Burma reaches ceasefire deal with ethnic Kachin rebels
The Burmese government and ethnic rebels from the Kachin Independence Organisation (KIO) have reached a seven-point ceasefire deal.
The agreement, signed in the capital of Kachin state, Mitkyina, includes working towards a ceasefire and redeploying armed forces on both sides.
Sporadic fighting has killed hundreds since a ceasefire between the army and the KIO broke down in 2011
Jonathan Head reports.
30 May 2013
- From the section Asia