YANGON (AFP) - Ethnic minority Kachin leaders in Myanmar's war-torn far north on Thursday hailed a government decision to allow them to form a political party as a step towards finding elusive peace.
The former junta barred several Kachin parties from taking part in controversial polls in 2010, denying the ethnic group any genuine representation in what was the country's first election in two decades.
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