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	Kachin State - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		It is bordered by China to the north and east; Shan State to the south; and Sagaing Division and India to the west.
		The economy of Kachin State is predominantly agricultural.
		Kachin State was formed in 1948 out of the British Burma civil districts of Bhamo and Myitkyina, together with the larger northern district of Puta-o.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Kachin_State (553 words)

	Diran's Kachin State
		Kachin State was an area of Burma that had just recently opened up due to the cease-fire signed in 1993 between the Kachin Independence Army, or K.I.A, and the Burmese government.
		Kachin State is the northern most part of Burma bordering India on its west, Tibet to its north, and China to the east.
		Kachin State was not an area easily penetrated since it bordered tribal autonomous areas of India's Naga hills and remote parts of China.
	bangkokatoz.com /Diran_Kachin_State.htm (3060 words)

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		What we behold now is Kachin State which is located in the extreme north of Myanmar lie between the upper region of the Ayeyarwady and the Chindwin river.
		Kachin State is featured basically with the plain mountain ranges and a lot of summits, big tree forests, cool clear brooks all silence.
		Kachins who are one of the union nationalities have seven ethnic branches whose traditional dances are different to each other.
	www.mrtv3.net.mm /pages/kachin.html (228 words)

	5. Kachin State: A frontier forest
		Kachin State is one of the most sparsely populated, densely forested, and inaccessible parts of mainland Southeast Asia.
		Evidence elsewhere in the region suggests that Kachin State may be in the early stages of a period of intense deforestation that could culminate in the clearing of all accessible timber, leaving just a patchwork of severely degraded forest fragments.
		Deforestation is of particular concern in Kachin State because of its high level of biodiversity and because its forests protect the local watershed.
	forests.wri.org /pubs_content_print.cfm?ContentID=1915 (677 words)

	Kachin state - northern Myanmar (Burma)
		The northernmost state of Myanmar has borders with India and China to the north, Sagaing division to the west and Shan state to the south.
		The state is mountainous with several highest peaks of the country.
		The most popular route taken by foreign tourists to Kachin state is to take a flight or train to Myitkyina, then after a visit of Myitson (confluence point of the Ayeyarwaddy river) take a drive to Bhamaw.
	www.asterism.info /states/14 (550 words)

	MAR \| Data \| Chronology for Kachins in Burma (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		In the northern military command region in Kachin state where the KIA and the All Burma Students Democratic Front operate, 189 rebels were killed, 13 captured, and 239 others surrendered while 49 troops were killed and 79 wounded (Japan Economic Newswire, 03/26/92).
		The Kachins are the tenth ethnic group, and the largest so far, to agree to cooperate with the ruling SLORC in order to develop their region.
		The mine area in Kachin state is reported to be extremely poor and HIV and drug addiction are widespread.
	www.cidcm.umd.edu /inscr/mar/chronology.asp?groupId=77503 (2378 words)

	Explore-Myanmar Booking conditions
		Kachin State was an area of Myanmar that had just recently opened up due to the cease fire signed in 1993 between the Kachin Independence Army, or K.I.A, and the Burmese government.
		Kachin State is the northern most part of Myanmar bordering India on its west, Tibet to its north, and China to the east.
		The highest mountain peak in South East Asia is in Myanmar's Kachin State, Hkakabo Razi near the border with Tibet and is 19,314 feet tall.
	www.explore-myanmar.com /Kachin_State.asp (2964 words)

	Official Information of Kachin
		Founded on April 17, 2002 in Thailand by young Kachin inside and outside of Kachin State to lay the foundation for an "appropriate and meaningful democratic nation" which is essential to Kachin people and to resist all forms of dictatorship and despotic rule.
		Captain in the 1st Kachin Rifles in 1946 and fought against the Communist Party of Burma in Irrawaddy delta region in 1948.
		Kachin of Ngochan tribe from the Yunnan frontier.
	www.webspawner.com /users/kachin (2105 words)

	Footnotes to History- K and L
		Kachin Republic- The Kachins are an ethnic group of northern Burma.
		Kachin rebels were allied with the Kuomintang at Mong Hsat during the early 1970s, but switched allegiance to the Burmese People's Republic after the victory of Communism in Indochina.
		Therefore, the United States maintained that the ambassadors of those nations in Washington still represented the only lawful authority in the Baltics, and that the embassies were sovereign territory controlled by the Baltic governments-in-exile.
	www.buckyogi.com /footnotes/natkl.htm (5933 words)

	The Kachin Post
		NDA-K is the first Kachin group to reach a ceasefire agreement with the State Law and Order Restoration Council, in 1989, after the collapse of the CPB the same year.
		Kachin People’s Party (KPP)—Founded on April 17, 2002 in Thailand by young Kachin inside and outside of Kachin State to lay the foundation for an “appropriate and meaningful democratic nation” which is essential to Kachin people and to resist all forms of dictatorship and despotic rule.
		Kachin National Organization (KNO)—A political organization founded by overseas Kachin and a group of elders from the Kachin homeland on January 9, 1999.
	www.kachinpost.com /korgs.html (664 words)

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		Kachin State in the northern part of Myanmar is the birthplace of Ayeyarwady river.
		The State is well-known for its abundance of jade and gold and also for having the highest mountain in South East Asia, Khakaborazi.
		Khakaborazi Mountain in Kachin State in Myanmar is the highest and most beautiful mountain in South East Asia.The region where tributaries of Ayeyarwady River originate is unique and picturesque.
	www.mrtv3.net.mm /pages/ikachin.html (280 words)

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		State Policies that affect trafficking in Kachin areas Increased border trade The decades of civil war and the isolationist policies of the Burmese socialist regime between 1962 and 1988 meant that there was little border trade between China and northern Burma.
		State drug eradication policies Interviews from northern Shan State reveal that the military regime’s opium eradication policies have had a direct effect on levels of poverty in the area.
		Kachin women are expected to be chaste before marriage, and premarital sex is considered an act bringing shame on the whole community.
	www.womenofburma.org /Report/Driven_Away.doc (17083 words)

	Burma: "They Came and Destroyed Our Village Again": V. Lessons from Ceasefires in Kachin and Mon States
		Although the KIO and local Kachin NGO resettlement and reconstruction activities generally exhibited poor strategic and site planning due to limited human and financial resources, an impressive range of infrastructure and community development projects was nevertheless implemented.
		Kachin leaders claim that the SPDC wants to keep their area underdeveloped and attempts to undermine the KIO’s standing within Kachin communities.
		As in Kachin State, the ceasefires have brought new opportunities to develop agriculture and opportunities for travel and local trade, which is particularly important to villagers.
	www.hrw.org /reports/2005/burma0605/7.htm (1476 words)

	Karaweik M & J Tours, Myanmar(Burma) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Kachin State lies to the north of Myanmar with snow-caped mountain ranges and green and lush forests.
		Myitkyina, a hill station of cool and pleasant all the year round, is the capital of Kachin State and it is home to colourful ethnic races and their festivals.
		Kachin State is renowned for its scenic natural beauty with pristine jungle areas and it is famous as a resort where one can relax and enjoy the environs.
	www.karaweiktours.com /myitkyina.htm (1070 words)

	The Kachin Post
		The KNO was founded by both overseas Kachins and a group of elders from the Kachin State on January 9, 1999, striving for an independent Kachin Republic and democratic Kachin government.
		June 12 — The Burmese military government instructed the Kachin Independence Organization (KIO) to cancel a public meeting, which was planned to hold on yesterday in Nam San Yang village of the Kachin State of northern Burma.
		The journal is organized by Kachin students who are members of the Kachin Culture and Literature Organization under the University of Yangon.
	www.kachinpost.com /digest.html (650 words)

	KACHIN STATE. The Columbia Encyclopedia: Sixth Edition. 2000 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Rice and sugarcane are grown, jade and amber mined, and timber and bamboo cut.
		The state is sparsely populated; Jinghpaw-speaking Kachins constitute the largest group.
		Antigovernment insurgents, active in Kachin State since Myanmar achieved independence in 1948, signed a cease-fire agreement with the government in 1993.
	www.bartleby.com /aol/65/ka/KachinSt.html (155 words)

	Vol 9. No.8, October-November 2001 - Cover Story (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		While improving and expanding the infrastructure in Kachin State is much needed, the impact of this deal on the environment could prove to be disastrous.
		The Kachin State is part of the Indo-Burmese region listed by Dr. Norman Myers, an ecologist based at Oxford University’s Green College in England, as one of the eight "hottest hotspots for biodiversity" in the world.
		Kachin State logging provided employment for a few thousand loggers in each of the towns along the border.
	www.irrawaddy.org /database/2001/vol9.8/cover.html (1939 words)

	5. Kachin State: A frontier forest Shifting cultivation
		These include areas bordering the Irrawaddy in southern Kachin State and the Sagaing Division; areas all along the railway lines connecting Mandalay and Myitkyina (the railhead); the jade mining area around Hpakant (where the world's only commercial deposits of imperial jade are found); and around Myitkyina and Bhamo.
		This is the case in Shan State, where farmers stop growing upland rice and maize in their less productive fields and use them instead for poppy production.
		In Kachin State, another factor that mitigates against clearing forests exclusively to grow poppies is a significant reduction in the number of active males in the population due to decades of civil war, and, more recently, the HIV epidemic among drug users.
	forests.wri.org /pubs_content_print.cfm?ContentID=1673 (808 words)

	Vitanova Foundation
		In this paper, "Kachin Hills" refers to Kachin State and some parts of Northern Shan State in the Union of Myanmar, areas inhabited by the Kachin people, one of the largest of Myanmar's several minority populations.
		Historically then, the Kachin people are not opium growers, but many of them have been consumers, and a small fraction of those have become addicted to the subs tance.
		In 1959, when Kachin university students in Rangoon were organizing armed resistance against the government in the name of Kachin independence, I suggested that they first organize a movement to promote political awareness, social and economic development, and human resource development among the Kachin people before separation from Burma.
	www.vitanova.on.ca /article1998_1.htm (4099 words)

	Narcotic Drugs Suppression Measures Undertaken by the Kachin State special Region
		Kachin Independence Organization (KIO), which had taken up arms against the Government and operating in the areas of Kachin State, northern Shan State and northern Sagaing Division, entered into legal fold on 24 February 1994 accepting the Government's peace offer.
		Kachin State and the adjoining region of Shan State which is the base for the Kachin State Special Region (2), had once been the areas where poppy was grown.
		In 1998, Kachin State Special Region(2) Central authorities instructed the Division Commander to assign the responsible officers to participate in the activities of organizing and educating the public to stop growing poppy, to refrain from drugs abuse and trafficking and to cultivate substitution crops in their region.
	www.myanmar-narcotic.net /eradication/anti1g.htm (650 words)

	Kachin (Jingpho, Jinghphaw, Singpo) bags
		Kachin, Jinghpho, Jinghphaw, Singpho: Michael Howard in 'Textiles of the Hill Tribes of Burma' (1999: page 59) refers to how the term Kachin "has come to be used commonly as a cultural category for Jinghpho-speakers, but also includes speakers of Taman, which is a closely related Kachinic Language.
		There are around 600,000 Jingpho speakers in Burma, living mainly in Kachin State as well as in northern Shan State, in a very mountainous region with narrow valleys." Jingphp is a language within the Sino-Tibetan family of languages within the Tibeto-Burman sub-family.
		We know very little directly about the history of the first bag (on the left) in the top row which is in the collection of Bill Hornaday, other than that he purchased it from someone who sources textiles in Mai Sae and it could have found its way there from either Burma or China.
	www.tribaltextiles.info /Galleries/Kachin_bags/Kachin_bags.htm (1468 words)

	THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNION OF BURMA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		All the representative from the Shan State in the Chamber of Nationalities shall be elected by the Saohpas of the Shan State from among themselves.
		The Head of the State shall prepare or cause to be prepared the estimates of the receipts and of the expenditure of the State for each financial year and shall present them or cause them to be presented to the State Council for consideration.
		A member of the Union Government to be known as the Minister for the Kachin State shall be appointed by the President on the nomination of the Prime Minister acting in consultation with the Kachin State Council from among the Kachin members of the Parliament representing the Kachin State.
	www.helplinelaw.com /law/myanmar/constitution/burma09.php (3171 words)

	State flags hoisted in manifestation of respect for national sovereignty and rejection of any encroachment on it ...
		She said we brethren in Kachin State assembled here to support the mass rallies denouncing SURA and KNU insurgents held in Kengtung and Taunggyi on 1 and 2 June respectively by the local nationals abhorring the encroachment of the insurgents on the sovereignty of the Union of Myanmar.
		Thus people of Kachin State support mass rallies to denounce the insurgents and external destructive elements which were held in Kengtung and Taunggyi on 1 and 2 June 2002 respectively.
		We, the national races in Kachin State hereby support the mass rallies held to denounce the encroachment on security and peaceful life of border areas by the insurgents.
	www.myanmar-information.net /denounce/Jun11.html (1297 words)

	Kachin Jinghpaw Wunpawng Web Site, Myitkyina, Kachin State, UNION OF MYANMAR.
		Kachin people are friendly, meek, understanding, God Fearing and their social custom and tradition is very polite and formal.
		Kachin Language and Literature is advanced and rich.
		Kachins are Jinghpaw, Maru (Lawngwaw), Lashi (Lachit), Zaiwa (Azi), Nung (Hkanung), Rawang, Lisu and five other sub-groups.
	www.geocities.com /royalkachin (628 words)

	Tarnished Metal: The human cost of mining for riches in Kachin State
		The problem in Kachin State is blamed partly on the lifestyle of Kachin’s miners, many of whom are young men who work away from their families.
		A Kachin woman pastor says even students turn to prostitution in Kachin State to help pay their college fees and living expenses.
		The organization, the Pan Kachin Development Society, says the KIO was concerned that the report affected its image and possibly its relations with the Rangoon regime.
	www.minesandcommunities.org /Action/press763.htm (1399 words)

	Myanmar Travel - Kachin State
		It has many ethnic groups such as Bamar, Kachin (Jimphaw, Rawom, Lisu, Zaiwa, Lawngaw, Lachyit) and Indians and some Shan.
		The world biggest Jade stone with over 250,000 tons had been discovered in Kachin State.
		This division is also popular for the snow capped mountain, Mt-Khagaborazee with over 18400 feet the highest peak of Himalaya, and the biggest natural lake Indawgyi.
	www.myanmarmtetours.com /kachin_state.htm (235 words)

	Myanmar News 2001
		Peace is prevailing in Kachin State due to the harmonious endeavours of the government, leaders of Kachin nationals, peace loving religious leaders, influential local elders and peace negotiators based on mutual trust and understanding and magnimanity.
		Among the four tasks, the fourth one morale is of main importance; the battalion formed with soldiers of strong spirit and courage is loyal to the State and the Tatmadaw; all are to try to become good sons of the Tatmadaw who are able to discharge duties assigned by the State.
		Mr Oleg Chekunkov was born in 1958 and graduated from the Minsk State institute of Foreign Languages in 1980 and Academy of Foreign Trade of the Soviet Union in 1991.
	www.myanmars.net /myanmar-news-2001/myanmar-news-n010109.htm (4975 words)

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