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    329 Search results for "Kokang"

    Business International Relations Lead Story News

    Bank in anti-money laundering drive after ties to Kokang fighters revealed

    Agricultural Bank of China (AgBank), the country’s third-biggest lender, said it will spend three years building an anti-money laundering (AML) centre to improve and centralise AML control.

    International Relations Lead Story News

    China’s AgBank suspends account used to crowdfund Kokang rebels

    One of China’s biggest state-owned lenders has suspended an account used to fund ethnic rebels fighting government troops in Burma, halting an arrangement that could have stoked diplomatic tensions between Beijing and Naypyidaw.

    Conflict Lead Story News Shan

    Tens of thousands displaced from Kokang as fighting persists

    More than 30,000 people have fled Burma’s restive Kokang autonomous zone in the aftermath of an attack by the region’s dominant ethnic armed group on the administrative capital Laogai earlier this month.

    Conflict Lead Story News

    Dozens of Burmese soldiers killed in Kokang clashes

    Dozens of Burmese soldiers have been killed in several clashes between ethnic rebels and the army in Kokang along the border with China, state media reports.

    Conflict International Relations Lead Story News

    Refugees surge into China as Kokang border conflict escalates

    Aid workers and those displaced have expressed fears of a more violent and protracted conflict than a previous flare-up in the Kokang region in early 2015.

    Conflict Lead Story News Shan

    Kokang capital rocked by early-morning attack

    The Kokang Self-Administered Zone’s capital Laogai, in northern Shan State, came under attack early Monday morning, with a spokesman for the coalition of ethnic armed groups identifying itself as the Northern Alliance saying one of its members was responsible for the assault.

    Kokang Lead Story Media News

    Questions raised over reported Kokang kidnapping

    Burmese military media have reported that Kokang rebels abducted five workers from a hydropower plant in Laogai.

    Ethnic issues Interview Lead Story News

    Interview: ‘Many Kokang people are afraid of politics’

    Yan Kyin Kan, a Lower House MP for the Kokang Democracy and Unity Party, discusses the challenges facing his war-torn region in Shan State.

    Conflict Kachin Kokang Lead Story News

    Govt forces launch attacks on Kokang, Kachin positions

    Renewed fighting has broken out between government forces and MNDAA near the Chinese border, while the Tatmadaw has also taken a Kachin outpost in Kutkai.

    VIDEO: Burma, China leaders meet as Kokang cools video

    Conflict Foreign Affairs Lead Story News Video

    VIDEO: Burma, China leaders meet as Kokang cools

    China says more than 100,000 refugees have returned to the Kokang region of northern Shan State from camps in its Yunnan Province.

    Kokang Lead Story News Peace Process Politics Polls

    DVB POLL: Should the NCA include the Kokang and its allies?

    The Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement is at a crossroads – Can a truce be signed while the govt is still at war with certain ethnic groups? Have you say.

    Is Kokang ready for a November election? video

    Elections Lead Story News Video

    Is Kokang ready for a November election?

    The ruling USDP has said will run in Kokang electorates. But is the war-torn region ready for polls so soon?

    Lead Story News Peace Process Politics

    ‘No prospect for peace’ with Kokang, says Burma’s army chief

    The issue of disarmament was high on the agenda, both with Min Aung Hlaing in Naypyidaw and at an ethnic summit in northern Thailand.

    Ethnic issues Kokang Lead Story News Peace Process Politics

    Martial law extended in Kokang region

    The Burmese government announced on Tuesday a third extension of the State of Emergency and martial law in the Kokang Self-Administered Region.

    Conflict Lead Story News Peace Process Politics

    Ceasefire talks: Inclusion of Kokang, allies remains stumbling block

    Burmese government says it has reached a compromise on all but one remaining issue with ethnic delegates after peace talks in Rangoon this week.

    Conflict Ethnic issues Kokang Lead Story News

    Artillery assaults continue, say Kokang rebels

    Kokang rebels allege that the Burmese army have continued attacks on their positions, despite the declaration of a unilateral ceasefire earlier this month.

    Kokang Lead Story News Peace Process

    Kokang rebels declare unilateral ceasefire

    The MNDAA has vowed to stop attacking Burmese government units as from Wednesday at midnight, other than for self-defence.

    Conflict Kokang Lead Story Media News

    Military TV to ‘reveal the truth’ about Kokang conflict

    A war of propaganda has been evident over the past months; Myawady has gone to lengths to explain the strategies employed in capturing Kokang outposts.

    Kokang Lead Story Military News

    Arrest of Chinese teachers highlights Kokang refugees’ concerns

    It is believed the three Chinese men were stopped and searched by Burmese soldiers, who suspected they may be spies after viewing pictures on their phones.

    Kokang Lead Story Military News

    Defence minister urges extending state of emergency in Kokang

    Conflict rages in the Kokang region. Meanwhile, a three-month presidential decree imposing martial law is set to expire on 17 May.

    Conflict Kokang Lead Story News

    Kokang conflict intensifies north of Laogai

    The conflict between government forces and Kokang rebels has intensified north of Laogai this week with both sides claiming the advantage.

    Kokang Lead Story News Peace Process Politics

    Ceasefire can go ahead despite Kokang conflict, says Aung Min

    Burmese govt looks to exclude MNDAA, TNLA and AA, but ethnic bloc representative reaffirms the NCCT line that all groups must be included in NCA.

    Interview Lead Story News Peace Process

    Interview: Ethnic leader vows to keep Kokang in peace process

    DVB speaks to Nationwide Ceasefire Coordination Team member Hkun Okker as 3 ethnic groups threaten to quit the ethnic bloc.

    Kokang Lead Story Media News

    Media warned off covering Kokang statements

    In a letter sent on World Press Freedom Day by the military, the country’s media have been warned against covering statements from the Kokang militia.

    Conflict Kokang Lead Story News

    Burmese army using chemical weapons, say Kokang rebels

    The Burmese army launched a series of attacks on Kokang positions in recent days using artillery, air strikes and chemical weapons, a rebel spokesman says.

    Conflict Lead Story News

    Reports detail fresh Kokang fighting ahead of ethnic summit

    Reports of ferocious fighting in Burma’s restive Kokang region this week have put the government death toll at 21.

    Kokang Lead Story Military News

    700 army casualties in resurgent Kokang hostilities, says MNDAA

    A new surge in fighting has been observed between government forces and Kokang troops close to the China-Burma border, according to a Kokang spokesperson.

    Aid Kokang Lead Story News

    Kokang conflict: Red Cross volunteer succumbs to wound

    Moe Kyaw Than, 45, a member of the Myanmar Red Cross Society in Kunlong, had been in hospital since he was shot in the stomach.

    Ethnic issues Lead Story News Peace Process

    NCCT urges peaceful resolution to Kokang crisis

    The latest round of peace talks continue in Rangoon, with both sides in the Kokang conflict urged to find a peaceful resolution.

    Kokang Lead Story News

    Kokang conflict: Chinese beef up vigilance at border

    Chinese armed forces are on high alert in the Sino-Burmese border region as clashes between Burmese soldiers and rebels continue in Kokang.

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