Burma News International | February 21, 2017 The powerful Wa army will host a summit of ethnic armed organizations this week in Pangkham (Pangsang), the capital of the Wa self-administered zone. The meeting is the third such summit to [...]
By Nan Lwin Hnin Pwint / The Irrawaddy | February 13, 2017 LAIZA, Kachin State — Government and Tatmadaw-controlled media organizations have misinformed the public about the Burma Army’s military offensives, alleged Gen Gun Maw, vice chairman of the [...]
By Tsa Doi La / Kachinland News | February 7, 2017 This past Sunday marked the 56th anniversary of the Kachin Revolution Day. Kachin communities around the world commemorated the Kachin Revolution Day with prayer services, songs, plays, gun [...]
By Nmang Gam / Kachinland News | February 6, 2017 Members of Kachin Independence Organization and Kachin communities around the world commemorated the 56th Anniversary of the Kachin Revolution Day on Feb 5. KIO/KIA personnel and local civilians held [...]
By Ye Mon and Lun Min Mang / Myanmar Times | February 02, 2017 The government’s peace commission is set to grant the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) its long-awaited request for an individual meeting, as conflict rages on in [...]
By Tsa Doi La / Kachinland News | January 27, 2017 Burmese army troops belonging to 86th Light Infantry Battalion(LIB) have forcibly been confiscating civilian homes in Du Kawng quarter in Danai township in western Kachin state since January 26, [...]
Joint Strategy Team | January 25, 2017 Intense fighting continues in Kachin State between the Myanmar Government Armed Forces (Tatmadaw)and the Kachin Independence Army (KIA). Recent fighting in late December 2016 and early January 2017 in Nagyang area has [...]
Radio Free Asia | January 25, 2017 Police in Muse township in Myanmar’s northern Shan state have opened a case against two Kachin Christian leaders, charging them with illegal association under a controversial colonial-era act, a local police official [...]
By Tsa Doi La / Kachinland News | January 26, 2017 In Kachin State, clashes reportedly erupted between KIA’s 6th Battalion troops under 2nd Brigade and Burmese army troops belonging to 261st Light Infantry Battalion(LIB) along the road leading [...]
Mizzima | January 25, 2017 An emergency meeting of the central executive committee of the United Nationalities Federal Council (UNFC) was held in Chiang Mai, Thailand on Monday and Tuesday, state media reported on 25 January. Present at the [...]