Kachin News Group
2013-02-20
Following a visit to Kachin state last week, Tomás Quintana, the UN's special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights in Burma heavily criticized...
2013-02-13
In a video speech directed at her fellow National League for Democracy (NLD) party members yesterday, Aung San Suu Kyi indicated she is willing to...
2013-02-13
Last week the Bishop of Myitkyina, Francis Daw Tang, a respected leader of the catholic Kachin community, issued a strongly worded statement calling...
2013-02-09
In a statement released on Thursday February 7 the UN's Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator for Burma, Ashok Nigam called on the Thein Sein...
2013-02-09
Fighting between Burma's military and the armed-wing of the Kachin Independence Organization (KIO) has continued in Kachin and parts of north eastern...
2013-02-08
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called on the Kachin Independence Organization (KIO) and government to “continue their efforts towards genuine and...
2013-02-07
At the same time Kachin Independence Organization (KIO) leaders met with central government representatives for peace talks in the Chinese border...
2013-02-07
The Kachin Independence Organization (KIO) held a short ceremony at their besieged Laiza headquarters to commemorate the anniversary of the group's...
2013-02-06
As talks between Burma's government and Kachin Independence Organization (KIO) representatives continued this week in the Chinese border city of...
2013-02-04
The Burma military blocked Kachin Baptist Convention (KBC) representatives from delivering aid to internally displaced persons (IDPs) living in the...
2013-02-04
The Kachin Independence Organization (KIO) has reiterated the group's long stated position that political problems must be solved through dialogue,...
2013-02-02
In its annual state of the world report released last week Human Rights Watch (HRW) criticized Daw Aung San Suu Kyi and her party the National League...
2013-02-02
The influential Kachin Baptist Convention (KBC) demanded for Burma's government to immediately stop the ongoing military offensive in Kachin and...
2013-01-31
Two Kachin civilians were killed and three injured after government shelling struck the Kachin town of Mayan (Mayang) village in Mogaung Township,...
2013-01-29
A civilian from the Kachin ethnic group was shot and killed while working on her farm last week.