KIA pushes back Burmese Army troops from Laiza headquarters

KIA troops celebrated its 48th anniversary of Kachin Revolution Day in Laiza headquarters on Feb. 5, 2009.

The Kachin Independence Army (KIA) troops pushed back Burmese Army soldiers from its Laiza headquarters on Thursday, seizing many arms and field artillery, said frontline sources.

RFA Kachin TV Program; November 2nd week, 2011

KIA withdraws from Kambaiti Road stronghold

The China's reconstruction of Myitkyina-Kambaiti road was completed on April 26, 2007.

The Kachin Independence Army (KIA) withdrew yesterday from its stronghold on the Myitkyina-Kambaiti Road after Burmese Army troops resorted to heavy and continuous artillery fire, said local people.

Burma government's propaganda on KIO

Six Burmese Army soldiers killed on Irrawaddy Bridge

Irrawaddy Bridge which is connecting Myitkyina and Waingmaw.

Six Burmese soldiers on security duty on the Irrawaddy River Bridge connecting Myitkyina-Waingmaw in Kachin State, northern Burma were killed in a land mine explosion on November 15 evening, said locals.

Stranger enquires about Kachin boarding school before blast

Burning houses after strong bomb blast at Dayau Tang Gun's two-storeyed house at N'Jang Kawng (Thita) ward in Myitkyina, the capital of Kachin State.

A stranger asked questions about the Kachin boarding school in Myitkyina, the main ethnic Kachin city in Burma’s far north, to a local woman before the explosion in the school on November 13, killing 11 students and injuring 28, said residents.

Rampant gold mining in Irrawaddy mega dam halt

Rampant gold mining is on with government sanction at the halt of the mega dam construction site in Irrawaddy-Myitsone in Burma’s Northern Kachin State, said a local watchdog group.

11 students killed in terrorist attack on Kachin boarding school

Burning houses after strong bomb blast at Dayau Tang Gun's two-storeyed house at N'Jang Kawng (Thita) ward in Myitkyina, the capital of Kachin State.

11 students were killed in a dastardly terrorist attack on a Kachin boarding school in Burma’s northern city of Myitkyina on Sunday at 7:45 p.m. Burma Standard Time.

Kachin pro-government leaders urge KIO to accept government olive branch

In an attempt at mediation, two Kachin pro-government leaders urged the Kachin Independence Organization (KIO) through the public on Wednesday to accept the olive branch offered by the new Burmese government.

KIO leader’s orange orchard burnt down by Burmese Army

Lt-Gen Nban La Awng, Vice-president of KIO.

Houses and huts in an orange orchard owned by Lt-Gen Nban La Awng, Vice-President of the Kachin Independence Organization (KIO) was burnt down on Tuesday evening by the Burmese Army, said eyewitnesses.