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June 17, 2011
Chiang Mai (Mizzima) – More than 150 prisoners in Insein Prison in Rangoon were transported to an unknown location by authorities on Thursday.
June 17, 2011
New Delhi (Mizzima) – Indian Foreign Minister S.M. Krishna will visit Burma on Monday, according to the Indian Embassy in Rangoon. A senior official...
June 17, 2011
Sittwe: An Arakanese underground group called the "Rakha Alin Dan", or the "Rays", conducted a prayer campaign for political prisoners on Thursday in...
June 17, 2011
Mray Bon: Several villagers in the three villages hardest hit by Cyclone Giri in Arakan State have been facing starvation since the beginning of this...
June 17, 2011
The Burmese Army in Three Pagodas Pass (TPP) warned TPP residents living in Quarter 4, or Taung Wine quarter, to relocate to the center of TPP town...
June 17, 2011
People entering from Burma into Mizoram state in northeast India are being screened by Mizoram authorities. Entry will be granted up to 16 kilometers...
June 17, 2011
Refugees by the hundreds from Katsu Yang village located between Waingmaw Township and Laiza headquarters of the Kachin Independence Organization (...
June 17, 2011
June 16, 2011- The Kachin Independence Army (KIA) used firepower and attacked Burmese troops in Dum Bung Krung at 8:30 p.m. local time in the area...
June 16, 2011
Chiang Mai (Mizzima) – Burmese domestic workers living in Chiang Mai celebrated the International Labour Organization's (ILO) adoption of Convention...
June 16, 2011
In a bid to encourage desertion in the Burmese Army, the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) has welcomed willing Burmese soldiers to join the KIA, in a...
June 16, 2011
Over 10,000 Kachin refugees fled to the China border with the commencement of civil war over the last three days between the Kachin Independence Army...
June 16, 2011
To stop the advancing Burmese Army, the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) under the control of Brigade 2 destroyed six bridges at 10 p.m. local time...
June 16, 2011
Chiang Mai (Mizzima) – A lull in the heavy fighting between Burmese government forces and the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) is likely to be broken...
June 16, 2011
Chiang Mai (Mizzima) – Nineteen Kachin students remained in their rented home in Rangoon after the deadline passed for them to return to Kachin State...
June 16, 2011
Two Burmese Army personnel were killed in a bus accident on June 14. The bus was proceeding from Chin state to Kachin state, Burma carrying 80...

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