Kachin News Group
2012-01-07
A recent offensive by Burmese government forces against the Kachin Independence Organization (KIO) in the Hpakan jade mining area in the west of...
2011-12-22
Exiled Kachin activist Duwa Bawmwang Laraw recently donated 5,000 sacks of rice and a large amount of warm clothing to support the growing number of...
2011-12-17
The Kachin Independence Army (KIA) this week issued a new directive banning all forms of logging in its territory, Kachin News Group has learned.
2011-12-17
On Friday afternoon in Dingga Village, Kachin State, Burmese soldiers set fire to a building that houses a kitchen belonging to a Baptist church,...
2011-12-17
Reached by phone, representatives of the Kachin Independence Organization (KIO) refuted claims published in Burmese state media about the central...
2011-12-14
China's government has opted not to publicly complain when at least six 120 mm Burmese mortar shells landed in its territory Monday.
2011-12-14
A small UN convoy arrived Monday night at the KIO's Laiza headquarters as UN officials were finally able to visit. It had been more than 5 months...
2011-12-13
Dozens of Burmese soldiers were killed Saturday and a large number were injured when a series of land mines were remotely denoted. The explosions...
2011-12-12
Washington D.C based Refugees International (RI) last week became the third international organization since October to raise concerns about the dire...
2011-12-09
Responding to questions about the role of United Nations in the ongoing refugee crisis in Kachin and northern Shan states, the UN has reiterated that...
2011-12-09
Chinese authorities in Yunnan province indicated they will shut down 16 temporary refugee camps located inside China and along its border with Burma’...
2011-12-08
Officials from the Kachin Independence Army claim that on Wednesday their forces killed more than 60 government soldiers attempting an offensive in...
2011-12-06
Three Burmese military officers were killed yesterday when the Kachin Independence Army attacked their army convoy near Kutkai on the Mandalay-Muse...
2011-12-05
An attack by the Kachin Independence Army in Mongkoe, Shan State killed at least 18 Burmese army personnel early Monday morning, eyewitnesses...
2011-12-05
Three Burmese soldiers from the Namma-based Light Infantry Battalion No. 386 were killed in two separate attacks by the Kachin resistance over the...