Kachin News Group: Rise in prostitution in Kachin State

10 October 2008, 12:56 pm

The unstable political and economic situation in Burma (which was renamed Myanmar by the ruling junta) is driving a section of women in Kachin State into prostitution, sources said. They have been frequenting night clubs. There are a number of women, especially ethnic Kachin women, who frequent the ‘Northern Star Night Club’ in Myitkyina, the capital [...]... read more

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