The Kachin Independence Organization has seized a swathe of mineral rich territory on Myanmar’s border with China, but the group now has the tough task of running an ethnically diverse area mired in poverty and the legacy of strongman rule.
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The Kachin Independence Organization has seized a swathe of mineral rich territory on Myanmar’s border with China, but the group now has the tough task of running an ethnically diverse area mired in poverty and the legacy of strongman rule.
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Recent conflict has brought Myanmar’s biggest rare earth mining region under the control of the Kachin Independence Organization, yet it’s uncertain how it will handle the lucrative but environmentally devastating industry.
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Major shifts in national and state-level policies are needed to address the worsening situation of Myanmar refugees in India’s Mizoram state, alongside greater coordination by local humanitarian providers.
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