid a stuttering transition from full military rule.
The people displaced in the latest fighting are sheltering in monasteries around Lashio town in the north of Shan State, and are depending on aid groups and the government for their supplies, aid workers said.
"We are providing basic rescue materials as well as cash to displaced people in the camps, the injured people and also to family members of those who got killed," Soe Naing, director of the Department of Disaster Management in Shan State, told Reuters..."
Source/publisher:
US News (USA)
Date of publication:
2019-08-21
Date of entry/update:
2019-10-23
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Kachin State, Shan State, Armed conflict in Kachin State - general articles, Armed conflict in Shan State - general articles, Burma: Internal displacement/forced migration of several ethnic groups.
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"Ethnic language teachers who are working in government schools in Sumprabum Township in Kachin State’s Putao District say they have not received a salary since the start of the school year in June.
“As of today, we haven’t received a salary since school started. I teach at school everyday. I have taught at school since it began in June,” high school Jinghpaw language instructor Zau Nan told NMG.
Sumprabum town, where Zau Nan works, has one high school and nearly 10 primary and middle schools. There are reportedly 10 ethnic language teachers working in the town’s government schools, teaching Jinghpaw and Lisu languages since 2016.
“Even though the government has given a promise, we have yet to receive our salaries. Even though we haven’t received our salaries, we are still teaching children in school,” Zau Nan explained. “If I don’t teach, I am so worried that our Kachin children will not be able to read our language. But if I wasn’t a teacher, I could afford to support my family. Now I cannot afford to support my family. Now I am working at another job after school hours because I need to support my children and my family.”
According to ethnic literature and culture organizations, while the government has given permission for them to teach their languages in public schools, proper government assistance and compensation has not been provided..."
Source/publisher:
"Network Media Group" (Thailand)
Date of publication:
2019-10-21
Date of entry/update:
2019-10-22
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Other Tibeto-Burmese languages (Zo, Karen etc), Kachin (economic, social, cultural, political), Kachin State
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State Counsellor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi on Thursday appealed to people to be open-minded about the stalled Myitsone Dam Project in Kachin State.
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"She said her government cannot just do what it wants with contracts and projects started by the previous government, apparently referring to the Myitsone Dam, which was signed with the Chinese by the government of U Than Shwe.
The State Counsellor warned the country will face isolation if each government that comes to power fails to respect agreements entered into by previous administrations.
“If we think we are right in doing something, we must have confidence to do it without being afraid of being hated. We are in politics not to be loved but for the sake of the country,” she told residents during a visit to Pyay township in Bago Region.
She said the government will decide on big projects, including Myitsone Dam, by considering their economic, social, political and environmental effects.
“It will be wrong if only one thing is considered,” she said, adding that the government’s decision would be transparent and the public would know all the reasons for the decision.
“People should think in a comprehensive and open-minded fashion,” she said..."
Source/publisher:
"Myanmar Times" (Myanmar)
Date of publication:
2019-03-15
Date of entry/update:
2019-10-15
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Dams and other projects on the Irrawaddy and its tributories, By Aung San Suu Kyi (Statements, Speeches, Writings, Interviews), Kachin State
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"Rakhine: New small internal displacements were reported during August due to the ongoing armed conflict. In northern Rakhine State, WFP’s emergency relief assistance continued to reach 97,700 conflict-affected people including 1,900 newly displaced people from 165 Muslim, Buddhist and Hindu villages in Buthidaung and Maungdaw townships. In addition, WFP reached over 7,800 children under 5 years and pregnant and lactating women (PLW) through nutrition interventions.
In central Rakhine State, WFP continued to assist 110,800 food-insecure people including 2,200 who were newly displaced through emergency relief food assistance. In addition, WFP extended its lean season support to over 4,400 most vulnerable people in Rathedaung Township.
WFP’s nutrition assistance reached 5,200 PLW and 24,600 children under five years of age.
Kachin: WFP provided emergency food assistance to 43,700 displaced and flood-affected people in Kachin State using cash and E-Money transfers. Over 1,860 PLW and children under 2 received nutrition assistance from WFP.
Shan: Armed clashes have flared up in Shan State since mid-August causing over 9,000 temporary internal displacements. Urgent needs of the displaced people were covered by the assistance from the Government and local well-wishers. WFP emergency relief distributions continued to support 7,300 displaced populations from northern Shan State. Hampered by the armed clashes,
WFP could not reach about 8,000 targeted people in conflict-affected villages of the KoKang Self-Administered Zone. Over 1,400 PLW and children under 2 received nutrition assistance in Shan State..."
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World Food Programme (WFP) (Italy) via Reliefweb
Date of publication:
2019-09-26
Date of entry/update:
2019-09-27
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Individual Documents
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WFP (World Food Programme), Food Security and nutrition in Burma/Myanmar, Public Health, Arakan (Rakhine) State - reports etc. by date (latest first), Kachin State, Shan State
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"A trio of ethnic armed groups have escalated their fight with the military in Myanmar’s Shan State. This alliance has long been outside the country’s peace process. With China’s help, the government should pursue bilateral ceasefires – and longer-term rapprochement – with the three organisations.
What’s new? On 15 August, an alliance of ethnic armed groups staged coordinated attacks against strategic targets in northern Myanmar. The offensive left up to fifteen people dead, and clashes reportedly continue in the northern part of Shan State, creating concerns for civilians’ safety.
Why did it happen? The three ethnic armed groups behind the attacks have been largely excluded from the peace process for the past five years. In recent months, the government has proposed bilateral ceasefires to the groups but has set unrealistic demands and accompanied the offers with military pressure.
Why does it matter? The attacks mark a serious escalation in Shan State’s conflict. They represent a rejection of bilateral ceasefire terms that the Myanmar government has proposed to the armed groups. While the Myanmar military has not yet responded with significant force, the brunt of mounting violence will inevitably fall on civilians.
Myanmar’s military has not retaliated in the heavy-handed way many observers expected, given the attacks’ provocative nature. Instead, it has focused on securing key infrastructure and reopening the highway to the border with China. Contrary to most expectations, the military has also extended its unilateral ceasefire from 31 August to 21 September. The government negotiating team has moved quickly to resume talks with the groups, with meetings held on 31 August and 17 September. On 9 September, the Brotherhood Alliance announced a one-month ceasefire but also warned that it would retaliate if attacked. China, which wields strong influence in the border areas and over some of the groups, has also been encouraging dialogue and de-escalation.
The Myanmar military could still decide to strike back, however. A counteroffensive would have dire consequences for the area’s civilian population, particularly ethnic Ta’ang (also referred to as Palaung), whom government forces suspect of providing support to the TNLA. Myanmar’s military and, to a lesser extent, the three ethnic armed groups have a history of human rights violations. Already, there are reports of indiscriminate shelling and mortar fire, as well as attacks on local aid groups’ vehicles and civilian cars and trucks on the highway. Thousands of residents have fled their homes, some pre-emptively out of fear of being targeted by forces on either side. Humanitarian access, which is already constrained, is likely to become more difficult..."
Source/publisher:
"International Crisis Group (ICG)" (Belgium) via Reliefweb
Date of publication:
2019-09-25
Date of entry/update:
2019-09-25
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Individual Documents
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Arakan (Rakhine) State - reports etc. by date (latest first), Shan State, Kachin State, Peace processes, ceasefires and ceasefire talks (websites, documents, reports and studies), Armed conflict in Shan State - ceasefires and ceasefire talks, Non-Ceasefire Groups
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Instability, conflict since peace talks stalled in Kachin state have impoverished many, and some have turned to drugs.
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"In the mountainous region of Myanmar's northern-most Kachin state eight years of displacement and conflict has left many civilians distressed and poverty-stricken.
A fragile ceasefire underlies the ongoing instability there while some have turned to drugs because of stress and depression..."
Source/publisher:
"Al Jazeera" (Qatar)
Date of publication:
2019-09-24
Date of entry/update:
2019-09-24
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Kachin State, Burma: opium and heroin, Burma: drug production and trafficking, Amphetamine-type stimulants (ATS) - Myanmar
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"Ethnic Kachin leaders from three political parties in Myanmar’s northernmost state have met with China’s ambassador to the country to discuss the faltering peace process in which the Myanmar government is trying to get its military and nearly a dozen ethnic armies to agree to a permanent cease-fire, a party representative said Monday.
They also discussed China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), a controversial Chinese-backed mega-dam project, and Chinese laborers working illegally in Kachin state, said G. Aung Khan, chairman of the Kachin Democratic Party (KDP), who participated in the meeting.
Ambassador Hong Liang met with the party heads on Dec. 29 in Kachin capital Myitkyina after the same Kachin leaders met with Dan Chugg, the UK’s ambassador to Myanmar, and Scot Marciel, the U.S. ambassador to Myanmar, he said.
“Hong Liang had said it is a good time to work on the peace process,” he said. “It seems China can handle Myanmar’s peace process, but we want other countries to be involved.”
G. Aung Khan also said that China’s involvement in Myanmar’s peace process, a key project of State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi’s civilian-led government, is based on its own self-interest in mega-projects tied to its Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), Chinese President Xi Jinping’s U.S. $1 trillion global infrastructure-spending program..."
Source/publisher:
"Belt & Road News" (China)
Date of publication:
2019-01-01
Date of entry/update:
2019-09-21
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Individual Documents
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Kachin State, “One Belt, One Road” initiative, Peace processes, ceasefires and ceasefire talks (websites, documents, reports and studies), Burma's economic relations with China, Other Special Economic Zones, China-Burma relations
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"Myanmar’s Kachin state has been rocked by huge protests this week against the US $ 3.6 billon Myitsone dam project to be entirely financed by China.
The biggest protest rally took place in Manaw Park in the state capital town of Myitkyina of Kachin state on Thursday after more than 10,000 people from different parts of the state marched into Myitkyina.
The protesters, mostly from Myitkyiba and Waingmaw townships, were led by Kachin political and civil society groups, religious leaders from the powerful Baptist Church and the Buddhist Sangha and the local youth groups.
They called for a complete halt to the China-financed work on the Myitsone dam on the Ayeyarwady (Irrawaddy) River.
The protests have been provoked by reports of fresh Chinese attempts to pressurize the Aung San Suu Kyi led NLD government to resume the 6000 MW hydel project..."
Source/publisher:
"Northeast Now" (India)
Date of publication:
2019-02-08
Date of entry/update:
2019-09-21
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Individual Documents
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Assessment of hydropower projects in Burma/Myanmar, Dams and other hydropower projects (global, regional), Dams and other projects on the Irrawaddy and its tributories, Kachin State
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"A group of politically active Kachin gathering in the Kachin State capital Myitkyina says they were very alarmed by the Myanmar army’s decision to send a convoy of military tanks and other military vehicles down the same road they were gathering on. In what the activists say was a clear attempt to intimidate them. The convoy of about 10 vehicles appeared on a major road in Myitkiyna on September 9th as Kachin youth and representatives of a Kachin opposition party were gathering.
“I think they rule the country with an iron fist. If something happens they show off their military power. It should not be like this. Especially when we are going to build a federal nation,” said Duwa Gumgrawng Awng Hkam, a long time Kachin activist and the vice-president of the newly formed Kachin State’s People’s Party.
Another Myitkyina based activist told KNG he considered the action to be a threat to the public. “People were shocked when tanks came into downtown. In other words its threatening people. From a peace perspective, it deviates from the peace process. Do they really want peace? People can ask questions about this” said Tsaji from the Kachin Development Network Group (KDNG).
Lum Zawng, the head of the All Kachin Students and Youth Union (AKSYU), also took issue with the convoy which occurred a day before a high profile court case filed by the army against the head of the Kachin Baptist Convention (KBC) for recent public comments he made about the military to US President Donald Trump. The suit against the KBC chief has since been dropped.
“I think it wasn’t for the security of people but it’s showing off their military power. Because there is a court hearing today at the township court for the case involving the KBC chairman and the army. They intentionally showed off their military power to threaten people,” explained Lum Zawng. Lum Zawng added that he saw no reason for the military to enter Myitkyina’s downtown or patrol the downtown area..."
Source/publisher:
"BNI Multimedia Group" via Kachin News Group
Date of publication:
2019-09-12
Date of entry/update:
2019-09-13
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Individual Documents
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Kachin State, Kachin (economic, social, cultural, political), Peace processes, ceasefires and ceasefire talks (websites, documents, reports and studies)
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"A court in the Kachin State capital, Myitkyina, has penalised the organisers of the first demonstrations in the city to be held by youth displaced by fighting since a ceasefire collapsed in 2011.
Nhkum La Nu, 20, and Malang Hka Mai, 50, were on September 10 each sentenced to seven days’ imprisonment or a fine of K20,000, and opted to pay the fine. The protests were held over three days, on September 5, 6 and 9.
La Nu and Hka Mai, who are both IDPs, were convicted under section 20 of the Peaceful Assembly and Peaceful Procession Law over the display of unauthorised placards at a demonstration in the state capital on September 5. Two of the offending placards read “War is not the answer” and “We hate war”.
They were also convicted under the same offence because of slogans on T-shirts that condemned attempts by the Tatmadaw to stifle freedom of expression.
The T-shirts were worn by members of Yangon-based freedom of expression advocacy group Athan, who travelled to Myitkyina to protest at the township courthouse against the Tatmadaw's complaint against Kachin Baptist Convention President Reverend Hkalam Samson. After the complaint was withdrawn on September 9, the Athan members joined the final day of the IDP demonstration instead.
La Nu said that within hours of the September 5 protest, he and Hka Mai were summoned to Myitkyina police station and told they would be charged under a complaint filed by a township police officer because prior approval had not been given to some of the placards displayed at the event, which was attended by about 250 people..."
Source/publisher:
"Frontier Myanmar"
Date of publication:
2019-09-12
Date of entry/update:
2019-09-12
Grouping:
Individual Documents
Category:
Freedom of opinion and expression: - the situation in Burma/Myanmar - reports, analyses, recommendations, Discrimination against the Kachin, Kachin State, Kachin (economic, social, cultural, political)
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Description:
"Kachin Baptist Convention president Reverend Hkalam Samson has thanked the prayers of his supporters at home and abroad for the military’s decision to drop its complaint against him for remarks he made to United States President Donald Trump.
In a video posted to the KBC’s social media page on September 10, a day after the case was withdrawn, Hkalam Samson also urged the Kachin community’s different Christian denominations to remain united, and to keep praying in solidarity for the future of the nation.
Tensions have been high in the Kachin State capital Myitkyina in recent days, with a convoy of military vehicles containing armed soldiers rumbling past demonstrators near the Myitkyina Township Court shortly before the court was due to announce if the case against Hkalam Samson would proceed.
The complaint was filed by the Northern Command’s Lieutenant-Colonel Than Htike on August 26 over comments made by Hkalam Samson when survivors of religious persecution from throughout the world met Trump at the White House on July 17.
Samson told the US president that that there was no religious freedom in Myanmar and that oppression and torture were common.
He also described as “helpful” a decision the US announced the previous day to sanction Tatmadaw Commander-in-Chief Senior General Min Aung Hlaing and three other senior officers over what the US State Department called “gross human rights violations” during the “ethnic cleansing” against Rohingya Muslims in Rakhine State. The decision bans the four officers and members of their families from travelling to the US..."
Source/publisher:
"Frontier Myanmar"
Date of publication:
2019-09-11
Date of entry/update:
2019-09-11
Grouping:
Individual Documents
Category:
Freedom of opinion and expression: - the situation in Burma/Myanmar - reports, analyses, recommendations, Religious freedom: reports of violations in Burma, Kachin State, Kachin (economic, social, cultural, political)
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Description:
"In 2018, Burmese government
troops stepped up their war in
Kachin State, further driving out
indigenous populations and expanding control over the area’s
rich natural resources and strategic
trading routes. The fiercest offensive
was fought in northwest Kachin
State’s Hugawng Valley, to secure
the historic Ledo Road linking India
and China, which is part of China’s
Belt and Road Initiative, and to seize
hugely lucrative amber mines.
Kachin State amber is a global
treasure: it is the only type in the
world formed during the age of the
dinosaurs. “Blood amber” is the
Chinese name of the extremely rare,
deep red variety of the gem found
only in the Hugawng Valley – a
name which resonates grimly with
local residents who have been driven
out by the recent offensive.
The amber mining boom began
in 2010, due to demand from the
Chinese market, causing tens of
thousands of migrant miners from
across Burma to flock to the region.
In 2015, discovery of a 99-millionyear-old feathered dinosaur tail in
Hugawng Valley amber further
fuelled the trade..."
Source/publisher:
"Kachin Development Networking Group (KDNG)"
Date of publication:
2019-08-19
Date of entry/update:
2019-09-10
Grouping:
Individual Documents
Category:
Kachin State, Kachin (economic, social, cultural, political), Peace processes, ceasefires and ceasefire talks (websites, documents, reports and studies), Armed conflict in Kachin State - economic factors associated with the conflict
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"Three ethnic Kachin political parties said on Monday they sought the “permanent suspension” of the multi-billion dollar Myitsone Dam, discrediting a Chinese embassy statement that implied support for the divisive project among the state’s political leaders.
Manam Tu Ja, chair of the Kachin State Democracy Party, told Frontier that the statement, which was signed by the KSDP, the Kachin Democratic Party and the Unity and Democracy Party, is a clarification of their position aimed at the Kachin people. It could also help the Chinese embassy to understand the wishes and policies of the three parties, he said.
“We have no plan yet to respond directly to the Chinese embassy because some [other] parties in Kachin could have said that they support the project,” he said.
The embassy’s statement on January 13 concerned a December visit by Chinese ambassador Mr Hong Liang to Myitkyina, the Kachin State capital, where he held discussions with political leaders and social organisations on the peace process and IDP resettlement, the anti-drug campaign in northern Myanmar, and investment.
Kachin political leaders and social organisations had a “positive attitude” towards the 6000-megawatt Myitsone Dam, the statement said. It said they assured Hong Liang that “local people of Kachin State do not oppose the Myitsone hydropower project; It is some individuals and social organizations from outside that oppose the project”.
But Reverend Hkalam Samson, chair of the Kachin Baptist Convention, who met Hong Liang during the visit, told Frontier that the statement was untrue..."
Source/publisher:
"Frontier Myanmar"
Date of publication:
2019-01-14
Date of entry/update:
2019-09-09
Grouping:
Individual Documents
Category:
Kachin State, Assessment of hydropower projects in Burma/Myanmar, Dams and other hydropower projects (global, regional), Dams and other projects on the Irrawaddy and its tributories, Kachin (economic, social, cultural, political), Burma's economic relations with China, China-Burma relations
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Description:
"The Myanmar military (or Tatmadaw) has dropped a lawsuit against an ethnic Kachin religious leader who discussed religious freedom with US President Donald Trump and asked him to support Myanmar’s transition to “genuine” democracy and federalism at the White House last month.
On Monday, Myitkyina Township Court judge U Than Tun said the plaintiff, Lieutenant-Colonel Than Htike, had withdrawn his legal complaint against the Rev. Dr. Hkalam Samson, who is president of the Kachin Baptist Convention (KBC). Based in Kachin State, the group represents Myanmar’s mostly Christian Kachin ethnic group.
U Than Tun told the media that the court would not proceed with any legal prosecution against Dr. Samson, in accordance with the plaintiff’s will. He did not elaborate on the reason for the plaintiff’s decision.
Rev. Dr. Hkalam Samson told The Irrawaddy on Monday he welcomed the military’s decision to withdraw the complaint against him. He said there had been no negotiations between the KBC and the military aimed at resolving the case..."
Source/publisher:
"The Irrawaddy"
Date of publication:
2019-09-09
Date of entry/update:
2019-09-09
Grouping:
Individual Documents
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Topic:
Jade Mine, Kachin State, Landslides
Sub-title:
Year after year, landslides in Myanmar’s jade mines kill hundreds of workers. Authorities place profits ahead of human lives.
Topic:
Jade Mine, Kachin State, Landslides
Description:
"The Hpakant jade mining pits in Kachin state are one of Myanmar’s key natural assets. Around 300,000 migrant labourers extract US$31 billion of the precious stones annually. This is nearly half of Myanmar’s gross domestic product (GDP). The jade mines are also known for tragedy. About 807 deaths were reported in Myanmar’s jade mines between 2015 and 2018. Without the resources or means to extract the bodies, victims’ remains are rarely found, buried under deep layers of mud.
In April 2019, the latest tragedy occurred in Hpakant. It claimed at least 54 lives overnight. An abandoned mining pit, containing wastewater and discarded mining materials, collapsed. As it buckled, it dumped mud on the miners working below. Myanmar Gems Enterprise (MGE) investigated the incident and attributed the disaster to the instability of the earth.Hpakant’s terrain is extremely unstable. The various mining companies dump earth without any thought for risks present. To maximise space, mines are narrow and deep. These unstable structures make them a ticking time bomb for landslides. The landscape is also littered with abandoned mines, adding to its geological instability.
Since the adoption of large machinery in the mining process, environmental destruction is occurring at a faster rate. The upcoming monsoon rains from May until October will likely trigger more mudslides, causing more deaths...."
Source/publisher:
"ASEAN Today"
Date of publication:
2019-05-28
Date of entry/update:
2019-09-08
Grouping:
Individual Documents
Category:
Kachin State, Gems - mining and trade
Language:
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Sub-title:
The baseless criminal proceedings against Kachin youth leaders Seng Nu Pan and Paw Lu for their role in a gathering commemorating the war in northern Myanmar underscores the hostility to freedom of expression and assembly routinely exhibited by the Myanma
Description:
"On 10 June 2019, Myitkyina police charged Kachin youth leaders Seng Nu Pan and Paw Lu under section 19 of the Peaceful Assembly and Peaceful Procession Act in relation to their role in organising a commemoration of the eighth anniversary of the resumption of armed conflict in Kachin State held the day before. The gathering aimed to raise awareness of the plight of internally displaced persons and included a re-enactment of an aerial bombing. The organisers reported that they had discussed the event in advance with police officers at the local station, who gave them permission to proceed with the event. However, they said that police later arrived at the event and demanded it be discontinued, citing their failure to disclose that a drama performance would occur. Following negotiations, the event was moved to another location. According to the organisers, in court, authorities testified that the youth leaders failed to notify authorities in line with section 4 of the Act.
A hearing on 26 August marked Seng Nu Pan and Paw Lu’s eleventh appearance at the Myitkyina Township Court. A ruling is expected at the next hearing on 2 September. If convicted, they face fines of up to 30,000 kyat each, 3 months’ imprisonment, or both.
Myanmar authorities have repeatedly violated the right to freedom of expression by prosecuting activists, journalists and others speaking out against government misconduct and human rights abuses. Those criticising the military have faced especially swift and severe consequences. A report by Athan, a youth-led freedom of expression organization, highlighted a dramatic increase in recent months in the number of cases initiated by the military against individuals exercising their right to freedom of expression..."
Source/publisher:
"Progressive voice" via Article 19
Date of publication:
2019-08-30
Date of entry/update:
2019-09-06
Grouping:
Individual Documents
Category:
Kachin State, Armed conflict in Kachin State - displacement and the humanitarian situation, Peace processes, ceasefires and ceasefire talks (websites, documents, reports and studies)
Language:
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Description:
"Kachin youth activists Pau Lu and Seng Nu Pan were sentenced to 15 days’ imprisonment by the Myitkyina Township Court in the Kachin State capital on September 2 for their role in organising a street performance to mark the eighth anniversary of the resumption of fighting in Kachin State.
The jail term was imposed after the pair declined the option of paying a K30,000 fine.
A photo of Pau Lu handing the judge a broken scale after the verdict was handed down was widely shared on Facebook.
The sentencing came after nearly three months of weekly court appearances by the pair, who were charged on June 10 by Myitkyina Township police under section 19 of the Peaceful Assembly and Peaceful Procession Law over what police claimed was an unauthorised protest the previous day.
The event in question was a street theatre performance, which included a re-enactment of the aerial bombing of Kachin villages by the Tatmadaw. The performance was staged by youth displaced by conflict after the collapse in 2011 of a ceasefire signed by the Tatmadaw and the Kachin Independence Army in 1994.
Pau Lu and Seng Nu Pan had informed the authorities of the plan to hold the anniversary event more than 48 hours in advance, as required by law, but police arrived at the venue, Sein Mya Ayeyar Park in Myitkyina’s Yuzana Quarter, on June 9 and said the notification was incomplete because it did not mention the drama performance. After a heated argument, the event was relocated to People’s Square in downtown Myitkyina..."
Source/publisher:
"Frontier Myanmar"
Date of publication:
2019-09-05
Date of entry/update:
2019-09-04
Grouping:
Individual Documents
Category:
Kachin State, Laws, decrees, bills and regulations relating to the judiciary (commentaries), Freedom of opinion and expression: - the situation in Burma/Myanmar - reports, analyses, recommendations, Armed conflict in Kachin State - displacement and the humanitarian situation, Peace processes, ceasefires and ceasefire talks (websites, documents, reports and studies)
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Description:
"This History Thread is about the #Amber War in #Kachin State, #Burma #Myanmar. While Kachin St. is known as “the land of jade” other resources have been a conflict curse. Amber is the latest precious commodity to bring hardship instead of prosperity. When I visited Kachinland in 1991 a Kachin Independence Army officer remarked on my amber earrings (from Poland) “Kachin women wear earrings made of that, too.” Baltic Sea and Kachin St. are two regions where amber, fossilized tree sap that is millions of years old, is found. Amber from Kachinland is known as #Burmite. Formed between 95-108 million years ago in the #Cretaceous period, it is the oldest, hardest amber, often a dark cherry red color. Kachins traditionally wore amber jewelry, such as the pointed patlokan earrings of Hkahku women..."
Source/publisher:
"Project Maje"
Date of publication:
2018-02-07
Date of entry/update:
2019-09-03
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Individual Documents
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Description:
"This History Thread is about the #MilitaryHistory of the land of the
#Kachin people of northern Burma (Myanmar.) Fiercely independent Kachin warriors fought for and against Shans and Burmese. Kachins (Jinghpaw and other tribes) were allies of Burmese in wars against Assam and British. Many Jingphaw rulers accepted British administration in 1826 but in 1843 raiding flared up again. Britain annexed all of Burma 1885 but Kachin Triangle region continued to resist for decades, incl. 1914 uprising. WW1 Kachins in British 85th Burma Rifles won medals for bravery in Mesopotamia (Iraq.) 1930s Kachin troops helped suppress anticolonial Burmese & Wa rebellions. WW2 #Kachin land was nexus of China/Burma/India Theater. Japan invades, British retreat to India, Japan pushes north, Allies (Britain, US, China) fight to retake. India-China Ledo Rd supply rte begun 1942. Air transport over Hump (Mts.) and Flying Tigers flew above Kachinland..."
Source/publisher:
"Project Maje"
Date of publication:
2018-10-25
Date of entry/update:
2019-09-03
Grouping:
Individual Documents
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Description:
"This History Thread is background on public protests against the war in #Kachin land, Myanmar (Burma.) Civil society groups and individuals also take other steps for peace, incl. negotiation support, conflict resolution training, collective statements, creative work, charity. Anti-war protests were impossible in Myanmar (Burma) under junta rule. Marchers in 1988 and 2007 focused on demands for democracy and economic issues. But overseas, exiled demonstrators connected the regime’s investors to oppression of ethnic groups including Karens and Mons. In 2011 war resumed after a 17 year ceasefire in Kachin State and later adjacent areas of Shan State. Myanmar’s military, the Tatmadaw attacked the Kachin Independence Army and its allies. Myanmar's first major public peace protests were in response to this North War...ဓ
Source/publisher:
"Project Maje"
Date of publication:
2018-05-16
Date of entry/update:
2019-09-03
Grouping:
Individual Documents
Language:
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Description:
"Despite a number of peace talks having been conducted between the central government and Kachin Independence Army (KIA), there is no sign of the war ceasing in Kachin state. The ongoing armed conflict has been driving thousands of civilians out of their villages. Many IDPs are now living in church supported camps along with relief from international humanitarian agencies. IDPs living in crowded camps with limited support face various obstacles as they cannot practice their livelihood anymore. Women have always been the ones who share most part of family burden and face many issues including domestic violence. In this interview, Burma Link AOC (agent of change) talks to Pausa Kaw Nan (PSK), a 44-year-old Kachin woman, in one of the IDP camps in Bhamo, Kachin State."
Source/publisher:
Burma Link
Date of entry/update:
2016-03-20
Grouping:
Individual Documents
Category:
Kachin (economic, social, cultural, political), Internal displacement/forced migration of Kachin, Armed conflict in Kachin State - displacement and the humanitarian situation, The Plight of Women and Children in Burma, Kachin State
Language:
English
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Description:
"Moon Nay Li is the General Secretary of the Kachin Women?s Association Thailand (KWAT), an organisation which she joined in 2002 in order to work for her people and community. The KWAT was founded on September 9th 1999 in response to recognising the urgent need for women to organise themselves to help solve the growing social and economic problems in the Kachin State...The KWAT is very concerned that foreign aid and investment is serving to subsidise the government?s war machine. As Moon Nay Li points out; ?They (international community) are [giving] more support to the government, [but] now the government military has not stopped attacking the ethnic people.” Instead of funding the government?s offensives, ?they have to give pressure to Burmese government to have real political dialogue in our country,” says Moon Nai Li. ?They have to know that (the real) situation and also have to give pressure, not listen only to the government side. But also they have to listen to the ethnic leaders and also the ground, and CBOs and ethnic people.”
Source/publisher:
Burma Link
Date of publication:
2015-08-03
Date of entry/update:
2016-03-17
Grouping:
Individual Documents
Category:
Articles, reports and sites relating to women of Burma, Kachin (economic, social, cultural, political), Armed conflict in Kachin State - displacement and the humanitarian situation, Kachin State
Language:
English
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Description:
Executive Summary: "This report outlines the results of the Local Governance Mapping (LGM) conducted by the
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in partnership with the Ministry of
Home Affairs (MoHA) in Kachin State from November 2014 to January 2015. Drawing on
the perceptions of the people and local governance actors, the mapping has captured the
current dynamics of governance at the front line and enables an analysis of the participation,
responsiveness and accountability for local governance and basic service provision.
The report examines processes, mechanisms and the way in which they are functioning
for development planning and participation, people?s access to basic services and the
information, transparency and accountability dimensions of local governance processes in
the four selected townships of Tanai, Putao, Momauk and Myitkyina. While the focus of
the LGM is on local governance institutions, the roles of the State and Union government
authorities and their relationships with the lower levels in a broader governance context are
also relevant and, to some extent, reflected upon in this analysis.
Kachin State occupies the northernmost area of Myanmar bordering India to the west and
China to the north and east. Kachin has the third largest land area of the 14 States and
Regions in Myanmar and has the country?s highest mountain ranges. The people living in
Kachin State belong to various ethnic groups, primarily Kachins, Bamars and Shans. The
four townships of Momauk, Myitkyina, Putao, and Tanai covered under the mapping offer a
variety of examples of issues of access and sophistication of the local economy as well as the
effects of the conflict in the state. Since 2011, Kachin State has seen the most serious of all the
armed confrontations affecting the country, and pending a lasting settlement of the decadesold
conflict, local governance systems and mechanisms will be affected by this state of affairs.
The information collected as part of the mapping and presented in the subsequent sections
must therefore be read and understood as part of the broader geographic, socio-economic,
demographic, historical and political context in which the State finds itself.
The legacies of armed conflict, ethnic mobilization and military rule inform and shape the
efforts, undertaken since 2012, of reintroducing some forms of popular participation at the
local level in Kachin State, in particular the townships and the village tracts and wards. The
degree to which Kachin State will be successful in both reflecting its own ethnic diversity
while at the same time delivering basic services in an equitable and effective manner will
depend largely on the progress made in building local governance institutions and processes
that are inclusive and responsive to the needs of the local population. Given the pending
peace agreement, perceptions of safety are thus more of an indication of relative change
rather than any absolute measure. At the time of the community-level mapping in November
2014 most people felt the security situation had not worsened. The perceptions of this vary
between townships and since conflict has been more evident in Momauk, nearly half the
respondents felt the situation in the township had worsened although most people (76%)
feel secure in their immediate area. Finding a balanced solution to the underlying causes of
this conflict remains an urgent challenge for the people of Kachin State..."
Source/publisher:
UNDP Myanmar
Date of publication:
2014-00-00
Date of entry/update:
2016-02-04
Grouping:
Individual Documents
Category:
Decentralisation (Decentralization) in Burma/Myanmar, Kachin State, Governance in Burma/Myanmar
Language:
English
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"Unregulated gold mining, agro-industrial farming and hydropower development in Kachin State is affecting thousands of villagers, who are suffering from environmental destruction and a loss of farmland, a Kachin rights group warned.
The People?s Foundation for Development, a NGO based in the Kachin state capital Myitkyina, launched a report in Rangoon on Monday that documented ten cases in which local villagers lost their land and livelihoods to large-scale investment projects and rampant gold mining.
The group said that in recent years about 3,500 people had been forcibly evicted to make way for the suspended Myistone hydropower dam and for for the Yuzana Corporation?s massive cassava and sugarcane plantations in the remote Hukaung (also Hukawng) Valley.
Since 2006, Yuzana, with the cooperation of local authorities, has been granted 81,000 hectares (200,000 acres) of land in the region. Much of it was reportedly confiscated from hundreds of Kachin families, while the firm allegedly also cleared large parts of a tiger reserve in the valley..."
LAWI WENG
Source/publisher:
"The Irrawaddy"
Date of publication:
2013-05-28
Date of entry/update:
2013-05-29
Grouping:
Individual Documents
Category:
Kachin State, Gold mining and trade
Language:
English
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Description:
a symposium on Northeast India
and the look east policy...
The Problem:
Posed by Sanjib Baruah, Visiting Professor, Centre for Policy Research, New Delhi...
NORTHEAST INDIA IN A NEW ASIA:
Jairam Ramesh, Member of Parliament (Rajya Sabha)...
ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES OR CONTINUING STAGNATION:
Sushil Khanna, Professor of Economics and Strategic Management, Indian Institute of Management, Kolkata...
WATERS OF DESPAIR, WATERS OF HOPE:
Sanjoy Hazarika, Managing Trustee, Centre for Northeast Studies and Policy Research, New Delhi and Guwahati...
PROSPECTS FOR TOURISM:
M.P. Bezbaruah, Former Secretary, Ministry of Tourism, Government of India...
OPERATION HORNBILL FESTIVAL 2004:
Dolly Kikon, Member, Working Group, Northeast Peoples? Initiative, Guwahati...
GUNS, DRUGS AND REBELS:
Subir Bhaumik, East India Correspondent, BBC, Kolkata...
A HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE:
Jayeeta Sharma, Assistant Professor of History, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, USA...
TERRITORIALITIES YET UNACCOUNTED:
Karin Dean, Asia Correspondent, ?Postimees?, Bangkok...
COMMUNITY, CULTURE, NATION:
Mrinal Miri, Vice Chancellor, North Eastern Hill University, Shillong...
THE TAI-AHOM CONNECTION:
Yasmin Saikia, Assistant Professor of History, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, USA...
THE ETHNIC DIMENSION:
Samir Kumar Das, Reader, Department of Political Science, Calcutta University...
BOOKS:
Reviewed by Nandana Datta, Dulali Nag, Bodhisattva Kar, Nimmi Kurian and M.S. Prabhakara...
FURTHER READING:
Compiled by Sukanya Sharma, Fellow, Centre for Northeast India, South and Southeast Asia Studies, Guwahati...
COMMUNICATION:
Received from C.P. Bhambhri and B.K. Banerji.
Source/publisher:
Seminar magazine
Date of publication:
2005-06-00
Date of entry/update:
2006-05-01
Grouping:
Individual Documents
Language:
English
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Description:
It is known as the ?Road to Nowhere? or ?Ghost Road,? but there are hopes that political and strategic problems can be sidetracked to resurrect the World War II-era Ledo Road, running between India and China through Burma..."...India and China have sometimes made calls to reopen the Ledo Road. They have come from a visiting delegation from the Yunnan Provincial Chamber of Commerce at an international trade fair in Guwahati, the capital of Assam; from the Federation of Indian Export Organizations in Calcutta; and increasingly from a number of individual politicians and members of state governments in India?s northeast, especially from Assam and Arunachal Pradesh. Academics have also raised the issue. A handful of people are upbeat about the tourism prospects—of driving air-con jeeps across the mountains and through jungles and exotic places from India to China.
China appears to be the most prepared. It has already greatly upgraded its section of the Burma Road, built in 1937-38, into a modern, partly six-lane mountain highway..."
Karin Dean
Source/publisher:
"The Irrawaddy" Vol. 13, No. 11
Date of publication:
2005-11-00
Date of entry/update:
2006-05-01
Grouping:
Individual Documents
Language:
English
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