By Tsa Doi la / Kachinland News | May 8, 2017 In KIA’s Administrative Region east of the Irrawaddy river, the Burmese army troops belonging to 3rd and 21st Military Operations Command have joined the Southern Western Command (Pathein-based) [...]
Sai Wansai | May 4, 2017 Is Revitalization of the 1961 Federal Amendment Proposal the Way to Go? Introduction: The Contemporary Impasse With the Union Peace Conference, known as the “21st Century Panglong”, rescheduled to start on 24 May, [...]
By Steve Tickner | Frontier Despite recent fighting around Laiza, morale remains upbeat for the KIA soldiers on the frontline – but many still dream of returning to a normal life when the guns of war eventually fall silent. [...]
Burma Human Rights Network (BHRN) and 22 Organizations | April 27, 2017 27th April 2017, London, UK – The Burma Human Rights Network and 22 Organizations and Individuals have released an open letter calling upon The United States, United [...]
By Lama La Rip / Kachinland News | April 10, 2017 Needless to mention that water is a source of life for human being and all life forms, and it is in fact a universal truth. The country of [...]
Free Burma Rangers (FRB) | April 3, 2017 In Kachin and northern Shan states, checkpoints are a routine part of life. Along roadways, civilians endure extensive searches of their personal belongings and shipments of supplies, and are frequently forced to [...]
Kachinland News | April 5, 2017 Locals are concerned about new offensives as more Burmese army troops arrived in KIA’s headquarters Laiza area, western and southern Kachin State. A KLN frontline source said Burmese army’s 37th and 58th LIB [...]
Joint Strategy Team | April 5, 2017 Escalating armed conflict in Kachin between the Myanmar Armed Forces (Tatmadaw) and Kachin Independence Army (KIA) during November 2016 to January 2017 caused renewed displacement for 6,066 already internally displaced persons (IDPs) [...]
By Sean Gleeson / Frontier | April 3, 2017 YANGON — The government’s most important non-state partner in the peace process risks a return to the conflict that brutalised Myanmar’s east for decades without a stronger commitment to political dialogue [...]
Radio Free Asia (RFA) | March 29, 2017 Northeastern Myanmar’s Kachin state has been rocked by ongoing clashes between the government military and the Kachin Independence Army (KIA), since 2011, when a cease-fire deal collapsed. The KIA, which controls [...]