ethnic minority

Distrust remains in Myanmar’s push for peace
Lahkyen La Ja, general secretary of the Kachin Independence Organization, is interviewed by The Asahi Shimbun on July 25 in Bangkok. (Takeshi Fujitani)
August 09, 2012
BANGKOK--Reconciliation talks have ground to a halt as Myanmar’s central government and armed ethnic forces try to overcome decades of distrust.
U.N. calls for credible probe into Myanmar...
In this June 16 file photo, a girl and a woman carry useable bricks from damaged buildings in Sittwe, capital of Rakhine state in western Myanmar. (AP photo)
August 05, 2012
YANGON--A top United Nations envoy on Aug. 4 voiced grave concern over alleged abuses by Myanmar security forces after sectarian violence in Rakhine State and urged a full and...
Kachin leader wants Japan to join Myanmar peace...
Maran Laja, the general secretary of the Kachin Independence Organization (Hideyuki Miura)
April 28, 2012
A leader of an ethnic minority group fighting for independence in northern Myanmar (Burma) is calling on Japan to get involved in the country’s peace process.
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