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Workers Call for Action Over Wage Exploitation in Rare Earth Mining Sites

Workers at rare earth mining sites in Kachin State are calling for solutions to address ongoing wage exploitation and ...
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KIO Says Gold Mining Requires Local Consent as Environmental Concerns Mount in Kachin

The Kachin Independence Organization (KIO) has reiterated that gold mining in territories under its control is only permitted with the consent of local communities, amid rising environmental concerns ...
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Gold Mining Contaminates Villager’s Water In Kachin State

Residents of a village in Kachin State have told KNG that their water source has become discoloured after large-scale gold mining took place nearby following the military coup in Burma over a year ago ...
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PDF Forms Civilian Administration In Sagaing Region

A People’s Defence Force (PDF) fighting the Burmese regime in Pinlebu Township, Sagaing Region, is assembling a civilian administration in its area of control. The spokesperson for the Pinlebu PDF ...
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Waingmaw Displaced Camp Damaged By Cyclone Wait For Aid

Residents of a flood-prone village in Waingmaw Township are waiting for materials to rebuild their houses damaged by Cyclone Mocha as the rainy season looms in Kachin State. “The wind and rain will ...
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Momauk Villagers Protest KIO Rare Earth Mine

Hundreds of Kachin nationalities have demanded the closure of a rare earth mine planned by the Kachin Independence Organisation (KIO) in Momauk Township. Nearly 200 villagers from N’ba Pa protested at ...
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Myanmar’s Rare Earths and the Quiet Loss of Strategic Supply Chain Leverage

A rare earth mining site with chemical leaching ponds in Chiphwi Township, Kachin State, northern Myanmar, 2026. Myanmar, also known as Burma, is often portrayed internationally as a country defined ...
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Myanmar Junta Drone Strike Kills Nine Civilians, Including Four Children, in Hpakant Town

At least nine civilians, including four children, were killed when Myanmar’s military junta launched a drone artillery strike on a jade mining area in Hpakant Township, Kachin State, according to ...
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Journalists in Myitkyina Charged With Article 505/a

Kachin News Group (KNG) is Network Member of Burma News International (BNI) ...
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Lawa Village Devastated: 100 Homes Burned, Civilians Detained Amid Heavy Fighting

Lawa village in Hpakant Township has been left in ruins, with around 100 homes burned to the ground and at least 10 civilians detained, according to local sources. The village sits along the Lido Road ...
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Burma Army Shelling Kills 7-Year-Old In Kachin State

Kachin News Group (KNG) is Network Member of Burma News International (BNI) ...
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Two years since Yuzana left Hukawng valley but local people have not gotten land back

Despite the Yuzana Company leaving the Hukawng valley more than two years ago, local people have not yet received their land back. The Yuzana Company seized more than 400,000 acres in the Hukawng ...