The KIO Dilemma
By Joe Kumbun / Mizzima | July 3, 2017 The civil war which continues to rage in Kachin State has been going on for six years. The conflict started on 9 June2011, and since then a ceasefire has not [...]
Humanitarian Situation Update in Kachin State (15th June 2017)
Joint Strategy Team | June 15, 2017 Fighting between the Government Armed Forces and the Kachin Independence Army has been taking place in Tanai Twonship in the Western part of Kachin State since 3rd June 2017, continues around N’Ga [...]
Workers Abandon Kachin Mines Due to Military Threat
Paing Soe / Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB) | June 12, 2017 Hundreds of workers and their families have abandoned the gold and amber mines in Tanai, northern Kachin State, following threats from the Burmese military, which air-dropped leaflets [...]
Six Years Since Resumption of Civil War in Kachin
Kachin Global Action Statement | June 9, 2017 Children born on the day civil war reignited in Kachin State are now starting their first grade in school, this week. Thousands of IDPs from a total of over 120,000 have fled, [...]
Six-Year Battle With No End in Sight
By Nyein Nyein / The Irrawaddy | June 9, 2017 RANGOON — Since September 2011 to date, fighting has been on and off in Kachin Independence Army (KIA)-controlled areas in northern and northeastern Burma, particularly in Waingmaw, Mansi, Tanai, [...]
UPDATE: Kachin IDPs Once Again Prove Their Resiliency
Free Burma Rangers (FBR) | June 8, 2017 Kachin State, Burma Due to heavy fighting and military offensives conducted by the Burma Army into Kachin Independence Army (KIA) held areas, especially since August 2016, the lives of thousands of IDPs [...]
Three Civilians Injured, Some 2000 Trapped in Kachin State Conflict
By Lun Min Mang / Myanmar Times | June 7, 2017 Three people were injured in the ongoing clashes between government forces and the Kachin Independence Army armed group in Kachin state, said a spokesman for a civil society [...]
Burmese Army Seized KIA’s Mai Sak Post, 3 Civilians Injured In Mortar Attacks
Kachinland News (KLN) | June 5, 2017 About 50 soldiers from Burmese army’s 126th Light Infantry Regiment launched an attack on KIA 14th Battalion’s Mai Sak Post in Danai Township on June 3 at around 5:30 am. KIA sources [...]
A KIO Official Said LNDP’s Statement Not Based On Facts
Kachinland News (KLN) | May 24, 2017 Lisu National Development Party (LNDP) issued a statement on April 21 accusing the Kachin Independence Organization as a terrorist organization carrying out arbitrary killings, collecting illegal money and recruiting new soldiers. In [...]
Panghsang Allies Say They Will Attend Peace Summit
Naw Noreen / Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB) | May 18, 2017 A negotiating committee representing seven ethnic armed groups in northern Burma says it intends to attend next week’s Union Peace Conference in Naypyidaw, which is being organised [...]