Kachin

Myanmar 'to delay' gas shipments to China

12 May 2013

Security concerns will probably delay the first shipments of gas and oil from the Myanmar coast to China through a new pipeline that runs across territory under the control of ethnic militia...

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Two Buddhists arrested after Muslim shops wrecked in Kachin state

5 May 2013

Myanmar is in the grip of acute religious tension after a deadly wave of unrest in March that saw monks and Buddhist mobs attack Muslim areas in violence that has edged towards the country's main...

6:16AM

China continues drug clampdown near Kachin rebel headquarters

1 Apr 2013

Yunnan border guards say they have arrested drug smugglers attempting to carry more than 23 kilograms of drugs in the county that borders the makeshift capital of the Kachin Independence Army, the...

12:56PM

Myanmar government and Kachin rebels renew talks

11 Mar 2013

Myanmar’s government met Kachin rebels for renewed peace talks in China on Monday, an analyst said, as the rivals seek to resolve a festering ethnic conflict that has undermined reforms.

11:11PM

At HKU, students from Myanmar raise awareness of strife at home

12 Feb 2013

Htoi Awng and two other Kachin students in Hong Kong shared their experience at a fundraising concert for Kachin refugees last week, raising over HK$5,000 for the Relief Action Network charity.

3:36PM

Who said it?

12 Feb 2013

It is useless to criticise us for being slow … since it is our core value to be open to public opinion

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Opinion

Tom Holland

Attempts to diversify China's reserves have been a disaster

4:45AM

Howard Winn

China is like the EU; provinces are its member states

5:26AM

Kachin rebels cautious about peace in Myanmar after talks

Kachin rebels fighting the government in Myanmar’s far north said on Tuesday that new peace talks held in China were a limited step towards finding a solution to the bitter conflict.

2:27PM

Kachin rebels retreat in Myanmar as government troops close in

The town of Laiza, nestled inside Myanmar's border with China, used to be known for its nightlife. It was a "little Macau" in which Chinese citizens could escape their country's gambling laws for...

6:06AM

Myanmar's military strikes Kachin rebel stronghold, leaving three dead

Kachin rebels said yesterday three civilians were killed and six wounded in the first attack by Myanmese government forces on their northern stronghold, as fighting escalates in the country's last...

4:52AM

MYANMAR

Myanmar army, rebels trade claims over helicopter crash

Myanmar’s state media said on Sunday three army personnel were killed when a helicopter crashed in conflict-torn northern Kachin state, rebutting rebel claims that the aircraft had been shot down...

7:55PM

MYANMAR

Suu Kyi says any peace bid up to Myanmar government

Myanmar democracy campaigner Aung San Suu Kyi on Sunday said she would not step in to help end worsening conflict between the army and ethnic Kachin rebels without government approval.

4:19PM

DIPLOMACY

China makes formal complaint to Myanmar over bombing raids

China has made a diplomatic complaint to Myanmar after three bombs landed on its territory during air strikes on ethnic minority rebels in Kachin state, causing damage to one house.

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