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    Category: Kachin

    Conflict Kachin Lead Story News

    Clashes in Hpakant after KIA arrests state minister

    Fierce clashes break out between government forces and KIA after the state minister for transport is briefly detained by KIA troops.

    Human Rights Kachin Lead Story News

    Army major finally appears for Brang Shawng trial

    After much delay, Burmese army major who brought a charge of false accusation against the father of a 14-year-old-girl, killed in 2012, continues.

    DVB Roadshow: Kachin ghost villages video

    Kachin Lead Story News Video

    DVB Roadshow: Kachin ghost villages

    The DPDM team travels through war-torn Kachin State, where abandoned homes line the highways.

    Kachin Lead Story Natural resources News

    Two dead, many missing in Hpakant mine landslide

    At least two people are dead and many more are still missing after a giant mound of soil collapsed in the Hpakant jade mines in Kachin State on Tuesday evening.

    Ethnic issues Kachin Lead Story News

    88 Gen delegates meet Myitsone villagers

    88 Gen delegates and the KIO meet in Myitkyina, and indications suggest that the Myitsone mega-dam featured prominently in their talks.

    Conflict Kachin Lead Story News

    Burmese army captures KIA outpost near Hpakant

    Burmese government forces have captured a Kachin rebel outpost in Kar Mine, near the jade mining town of Hpakant.

    Culture Kachin Lead Story News

    Manau festival will go on despite calls to cancel

    kachin officials are adamant the Manau Dance Festival will go ahead despite concerns over military tensions in the region.

    Human Rights Kachin Lead Story News

    Rights groups urge justice for Ja Seng Ing, Brang Shawng

    Human rights groups ask Burmese government to drop case against Kachin man for filing complaint with Myanmar Human Rights Commission (MNHRC).

    Conflict Kachin Lead Story News

    Kachin villagers isolated as military tensions escalate

    Local villages are cut off from town they rely on for trade as a disputes between the Burmese government army and the Kachin Independence Army continue.

    Kachin Lead Story Military News Shan

    Kachin, Palaung, Kokang forces clash with govt units in Muse

    Small-arms and artillery fire exchange reported between rebel and government forces in Shan State.

    Aid Kachin Lead Story News

    Kachin IDPs wait for aid as winter sets in

    Thousands of refugees at camps in northern Kachin State are facing food shortages since the state government blocked aid deliveries at the end of October.

    Kachin Lead Story News

    Calls for probe into army killing of Kachin girl, 14

    Girl’s family appeal to Burmese government to investigate if the Tatmadaw was involved in her death.

    Business Kachin Lead Story News Trade

    China’s crackdown on money laundering affects Burmese exports

    Burmese exports to China have decreased recently following a Chinese government move to freeze hundreds of bank accounts in border regions in an attempt to crackdown on illicit financial transactions across the Sino-Burmese border.

    Govt ‘doesn’t speak the truth’: Gun Maw video

    Interview Kachin Lead Story News Peace Process

    Govt ‘doesn’t speak the truth’: Gun Maw

    In an exclusive interview with DVB, KIA heavyweight Gen. Gun Maw, says that the peace process has stalled due to the Burmese government’s disingenuous tactics.

    Conflict Kachin Lead Story News

    UN calls on all sides to protect civilians in Kachin State

    Tensions in the region have risen since an incident on 19 November when 23 cadets were killed by a Burmese army artillery shell at a KIA training camp.

    Conflict Kachin Lead Story Migrants Issues News

    Cadet killings a ‘cowardly’ act, says ethnic bloc

    The ethnic bloc and other groups condemn the killing of 23 cadets at a Kachin training camp; the Burmese military, however, said it was a mistake and that the artillery shell was meant as a warning shot.

    Constitution Kachin Lead Story News

    23 Kachin cadets killed, 13 injured in artillery attack

    Twenty-three cadets from the Kachin Independence Army were killed and 13 injured when an officers’ training camp near Laiza was hit directly by an artillery shell.

    Human Rights Kachin Lead Story News

    Awareness campaign held for jailed Kachin refugees

    “Then they were tortured and abused and forced to have sex. They were mocked for being Christians. The soldiers made one of them spread his arms like he was on a cross while the other had to perform a dance.”

    Human Rights Kachin Lead Story News

    NGOs call for govt probe on Roi Ja disappearance

    More than 120 civic organisations have petitioned the Burmese government to probe into the alleged abduction and disappearance of Sumlut Roi Ja in 2011.

    Kachin Lead Story News Peace Process

    Burma govt ‘wants ethnic armed groups eliminated’: KIO chairman

    Lanyaw Zawng Hra says KIO came to the negotiating table with ‘an honest hope’ that political problems would be solved, but the Burmese government has its own agenda and wants ethnic armed groups eliminated.

    Conflict Kachin Lead Story News

    Schools, businesses close as tensions rise in Hpakant

    Rising tension between government forces and the KIA over tax revenue from Hpakant jade mines has forced schools and businesses to close down.

    Culture Kachin Lead Story News

    Burma’s pygmy people face extinction

    It has been reported that only five pure blooded Taron people are still alive – four siblings and one elderly person aged over 100 years. They are all between 1.2 and 1.37 metres tall.

    Conflict Kachin Lead Story News

    Kachin rebels, govt forces in standoff at Hpakant

    Amid a standoff with the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) in the jade-mining town of Hpakant, the Burmese army has blocked access to a village close to rebel Kachin positions, raising fears among locals about a potential clash.

    Kachin Lead Story News

    Burmese pilot confirmed dead on Hkakabo Razi

    A Burmese helicopter pilot injured in an emergency landing on 27 September was found dead in a remote Kachin State forest on Thursday by a rescue team, according to the Htoo Foundation.

    Kachin Lead Story News

    Mountain rescue latest: Thai helicopter pilot safe

    Thai co-pilot of missing helicopter is now safe and receiving treatment, according to a spokesperson for the Htoo Foundation.

    Kachin Lead Story News Society

    Alive – helicopter crew survive crash on Hkakabo Razi

    All three crew members of a Thai helicopter that went missing while delivering supplies in the search for two missing Burmese mountaineers have been found alive.

    Kachin Lead Story News

    Mountaineers, helicopter still missing in northern Burma

    Thai army authorities have asked their Burmese counterparts for a progress report on the search for a Thai helicopter missing on Hkakabo Razi in Kachin State since 27 September.

    Kachin Lead Story News Sport

    Missing mountaineers: bad weather stalls rescue effort

    Following discussions with the Burmese rescue effort, the mission to rescue Aung Myint Myat and Wai Yan Min Thu has been postponed until rainy conditions on the Himalayan mountain subside.

    Conflict Kachin Lead Story News Rohingya

    KIO denies Rohingya army training, suggests foul play

    The Kachin Independence Organisation has officially denounced claims that the Rohingya Solidarity Organisation requested any type of military partnership within the northern rebel territories.

    Kachin Lead Story News Sport

    Two Burmese mountaineers missing on Hkakabo Razi

    Six mountaineers have reached the town of Tha-hong-tan at the foot of the mountain in good health; they say they lost contact with the other two during descent from summit.

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