By Nang Mya Nadi / DVB | January 19, 2017 An ethnic Tai-Leng, or “Red Shan,” schoolteacher was reportedly shot dead by unknown assailants on Wednesday, less than 24 hours after the murder of a fellow Red Shan man [...]
Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB) | January 19, 2017 Burmese government forces say they have captured three bases from the Kachin Independence Army (KIA), including its local base command in Bhamo District, southern Kachin State. According to yesterday’s report [...]
By: Sai Wansai / Shan Herald Agency for News | January 18, 2017 Lately, the military bloc’s supporter, obviously made up of Union Solidarity Development Party (USDP) members, former and active soldiers in civil and sympathizers have staged demonstration [...]
Free Burma Rangers | January 18, 2017 In August 2016 the Burma Army began a major escalation of operations in northern Burma, Kachin State, with daily attacks against Gidon and Lai Hpawng posts in Waingmaw Township. The purpose of this offensive is [...]
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 [...]
By Lun Min Mang / Myanmar Times | January 16, 2017 Thousands of internally displaced persons in Kachin State are in urgent need of emergency assistance, protection and, especially, safe accommodation, local humanitarian organisations said at a press briefing. The [...]
By Tsa Doi La / Kachinland News (KLN) | January 15, 2017 At least five heavy artillery shells fired by Burmese army troops from their recently conquered KIA 3rd Battalion’s Nga Gyang outpost fell on the Chinese side of the [...]
Shan Herald Agency for News (S.H.A.N.) | January 13, 2017 Prevent forced returns, allow humanitarian agencies unfettered access to displaced communities (YANGON, January 13, 2017)—The Government of China should ensure protection for thousands of ethnic Kachin civilians fleeing ongoing [...]
Progressive Voice | January 11, 2017 As a new year begins, offensives and human rights violations by the Myanmar[1] Army continue to plague ethnic areas and see no sign of abating. With the second 21st Century Panglong Conference a matter [...]
By Tsa Doi La / Kachinland News (KLN) | January 11, 2017 Burmese army artillery units unceasingly pounded KIA’s Ngwa Le outpost in southeastern Kachin State fended by its 3rd Battalion troops under 5th Brigade on January 10, KLN’s frontline [...]