Kachin News Group
2015-01-07
The Kachin Independence Organization (KIO) held a New Year's prayer service at the group's Laiza headquarters on 3rd January. The usual Christmas and...
2015-01-07
A massive fire destroyed over 100 houses and supplies of food aid at the Shing Chyai Kachin Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camp in eastern Kachin...
2015-01-05
A committee comprised of Kachin concerned about next year's national election has issued a statement lamenting the refusal of Kachin political...
2015-01-05
Following a heavy artillery barrage Burma Army troops took control of a small Kachin Independence Army (KIA) outpost, manned by KIA Battalion 6, in...
2015-01-05
Two soldiers from the Kachin Independence Organization's (KIO) armed wing were killed following a surprise attack by government forces on 19th...
2015-01-05
A coalition of international human rights groups including Fortify Rights, Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International have called on the Burma army...
2014-12-22
Due to the refusal by Burma government authorities to grant the necessary permits United Nations (UN) convoys have not been able to deliver aid to...
2014-12-19
Hundreds of villagers in Kachin State's jade rich Hpakant district have fled their homes since 13th December because of a serious rise in tensions...
2014-12-17
The suspension of United Nations (UN) aid convoys to refugee camps in Kachin Independence Organization (KIO) territory will lead to a “major crisis”...
2014-12-15
A drug eradication committee operated by the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) Battalion 9 under the group's 4th Brigade, burned over US $100,000 worth...
2014-12-12
During a press conference in Rangoon last Saturday the father of Ja Seng Ing, a slain 14-year-old Kachin student from western Kachin State's Hpakant...
2014-12-12
Citing the army's refusal to provide an adequate explanations for the 19th November shelling attack on a Kachin Independence Army (KIA) officer...
2014-12-12
Kachin residents of Ban Mai Samakee village in Northern Thailand's Chiang Dao district held a four day Manau festival this past weekend to honour the...
2014-12-08
About 150 people including representatives from Community Based Organisations (CBOs) and farmers held a protest march against the Draft National Land...
2014-12-04
A coalition of 15 civil society organizations (CSOs) based in northern Burma's Kachin state publicly called on the Thein Sein government to withdraw...