Kachinland News, September 15, 2013 Battles continue to rage between KIA’s 12th and 27th Battalion troops and Burmese army’s 69th LIR, 522nd LIR, 221st LIR, 323rd LIB, and 240th LIR in KIA’s 12th Battalion area in southern Kachin State [...]
KachinLand News, August 24, 2013 Drug use has been increasing among local youth in Kachin and northern Shan State. Poppy cultivation and drug use among locals are more prevalent in areas close to Burmese army bases as government troops [...]
Kachinland News, June 28, 2013 A series of battles took place in the last week of June in northern Shan State between troops under Kachin Independence Army and Burmese Army. Despite their agreement to undertake efforts to de-escalate tension [...]
Free Burma Rangers, June 18, 2013, Kachin State, Burma Thousands of villagers in Kachin State and northern Shan State have been displaced from their homes for nearly two years by Burma Army advances and see little [...]
Kachin Women's Association Thailand (KWAT), June 4 , 2013 A new report by Kachin women exposes how the Burmese government’s war against the Kachin has greatly increased the risk of human trafficking along the China-Burma border. [...]
Kachinland News, May 29, 2013 No ceasefire agreement without reaching the stage for political discussions, said Kachin public A public meeting between KIO leaders and local Kachin public was held at cultural and traditional hall in Manau compound on [...]
Free Burma Rangers, May 25, 2013, Kachin State, Burma
In This Report:
Summary of the major security threats for Kachin IDPs and refugees, Raw field reports from Kachin Rangers describing recent military clashes and Burma Army troop movement
In Kachin State there are still thousands of IDPs (Internally Displaced Person). Their displacement is the result of fighting that has continued since the breakdown of the ceasefire on 9 June 2011.
Kachinland News, May 3, 2013 Battles continued to rage between Burmese army and ethnic armed groups – Kachin Independence Army, Shan State Army (North) and Ta-ang National Liberation Army – in northern Shan State. Local Shan, Palaung, Kachin and [...]
Shan Herald Agency for News, April 26, 2013 Not only is the Burma Army stepping up a military campaign against the Shan State Army (SSA) in central Shan State, it has also started another one further north on the [...]
Free Burma Rangers, April 13, 2013, Kachin State, Burma Below is a list of Burma Army activities in Kachin State and Northern Shan State in April, including attacks, troop movements and resupply operations. 11 April 2013 [...]