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    94 Search results for "Bhamo"

    DVB Roadshow: The children of Bhamo’s brickworks video

    Ethnic issues Labour Issues Lead Story News Video

    DVB Roadshow: The children of Bhamo’s brickworks

    On this week’s episode of DVB’s Doh Pyay Doh Myay Roadshow, the team travels to Bhamo, the riverside staging post between Kachin and Shan States.

    Ethnic issues Lead Story News

    Kachins flee to displacement camps following military clashes in Bhamo

    A fresh wave of hostilities between the Burmese army and the Kachin Independence army in the northern region’s Bhamo district has forced hundreds of residents to flee to displacement camps in recent weeks.

    Lead Story Media News

    Burmese journalist sued, threatened after logging, cattle-rustling reports

    Hot News’ Bhamo-based correspondent Oo Oo Nyein said he was first sued for defamation by a local militia over his reports on cattle rustling.

    Conflict Kachin Lead Story News

    Burmese army captures 3 bases from Kachin rebels

    According to the Burmese military chief’s office, the base in Mansi had been a major hub for smuggling timber and cattle to “a neighbouring country”.

    Lead Story News Peace Process

    ABSDF calls for release of comrade Min Htay

    One of the Burmese student army’s northern branch leaders was arrested on 30 December for allegedly liaising with the outlawed Kachin Independence Organisation.

    Conflict Kachin Lead Story News

    Burmese military deployed air strikes, say Kachin rebels

    The Kia says its frontline outpost in Myitkyina District was attacked by two fighter jets as Burmese ground troops simultaneously launched artillery strikes.

    Conflict Ethnic issues Kachin Lead Story News

    Hundreds join vigil for peace in Kachin State

    Hundreds of people gathered in the Kachin State capital Myitkyina on Monday to call on the Burmese army to end its offensive against the KIA.

    Conflict Kachin Lead Story News

    Burma army launch artillery attacks on Kachin outposts near Laiza

    KIA spokesman Col. Naw Bo told DVB that Burmese troops had launched assaults on frontline outposts in Waingmaw Township and a security post near Laiza.

    Lead Story News Rangoon Religion

    Monks vent fury after minister’s ‘We don’t need Ma-Ba-Tha’ comment

    The storm centers on a statement Chief Minister of Rangoon made to exiled Burmese while in Singapore recently.

    Kachin Lead Story News

    ‘Golden’ weather phenomenon baffles villagers

    Villagers say they have been baffled by the appearance of an unusual, yellow dust that has sprinkled over their town in Kachin State this week.

    Lead Story News

    Shan men say Burmese soldiers tortured them

    Two ethnic Shan villagers were detained and tortured by Burmese Army troops believing them to be rebel soldiers, according to a local civil society group.

    Ethnic issues Kachin Lead Story News

    KIA-Burmese army clash ‘fiercest in history’

    Amidst an ongoing clash between government troops and the Kachin Independence Army, DVB spoke to KIA representative La Nan.

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    Lead Story Mandalay Division Natural resources News Photos

    IN PHOTOS: Flow of the Irrawaddy

    The suspension of the Myistone dam project has allowed a replenishing of river life on the Irrawaddy. But for long how will that last?

    Ethnic issues Kachin Lead Story News

    Kachin villagers abandon homes amid intense fighting

    Villagers fled their homes and schools closed as the fighting between government troops and KIA soldiers that began last week intensified in Mansi Township.

    Ethnic issues Lead Story News

    Couple killed in KIA-Burmese army clash

    Three local residents were killed and five others injured in Mansi Township, where fighting erupted between government forces and the KIA on Wednesday.

    Ethnic issues Lead Story News Politics

    KIA, govt troops clash as peace talks proceed

    Government forces have clashed with the Kachin Independence Army in northern Burma as negotiations on the NCA proceed in Naypyidaw.

    History Kachin Lead Story News

    The fabled lords of Kachin

    A chronicle of the Kachin Duwas, notable for their military prowess, fabulous riches in jade, their wit or visionary leadership.

    Kokang Lead Story News

    Kokang conflict: Chinese beef up vigilance at border

    Chinese armed forces are on high alert in the Sino-Burmese border region as clashes between Burmese soldiers and rebels continue in Kokang.

    Ethnic issues Lead Story News Politics

    Parties covet vacant seats in Kachin State

    With by-elections due across Burma by year’s end, several political parties have noted an interest in fielding candidates in the vacant constituencies of Kachin State, where previous elections were cancelled due to ongoing conflict.

    Kachin Lead Story Natural Disasters News

    Kachin family of 5 killed in landslide at IDP camp

    A family of five, including three children, were killed in a landslide triggered by a flood after several days of heavy rain in Kachin State.

    Ethnic issues Human Rights Lead Story News

    UN rights official arrives in war-torn northern Burma

    The newly-appointed United Nations’ rights rapporteur for Burma, Yanghee Lee, arrived in Kachin State on Monday to assess the conflict-torn region.

    Lead Story News Politics

    Charter reform rallies draw ethnic crowds

    Rallies in support of constitutional reform were held across Burma on Saturday, drawing crowds in three administrative regions.

    History Lead Story News

    Ashes of WWII Chinese soldiers from Burma buried in Yunnan

    The ashes of soldiers from the Chinese Expeditionary Forces were transported from Burma and reburied in China’s Yunnan Province.

    Conflict Ethnic issues Lead Story News

    Displaced Kachin must leave but can’t go home

    Kachin refugees sheltering in the Lagat Yang camp for internally displaced persons (IDPs) have begun to relocate amid pressure from the Burmese Army, a camp administrator told DVB.

    Conflict Ethnic issues Kachin Lead Story News

    14 Kachin refugees arrested by Burmese Army

    Fourteen villagers seeking shelter in Lagat Yang displacement camp in Mansi, Kachin State, were arrested by Burmese soldiers on Saturday.

    Conflict Ethnic issues Lead Story News Peace Process

    Kachin refugees told to go home despite conflict

    Hundreds of displaced persons in Kachin State, northern Burma, are under pressure by the Burmese army to go home despite the ongoing conflict in the area, according to aid workers.

    BRIEF – 22 dead after Kachin clashes

    The Ministry of Defence has announced that eight Burma Army servicemen and 14 Kachin Independence Army soldiers were killed in skirmishes in northern Burma’s Kachin State between 4 and 13[…]

    Conflict Lead Story News

    Humanitarian crisis looms as Kachin conflict intensifies

    Kachinland News reports that the Burmese army has intensified assaults on Kachin rebel positions in Momauk Township.

    Census Conflict Lead Story News

    Hundreds flee as census-related clashes break out in Kachin

    Fierce fighting between the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) and Burmese government forces in Mansi Township has forced hundreds of Kachin IDPs and villagers to seek sanctuary in Namhkam and at the Burma-China border.

    Lead Story News

    400,000 Kachins overlooked by census: Khon Ja

    As many as 400,000 people in Kachin State could be excluded from the nationwide census that began on Sunday. DVB spke to Kachin activist Khon Ja about why so many are being overlooked, and how a miscount could affect ethnic rights.

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