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.

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.

Three KIO members shot at Lajayang Gate

Three members of the KIO (Kachin Independence Organization) Civil Administration Department were shot today at the Burma Army-controlled Lajayang Gate, at 1 P.M. local time, witnesses said.

First KIA military base in N. Shan State falls

The first Kachin Independence Army (KIA) base in Northern Shan State fell under control of the Burma Army on Sunday, since the outbreak of civil war in early June, KIA officials said.

Burma Army plans to capture KIA’s Brigade 4 in three days

The main entrance to the KIA's Brigade 4 Command, based in Loikang, near Kutkai in Northern Shan State, Burma.

Breaking News
The Burma Army’s storm-offensive against the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) in Northern Shan State is aimed at capturing the Loikang-based Brigade 4 Command in three days, said government sources.

Burma Army launches storm-offensive to KIA

The Burma Army has launched a storm-offensive with over 1,000 troops against the Kachin Independence Army (KIA)’s Brigade 4, based in Northern Shan State, in the country’s northeast, said witnesses.

KIA rejects request to withdraw Kambaiti post

A Chinese banana truck on the Kambaiti road, drove back to the border.

The Kachin Independence Army (KIA) rejected a request on Thursday by the Burma Army Chief to withdraw the KIA post on the Kambaiti Road, in eastern Kachin State, said KIA officials.

KIA-Burma Army continue fighting in N.Shan State

Fighting between the Burma Army and the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) continued for hours today at Hophet, in Kutkai Township in Northern Shan State, said local residents.

Burma Army mine injures local Kachins

Wounded Lajaw Naw (left) and his wife Loilam Lu before the couple was hospitalized to Kamaing.

A mined planted by the Burmese Army seriously injured a local Kachin couple in Danai Township, in western Kachin State,  Wednesday, Sept. 21, the victims said.

Sept. 12-18, Weekly Burma-KIA War News (Burmese)

KIA frees 52 prisoners from government labor camp

The Kachin Independence Army (KIA) raided a Burmese government labor camp on Wednesday, Sept. 21, at about 2 p.m. local time and freed at least 52 prisoners, KIA officers said.

Pre-independence Kachin Leader, Ga Du Zau Raw, dies

Kachin symbol Manau Pole in the Kachin cultural Manau Park in Myitkyina, Kachin State.

Ga Du Zau Raw, a Kachin leader before Burma achieved independence from Britain, died September 13, at nearly 100 years of age, in his home in Myitkyina, Kachin State, Northern Burma, said family members.

KIA bans cement imports from China

Chinese trucks on Myitkyina-Kambaiti road in eastern Kachin State, Northern Burma.

The Kachin Independence Army (KIA) has banned the transporting of cement from the China border to Kachin State, Northern Burma, KIA officials said.

Sept. 12-18, Weekly Burma-KIA War News (Kachin)

Seven Burmese soldiers killed, two injured in Mongkoe

Seven Burmese soldiers were killed and two injured on Sunday, Sept. 18, during fighting with the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) in Munggu, also Mongkoe, Northern Shan State, witnesses said.

Sept. 5-11, Weekly Burma-KIA War News (Kachin)

40 Burmese soldiers killed in fighting with KIA

Over 40 Burmese government soldiers were killed in three-days of military clashes with the Kachin Independence Army (KIA), Namsan Pa, in eastern Kachin State, Northern Burma, said sources from the frontlines.

Don't let the Irrawaddy River become another Mekong

Press Release

September 16, 2011

Burma Rivers Network

Don't let the Irrawaddy River become another Mekong

Escalating unrest among downstream communities over the impacts of China’s Mekong dams is a clear warning of what lies in store for Burma if the Irrawaddy dam project goes ahead.

Two Burmese soldiers killed at Manje

Two Burmese government soldiers were killed during an hour-long battle with the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) at Manje (Mansi) Town, on Wednesday, Sept. 14, in Kachin State, witnesses said.

Kachins’ Call for National Reconciliation

Kachin nationals gathered at Manau festival in Myitkyina, Kachin State, Northern Burma.

The Kachin Research Group
The Society for Promotion of Kingdom Value Burma

Cyber-attack against KNG website

Dear KNG audience,

We apologize for any inconvenience caused by the temporary shutdown of the KNG website, starting on Wednesday, Sept. 14th.

The site is experiencing a Denial-of-Service (DoS) attack.

KNG website attacked by cyber hacker

(Breaking News) 

 

The website of the exiled Burmese news organization, the Kachin News Group, at www.kachinnews.com, stopped functioning Wednesday, September 14th, because of a cyber-attack.

Burmese army post burnt down by KIA

One of three Burmese army posts at Nam San Yang Village, in Kachin State, was burnt down on Monday night by the Kachin Independence Army (KIA), according to KIA officials in its Laiza headquarters in Kachin State.

Burmese soldiers injured in KIA mine explosion

Several Burmese government soldiers were injured in a KIA mine explosion on Tuesday at about 10 a.m. local time, at the front in Kachin State, according to KIA sources.

Propaganda (False News) Of Burmese Government On KIO