By Mizzima | May 17, 2018 Several bomb blasts took place on railroads in Mogaung, Myanmar's Kachin state, damaging one train and some rail tracks and delaying rail transportation in the area over the past two days, Xinhua reported [...]
By Kyaw Myo Min / Radio Free Asia (RFA) | May 16, 2018 Three antiwar activists were charged with criminal defamation on Wednesday for leading a protest in Myitkyina during which they called on the Myanmar government to rescue [...]
By Nan Lwin Hnin Pwint / The Irrawaddy | May 16, 2018 YANGON — The Northern Command of the Myanmar Army has sued three Kachin youth who led a sit-in protest against ongoing clashes in Kachin State for defamation. On [...]
Democratic Voice Burma (DVB) | May 15, 2018 Nearly 400 civil society organisations in Burma released a joint statement on Tuesday demanding the release of activists who were detained and are facing charges for their role in an anti-war protest in [...]
By Chit Min Tun / The Irrawaddy | May 15, 2018 YANGON — The Myanmar Army launched three air attacks on Battalion 6 under the Kachin Independence Army (KIA)’s Brigade 2 on Monday morning, said Major Awng Ja, the [...]
Urgent update by the Kachin Women's Association Thailand (KWAT) | May 15, 2018 Contrary to claims by Burma Army commanders that they have not targeted civilians in their recent offensives against the Kachin Independence Army (KIA), interviews by KWAT [...]
By Ye Mon / Democratic Voice Burma (DVB) | May 10, 2018 HPAKANT TOWNSHIP, Kachin State — Hundreds of villagers displaced by conflict in Hpakant Township have been ordered by the Burmese military to evacuate their makeshift camps and [...]
By Lawi Weng / The Irrawaddy | May 9, 2018 A court in Myitkyina, the capital of Kachin State, on Wednesday fined two ethnic Kachin youth leaders for organizing a protest to demand that authorities assist IDPs trapped by [...]
Ethnic Nationalities Affairs Center (ENAC) | May 8, 2018 The continued offensives by the Burma Army (or Tatmadaw) against the Kachin Independence Army in Kachin State escalated rapidly in April, displacing over 5,000 civilians. On April 30, over 5,000 [...]
By Yen Mon / Democratic Voice for Burma (DVB) | May 7, 2018 TANAI TOWNSHIP, Kachin State — Although the Burmese military does not want camps established for internal displaced persons (IDPs) who recently fled their homes due to [...]