Three KIO members shot at Lajayang Gate

Three members of the KIO (Kachin Independence Organization) Civil Administration Department were shot today at the Burma Army-controlled Lajayang Gate, at 1 P.M. local time, witnesses said.

First KIA military base in N. Shan State falls

The first Kachin Independence Army (KIA) base in Northern Shan State fell under control of the Burma Army on Sunday, since the outbreak of civil war in early June, KIA officials said.

Burma Army plans to capture KIA’s Brigade 4 in three days

The main entrance to the KIA's Brigade 4 Command, based in Loikang, near Kutkai in Northern Shan State, Burma.

Breaking News
The Burma Army’s storm-offensive against the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) in Northern Shan State is aimed at capturing the Loikang-based Brigade 4 Command in three days, said government sources.

Burma Army launches storm-offensive to KIA

The Burma Army has launched a storm-offensive with over 1,000 troops against the Kachin Independence Army (KIA)’s Brigade 4, based in Northern Shan State, in the country’s northeast, said witnesses.

KIA rejects request to withdraw Kambaiti post

A Chinese banana truck on the Kambaiti road, drove back to the border.

The Kachin Independence Army (KIA) rejected a request on Thursday by the Burma Army Chief to withdraw the KIA post on the Kambaiti Road, in eastern Kachin State, said KIA officials.

KIA-Burma Army continue fighting in N.Shan State

Fighting between the Burma Army and the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) continued for hours today at Hophet, in Kutkai Township in Northern Shan State, said local residents.

Burma Army mine injures local Kachins

Wounded Lajaw Naw (left) and his wife Loilam Lu before the couple was hospitalized to Kamaing.

A mined planted by the Burmese Army seriously injured a local Kachin couple in Danai Township, in western Kachin State,  Wednesday, Sept. 21, the victims said.

Sept. 12-18, Weekly Burma-KIA War News (Burmese)

KIA frees 52 prisoners from government labor camp

The Kachin Independence Army (KIA) raided a Burmese government labor camp on Wednesday, Sept. 21, at about 2 p.m. local time and freed at least 52 prisoners, KIA officers said.

Pre-independence Kachin Leader, Ga Du Zau Raw, dies

Kachin symbol Manau Pole in the Kachin cultural Manau Park in Myitkyina, Kachin State.

Ga Du Zau Raw, a Kachin leader before Burma achieved independence from Britain, died September 13, at nearly 100 years of age, in his home in Myitkyina, Kachin State, Northern Burma, said family members.

KIA bans cement imports from China

Chinese trucks on Myitkyina-Kambaiti road in eastern Kachin State, Northern Burma.

The Kachin Independence Army (KIA) has banned the transporting of cement from the China border to Kachin State, Northern Burma, KIA officials said.

Sept. 12-18, Weekly Burma-KIA War News (Kachin)

Seven Burmese soldiers killed, two injured in Mongkoe

Seven Burmese soldiers were killed and two injured on Sunday, Sept. 18, during fighting with the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) in Munggu, also Mongkoe, Northern Shan State, witnesses said.

Sept. 5-11, Weekly Burma-KIA War News (Kachin)

40 Burmese soldiers killed in fighting with KIA

Over 40 Burmese government soldiers were killed in three-days of military clashes with the Kachin Independence Army (KIA), Namsan Pa, in eastern Kachin State, Northern Burma, said sources from the frontlines.

Don't let the Irrawaddy River become another Mekong

Press Release

September 16, 2011

Burma Rivers Network

Don't let the Irrawaddy River become another Mekong

Escalating unrest among downstream communities over the impacts of China’s Mekong dams is a clear warning of what lies in store for Burma if the Irrawaddy dam project goes ahead.

Two Burmese soldiers killed at Manje

Two Burmese government soldiers were killed during an hour-long battle with the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) at Manje (Mansi) Town, on Wednesday, Sept. 14, in Kachin State, witnesses said.

Kachins’ Call for National Reconciliation

Kachin nationals gathered at Manau festival in Myitkyina, Kachin State, Northern Burma.

The Kachin Research Group
The Society for Promotion of Kingdom Value Burma

Cyber-attack against KNG website

Dear KNG audience,

We apologize for any inconvenience caused by the temporary shutdown of the KNG website, starting on Wednesday, Sept. 14th.

The site is experiencing a Denial-of-Service (DoS) attack.

KNG website attacked by cyber hacker

(Breaking News) 

 

The website of the exiled Burmese news organization, the Kachin News Group, at www.kachinnews.com, stopped functioning Wednesday, September 14th, because of a cyber-attack.

Burmese army post burnt down by KIA

One of three Burmese army posts at Nam San Yang Village, in Kachin State, was burnt down on Monday night by the Kachin Independence Army (KIA), according to KIA officials in its Laiza headquarters in Kachin State.

Burmese soldiers injured in KIA mine explosion

Several Burmese government soldiers were injured in a KIA mine explosion on Tuesday at about 10 a.m. local time, at the front in Kachin State, according to KIA sources.

Propaganda (False News) Of Burmese Government On KIO

200 Burmese troops secretly approach the KIA Laiza headquarters

The KIA Bum Sen post which was fallen under Burma Army's control in June.

Nearly 30 Burmese soldiers killed in six days in Kachin State

KIA soldiers take position near Laiza Headquarters, eastern Kachin State.

KIA and Burmese troops clash at Hkringmu Dan

Two KIA women soldiers secure Laiza headquarters.

World Food Program distributes rice to Kachin war IDPs

Over 100 IDPs have been accepted at N'Jang Dung Kachin Baptist Church, three miles north of Myitkyina downtown, Kachin State.

Eight Burmese soldiers killed, three injured in fighting with the KIA

A KIA soldier takes position near Burmese frontline-base at Munglai Hka river bridge in Lajayang village on Myitkyina-Bhamo road.

Burma government puts up posters to disparage KIA leader

The military-controlled Burma government put up posters aimed to disparage a Kachin Independence Army (KIA) leader this morning in Manmaw (Bhamo) town, in Kachin State, local eyewitnesses said.

Burmese government launches psychological warfare against KIA

The Burmese government is launching psychological warfare against the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) by distributing false messages about the KIA to people in Kachin State, local people said.

Burmese Army controls KIA’s Lungja hillside

A KIA soldier takes position in the frontline in eastern Kachin State, Northern Burma. Photo: Kachin News Group

Civilian cars moved away from the war zone in Northern Burma

Myitkyina-Bhamo trade road.

Civilians in the war zone in Northern Burma move their cars to safe places to avoiding having the vehicle commandeered by the Burma Army, said villagers who have cars.

Kachin IDPs reach over 40,000 due to civil war in Northern Burma

The number of Kachin Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) has reached over 40,000 due to renewed civil war in Kachin State, northern Burma since June, between the Burmese government and the Kachin Independence Army (KIA), which demands self-determination, according to IDP assistance organizations.

China continues Irrawaddy dam construction in war time

Chinese president Hu Jintao and Irrawaddy Myitsone dam in Kachin State, Northern Burma.

China is accelerating the construction of the Irrawaddy dam despite the  ongoing in Kachin State, Northern Burma, said an urgent statement released by the Kachin Development Networking Group (KDNG) dated August 31.

Ah Nan, spokesperson for the KDNG said the Myitsone (confluence) dam is being constructed by workers of the state-owned China Power Investment Corporation (CPI) and the Burma-Asia World Company as well as 700 additional construction workers from the Chinese state-owned Sinohydro Corporation, the world’s largest hydroelectric company.

More Chinese construction machinery and materials are being transported to the Myitsone Dam site by 12-wheel trucks on the Myitkyina-Kambaiti Road, said eyewitnesses in the Burmese border town of Kambaiti.

After a new military conflict started between the Burmese Army and the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) on June 6, in Kachin State, the KIA post along the Myitkyina-Kambaiti route banned trucks loaded with construction materials and equipment, according to truck drivers on that road.

The KIA also damaged the key bridge on the road with mines.

Part of the Stilwell Road (also called Ledo) was reconstructed in 2006, at a cost of 97 million Yuan (US$15.2) by Chinese companies from Yunnan province.

The Kachin Independence Organization (KIO), the political wing of the KIA, sent an open letter to Chinese President, Hu Jintao, in March, urging a halt to the Irrawaddy Myitson Dam construction because it will lead civil war in the country.

According to the KDNG statement, the Chinese communist government has refused the KIO request.

The 500 foot dam has been under construction at the confluence (Myitsone) of the Mali Hka River and N’Mai Hka River, 27 miles north of the Kachin capital, Myitkyina, beginning in December, 2009, and it will cost 3.6 billion dollars.

Most of the 6000 MW of electricity produced will be sold to China.