Burmese Fighter Jets Pounded KIA’s 12th Battalion Headquarters with Cluster Bombs

By Tsa Doi La & Nmang Gam / Kachinland News (KLN) | January 16, 2017 Two Burmese fighter jets Sunday pounded KIA’s 12th Battalion Headquarters at Man Gau in Mansi Township around 12:15 p.m. A cluster bomb dropped from [...]

2020-05-30T23:38:20+07:00January 18th, 2017|Featured Collection, News, Recommended|

Namhsan IDPs in Dire Need of Supplies

By Kyaw Ko Ko / Myanmar Times | January 17, 2017 Scores of internally displaced persons (IDP) from the ethnic Palaung community are in dire need of food and medical supplies after they fled Namhsan amid fierce fighting between the military and armed [...]

2020-05-30T23:38:23+07:00January 17th, 2017|Featured Collection, News, Recommended|

Aerial Bombing by Burma Army Jets Kills Three Villagers, Injures Seven in Kyaukme, Northern Shan State

Shan Human Rights Foundation (SHRF) | January 16, 2017 Three civilians were killed and seven injured, including two women and a five-year-old child, when two Burma Army jets indiscriminately bombed Pang Mark Mur village, Kyaukme township, northern Shan State, [...]

2020-05-30T23:38:24+07:00January 17th, 2017|Featured Collection, News, Recommended|

Kachins Rally at Burmese Consulate in Chiang Mai

Shan Herald Agency for news (S.H.A.N.) | January 5, 2016 Dozens of expatriate Kachin people staged a protest today in front of the Burmese consulate in the northern Thai city of Chiang Mai, calling for a cessation to the [...]

2020-05-30T23:38:41+07:00January 7th, 2017|Featured Collection, News, Recommended|

Namtu Struggles to Cope with Onslaught of IDPs

Shan Herald Agency for News (S.H.A.N.) | January 5, 2017 Ongoing hostilities between Burmese government forces and ethnic armed groups in northern Shan State’s Mantong Township have compelled some 1,300 civilians to flee their homes since the beginning of [...]

2020-05-30T23:38:45+07:00January 5th, 2017|Featured Collection, News, Recommended|

DKBA Splinter Group Joins Northern Alliance

By Lawi Weng / The Irrawaddy | January 3, 2017 A Democratic Karen Benevolent Army (DKBA) splinter group led by Col. San Aung joined forces with the Northern Alliance in northern Shan State while seven of its soldiers surrendered [...]

2020-05-30T23:38:46+07:00January 5th, 2017|Featured Collection, News, Recommended|

Youth Leaders ‘dissatisfied’ with Suu Kyi Meeting

Shan Herald Agency for News (S.H.A.N.) | January 4, 2017 A New Year’s Day meeting with Burma’s State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi fell flat when several ethnic representatives chose not to attend, while others expressed dissatisfaction at the [...]

2020-05-30T23:38:47+07:00January 4th, 2017|Featured Collection, News, Recommended|

Burmese Army Conducted Air Raids and Artillery Units Relentlessly Pounding KIA Positions

By Tsa Doi La / Kachinland News | December 28, 2016 Burmese army fighter jets carried out three separate bombing raids on KIA’s Lai Hpawng Post, Mai Saw Post and Sama Krung from 9:50 a.m. – 11:20 a.m. on [...]

2020-05-30T23:38:48+07:00January 4th, 2017|Featured Collection, News, Recommended|
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