By Joe Kumbun / Mizzima | October 13, 2016 As we move towards the end of the year, civil war continues to rage across the country especially in Kachin State. Numerous negotiations have taken places but to date, no quantifiable [...]
Briefing by Ethnic Nationalities Affairs Centre (ENAC) | October 12, 2016 The Burma Army, also known as Tatmadaw, has escalated its military offensives against the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) with air strikes, artillery, and ground forces. Residents in Kachin State [...]
By Sai Wansai / Shan Herald Agency for News (SHAN) | October 11, 2016 On the heels of the massive anti-war demonstration in Myitkyina, involving thousands of demonstrators, United Nationalities Federal Council (UNFC) issued a seven point statement on [...]
Kachinland News (KLN) | October 11, 2016 Myanmar Air Force continues its air raid campaign on KIA 252 Mobile Battalion’s Gidon Post and KIA 3rd Battalion’s Lai Hpawng Post. Two fighter jets, believed to be Russian-made Mikoyan MiG-29, Tuesday [...]
By NANG MYA NADI / Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB) | October 10, 2016 The Kachin Independence Army (KIA) says that Burmese fighter jets conducted air strikes against its positions in Myitkyina District this morning. According to KIA spokesperson Naw Bu, the Kachin [...]
Free Burma Rangers (FBR) | October 7, 2016 Gidon Post, Kachin State, Northern Burma FBR raw footage: Burma airforce jets bombard Gidon post (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G7EzlJql0Ss) The Burma Army attack against Kachin Independence Army (KIA) Gidon Post is being coordinated by Military [...]
Statement by United Nationalities Federal Council (UNFC) | October 8, 2016 The current battles in the Kachin, Shan and Karen States, in addition to injuring thousands of local people and forcing them to abandon their hearths and homes and [...]
Burma News International (BNI) | October 6, 2016 Residents of Mytkyina, the Kachin State capital, and Tanai staged demonstrations on 3 October to protest against the ongoing Burma Army offensives against the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) in northern Kachin [...]
Mizzima | October 5, 2016 The Kachin National Organisation is calling on the United Nations to investigate what it terms ‘crimes against humanity’ in Kachin State. The KNO in a press release on October 4 called on the UN [...]
Free Burma Rangers (FBR) | October 4, 2016 September Clash Account (Kachin State and Northern Shan State) Clashes – 61 Burma Army Jet (Attack) – 2 Burma Army Jet (Recon) – 13 Burma Army Helo (Attack) – 3 Burma Army [...]