Burma Army fights KIO to secure Shwe pipeline route in Shan State

A CHINESE PIPELINE TRUCK HEADED TO BURMESE BORDER TOWN MUSE FROM CHINESE BORDER TOWN JEGAO.

A CHINESE PIPELINE TRUCK HEADED TO BURMESE BORDER TOWN MUSE FROM CHINESE BORDER TOWN JEGAO.

For the fourth consecutive day parts of Northern Shan State saw heavy fighting between the Burmese army and troops from the Kachin Independence Organization (KIO), along the proposed route of the Shwe gas pipeline project.

Burmese soldiers kill Kachin civilian in Loije on Christmas Day

KACHIN BAPTIST CHURCH IN LOIJE, THE BURMESE BORDER TOWN ON CHINA BORDER.

oldiers from the Burmese army shot and killed an unarmed Kachin villager on Christmas Day in Loije, Kachin State, local villagers report.

KNO’s Duwa Bawmwang sends vital aid to Kachin refugees in KIO area

DUWA BAWMWANG LARAW

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 Kachin refugees sheltering in territory controlled the Kachin Independence Organization (KIO).

Kachin youth from India and Burma meet at Bordumsa conference

BORDUMSA SINGPHO MANAU VENUE IN CHANGLANG DISTRICT IN INDIAN NORTHEASTERN ARUNACHAL PRADESH.

This week in India’s northeastern state of Arunachal Pradesh, more than 168 Kachin students from India and Burma are attending the first ever Singpho Youth Conference (Singpho is the local way of saying Jinghpaw).

Burma Army burns Kachin Baptist church in war-torn north

On Friday afternoon in Dingga Village in Burma’s northern Kachin state, Burmese soldiers set fire to a building that houses the kitchen belonging to a Baptist church, local villagers report.

KIA bans logging in Northern Burma

CHINESE TIMBER TRUCKS CROSSED ON THE BORDER FROM KACHIN STATE IN NORTHERN BURMA TO CHINA'S YUNNAN PROVINCE.

CHINESE TIMBER TRUCKS CROSSED ON THE BORDER FROM KACHIN STATE IN NORTHERN BURMA TO CHINA'S YUNNAN PROVINCE.

he Kachin Independence Army (KIA) this week issued a new directive banning logging in its territory, the Kachin News Group has learned.

China quiet despite Burmese mortar shells landing in its territory

KIA'S CAPTURED MORTAR SHELLS FROM BURMA ARMY IN MADI YANG-HKAYA WAR ON JULY 19.

KIA'S CAPTURED MORTAR SHELLS FROM BURMA ARMY IN MADI YANG-HKAYA WAR ON JULY 19.

China's government has opted not to publicly complain about Burmese mortar shells repeatedly landing in Chinese territory on Monday.

UN team visits KIO run refugee camps, as regime aid refused

UNICEP AID TRUCKS ARRIVED IN KACHIN IDPS CAMPS IN LAIZA, THE CONTROLLED TOWN OF KIO, NORTHERN BURMA.

More than 5 months after refugee camps were initially established along the Chinese Burma border in territory controlled by the Kachin Independence Organization (KIO), UN officials have finally been able to visit.  This after a small UN convoy arrived at the KIO's Laiza headquarters Monday night.

KIA’s mine trap at abandoned base kills dozens of Burmese soldiers

KIA SNIPER MAN TAKES POSITION AROUND ITS LAIZA HEADQUARTERS IN EASTERN KACHIN STATE.

This past Saturday morning dozens of Burmese soldiers were killed and a large number injured when a series of land mines were remotely denoted in an area the Burmese army recently captured near the China border, Kachin Independence Army (KIA) sources claim.

China tells Kachin refugees "go back to Burma"

Chinese authorities in Yunnan province have indicated they will shutdown 16 temporary camps located inside China along the border with Kachin and Shan states. The camps which are not officially supported by the UN or other major international humanitarian agencies are estimated to house nearly 7,000 people.

Many Burmese soldiers killed during week long offensive in Wuhtau Bum area

KIA LAHPAI POST ON KAMBAITI ROAD, WHICH WAS CAPTURED BY BURMA ARMY ON NOV, 15.

KIA LAHPAI POST ON KAMBAITI ROAD, WHICH WAS CAPTURED BY BURMA ARMY ON NOV, 15.

Local sources on the ground in the Kachin state say that during past week the Kachin resistance has inflicted a large number of casualties on poorly trained Burmese conscript troops, as the central government's offensive against the Kachin Independence Organization enters its seventh month.

Over 60 Burmese soldiers killed by the KIA during defense of Gauri Krung-Maru Ying Sung

 Officials from the Kachin Independence Army claim that on Wednesday their forces killed more than 60 government soldiers attempting an offensive in Gauri Krung-Maru Ying Sung in Manmaw (Bhamo) District.

KIA attack in Myitkyina suburbs kills 3 Burmese soldiers

 

Three Burmese soldiers were killed and three others injured last night following an attack by troops from the Kachin Independence Army on the outskirts of Myitkyina, the Kachin News Group has learned.

KIA attack kills three army officers on Mandalay-Muse Highway

HUTS, ALSO IDP SHELTERS IN THE RICE-PATTY FIELDS NEAR MONGKOE TOWN WERE BURNT BY BURMA GOVERNMENT TROOPS ON NOV, 24

HUTS, ALSO IDP SHELTERS IN THE RICE-PATTY FIELDS NEAR MONGKOE TOWN WERE BURNT BY BURMA GOVERNMENT TROOPS ON NOV, 24

Three Burmese military officers were killed yesterday when their army convoy was attacked by the Kachin Independence Army near Kutkai on the Mandalay-Muse highway, witnesses report.

KIA weekend road attacks kill three Burmese soldiers north of Myitkyina

Three Burmese soldiers from the Namma-based Light Infantry Battalion No. 386 were killed in two separate attacks by the Kachin resistance over the weekend, eyewitnesses report. The attacks took place in Burma's northern Kachin state, which in recent months has seen some of the worst fighting to affect the country in nearly two decades.

KIA raid kills Burmese Major, 17 others in Mongkoe

An attack by the Kachin Independence Army in Mongkoe in Shan state killed at least 18 Burmese army personnel early Monday morning, eyewitnesses report. The attack which occurred in downtown Mongkoe targeted a compound that is home to the Military Strategic Office (Byu-ha Kone in Burmese) and an adjoining police station.

5 Burmese Army soldiers killed in KIA attack

KIA'S BATTALION 6 SOLDIERS.

Five Burmese Army soldiers including a captain were killed following an attack by the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) against the Burmese army on a road near the jade mining town of Hpakant in Burma’s northern Kachin State on Friday. Eyewitnesses reported that five soldiers were also injured during the guerrilla strike.