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Kachin Armed Group Asks UN to Correct Opium Claims

KIO calls for clarification of UN drugs report

The Kachin Independence Organisation (KIO) has called on the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) to correct a recent report that claims that the armed group controls areas with some of the highest prevalence of opium cultivation in the country. Colo

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Terminals, ports, logistics, liner operations disrupted
February 26, 2021
German containerline Hapag Lloyd has announced a decision to temporarily suspend cargo bookings into Myanmar …
Facebook, Instagram ban military and related pages with immediate effect
February 26, 2021
In a February 24th update to its February 11th statement, Facebook through its Director of …
Luxury Japanese real-estate complex called out for funding military
February 26, 2021
Despite distancing itself from other major Western states imposing sanctions on military-linked individuals and entities, …

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Terminals, ports, logistics, liner operations disrupted

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Luxury Japanese real-estate complex called out for funding military

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