By Lawi Weng / The Irrawddy | June 4, 2018 YANGON — The Myanmar National Human Rights Commission (MNHRC) has concluded that two Kachin men whose bodies were found in March were rebel fighters and killed in battle with [...]
By Zeyar Maw / Mizzima | June 2, 2018 Kachin Independence Army (KIA) spokesman Col. Naw Bu confirmed to Mizzima that the Tatmadaw (government troops) and the KIA had engagements and skirmishes in area near Hpakant and Karmine Townships, [...]
Kachin News Group / BNI Online | May 31, 2018 The parents of internally displaced person (IDP) children from Awng Lawt Village are feeling worried for their children as they have to sit for an entrance exam to transfer [...]
Joint Strategy Team (JST) | May 29, 2018 Since series of armed clashes have been intensified again between Government Armed Forces (Tatmadaw) and Kachin Independence Organization/Army (KIO/KIA) from the beginning of April 2018, over 7,000 civilians have newly displaced [...]
By Htoo Thant / Myanmar Times | May 30, 2018 If the country’s president provides instructions regarding the battles taking place in Kachin State, the Tatmadaw (military) will abide by them, said Brigadier General Aung Kyaw Hoe, permanent secretary of [...]
Kachin News Group / BNI Online | May 25, 2018 Tanai MPs have requested the President on May 22 to have the government take immediately action on opening an official internally displaced person (IDP) camp in Tanai, Kachin State. [...]
By Sai Wansai / Shan Herald Agency for News | May 23, 2018 When the New Mon State Party (NMSP) and Lahu Democratic Union (LDU) signed the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement (NCA) on 13 February 2018, adding impetus for the [...]
Fortify Rights and Kachin Women's Association of Thailand (KWAT) | May 21, 2018 (YANGON, May 21, 2018)-The Government of Myanmar should immediately and unconditionally drop criminal defamation charges against three ethnic-Kachin human rights defenders, said the Kachin Women’s Association [...]
Karen peace Support Network (KPSN) | May 17, 2018 1. KPSN stands with the STOP WAR and Peace Movement in calling for the government and military to end military offensives in Kachin and Northern Shan states, and withdraw their [...]
By Kachinland News | May 15, 2018 The massive buildup of its presence in Kachin State by the Tatmadaw or Burma Army (BA) has been ongoing without any letup since the 1990’s, despite the 17-year period of ceasefire with the Kachin [...]