Myanmar’s astonishing political transformation tested by talks with Kachin rebels

Myanmar’s Kachin people have been historically repressed by dictatorship

Myanmar to hold fresh talks with Kachin rebels

AFP – Myanmar will hold another round of talks with Kachin rebels on Monday in a bid to end a conflict raging in the country’s far north, a federation of ethnic minority groups said. The two sides will attend an “emergency meeting” in the Chinese border town of Ruili to seek a breakthrough.

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