Asian Highway reopens as conflict simmers
A disputed stretch of Asian Highway 1 reopened on Friday, according to the Border Guard Force, after fighting settled between the DKBA and government troops.
A disputed stretch of Asian Highway 1 reopened on Friday, according to the Border Guard Force, after fighting settled between the DKBA and government troops.
Conflict Kachin Lead Story News
Residents from a number of villages in central Kachin State have been ordered by the Burmese army to evacuate the region, following clashes with Kachin rebels.
Conflict Ethnic issues Kokang Lead Story News
Kokang rebels allege that the Burmese army have continued attacks on their positions, despite the declaration of a unilateral ceasefire earlier this month.
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Ethnic issues Lead Story Logging News Shan
The Wa army and Burmese government officials are expected to meet this week in Naypyidaw to settle an ongoing logging dispute in southern Shan State.
Conflict Ethnic issues Kachin Lead Story News
Fighting has broken out in Kachin State between the KIA and Burmese army forces. DVB speaks to a KIA Major to find out more.
Ethnic issues Lead Story News Shan
The bloody killing of two women has been discovered in northern Shan State amid continued violence between armed groups and government forces in the area.
Fighting broke out between the Shan State Army-North (SSA-N) and Burmese government forces in Ta Pha Saung, an area located in Shan State’s Kaese Township.
Lead Story News Politics Refugees Video
DVB speaks to IDPs in Man Wain Gyi camp, where because on ongoing fighting, they have all but given up hope of going home any time soon.
Ethnic issues Lead Story News Video
Displaced residents who fled to China earlier this month to escape renewed fighting in Kachin State are suffering from a shortage of food and aid.
Three people were reportedly injured when the Mandalay-Myitkyina freight train was hit by a mine and struck with gunfire in Kachin state’s Mohnyin township this morning
More villagers fleeing the fighting between government troops and the Kachin Independence Army arrived in western Kachin state, while local relief groups are struggling to continue to provide assistance to the new arrivals
A soldier in the Kachin Independent Army (KIA) sentenced to death for assassinating a Burmese Army regional commander in 1985 was among the 514 prisoners released in Monday’s amnesty
The Ethnic Nationalities Council urged armed groups currently in peace talks with the Burmese government to suspend their negotiations if government troops continue to attack the Kachin Independence Army
Nov 26, 2007 (DVB), A Kachin Independence Organisation branch office in Dawphum Yang was raided on 21 November by Burmese government troops, who arrested eight people. The raid was carried[…]
July 10, 2007 (DVB)