By Nyein Nyein / The Irrawaddy | February 2, 2018 CHIANG MAI, Thailand – Amid a weeks-long surge in fighting in parts of Kachin State under the control of the Kachin Independence Army, the KIA and leaders of Myanmar’s military, [...]
By Shwe Aung / Democratic Voice Burma (DVB) | Febraury 1, 2018 More than a thousand miners and their family members, who were caught in the crossfire between government forces and Kachin rebels, have now been allowed to leave [...]
Kachinland News | February 1, 2018 Two Burmese military fighter jets again dropped bombs on KIA positions at Dawi Post and Chyahkya Bum in Danai Township on Jan 31 at 2:13 pm. Similarly, two fighter jets dropped bombs on [...]
By Nay Rein Kyaw and Tin Aung Khine / Radio Free Asia (RFA) | January 30, 2018 The military is continuing its attacks on territory controlled by the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) in war-torn northern Myanmar’s Kachin state in the [...]
Kachin Alliance | January 26, 2018 We are outraged in the strongest term by Tatmadaw's use of air power against its own citizens, yet again violating the convention of war. This morning, we woke up to graphic images of [...]
Free Burma Rangers | January 29, 2018 Throughout the month of December, the Burma Army has maintained its offensive in Kachin State and northern Shan State, with attacks against the Kachin Independence Army and other ethnic groups, focused in [...]
By Ye Mon / Democratic Voice Burma (DVB) | January 28, 2018 The Burmese armed forces announced yesterday that it had seized a military outpost and customs gate belonging to the Kachin Independence Army (KIA). The capture comes after [...]
Joint Strategy Team | January 28, 2018 Fighting between the Myanmar Government Armed Forces (Tatmadaw) and the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) has intensified recently in several places in Sumprabum, Tanai and Waing Maw townships in Kachin State, resulting in [...]
Kachinland News | January 23, 2018 On Jan 21, Burmese army troops fired several mortar rounds on Tingkawk village, located on Ledo road between Myitkyina and Danai in western Kachin state, following a battle with KIA troops. A mortar [...]
Joint Strategy Team | January 23, 2018 Fresh fighting between the Myanmar Government Armed Forces (Tatmadaw) and the Kachin Independent Army (KIA) recently took place in Sumprabum and Hpakan township in Kachin State. Since 19 January 2018, there have [...]