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Sebastian Strangio is a journalist and author focusing on Southeast Asia. Since 2008, his reporting from across the region has appeared in more than 30 leading publications in the United States, Europe, and Asia.

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Posts tagged "Kachin State"
Aung San Suu Kyi faces dilemma over controversial dam project

Aung San Suu Kyi faces dilemma over controversial dam project

Since its suspension five years ago, the $3.6 billion Myitsone hydropower project has come to symbolize the bad old days in Myanmar.
Hope and fear in Kachin State as vote draws near

Hope and fear in Kachin State as vote draws near

MYITKYINA, Myanmar — Four years after being driven away by the military, Dagaw Hpung is finally letting himself dream of going home.
How The Optimism About Burma is Subverted By Its Never-Ending Civil War

How The Optimism About Burma is Subverted By Its Never-Ending Civil War

Continuing ethnic conflict in Kachin State is a stark reminder of the limits to President Thein Sein’s much-heralded reforms.
Myanmar: God, golfing and guerrilla war

Myanmar: God, golfing and guerrilla war

Life behind the lines of Kachin state’s bloody ethnic conflict.
Myanmar: No end in sight for Kachin conflict

Myanmar: No end in sight for Kachin conflict

Despite reforms elsewhere in the country, Kachin Independence Army troops maintain their tense daily vigil, eyeing off a Myanmar army post across the valley.
Myanmar by-elections a hard sell in Kachin conflict zone

Myanmar by-elections a hard sell in Kachin conflict zone

In Kachin State, ‘reform’ remains a distant concept.
Myanmar Ethnic Clashes Put Spotlight on China

Myanmar Ethnic Clashes Put Spotlight on China

MAE SOT, Thailand — On June 9, deadly clashes broke out in northern Myanmar between the country’s army and the ethnic minority Kachin Independence Army (KIA). The fighting reportedly erupted after Myanmar’s military moved to secure the Tarpein Hydropower Project, a Chinese-built dam that came online in January. The plant, which sits on a tributary...