Resistance Forces Launch Attacks Against Sagaing Govt Offices
State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi will reportedly attend the 72nd Kachin State Day celebration this week after the event recently came under fire for unwelcome government interference. Known in the Kachin language as ‘Jinghpaw
Two Kachin youth activists working with Kachin internally displaced people (IDPs) have been chosen as recipients of the Freedom of Expression Award for 2019 by PEN Myanmar. Seng Nu Pan and Paw Lu were given
Nearly half a decade after two young Kachin schoolteachers were raped and murdered in northern Shan State, a truth investigation team is still working to ensure that the victims receive justice. Maran Lu Ra and
The Kachin Independence Army (KIA) launched a landmine attack on a Burma Army military column from Light Infantry Division (LID) 99 on Christmas morning as it was returning to it base after capturing and setting
Local people living in the Hukawng Valley region of northern Kachin State say that the Yuzana Company has destroyed signboards that they posted to mark a graveyard site at a location along the Lido Road.
The Kachin Humanitarian Concern Committee (KHCC) is preparing to resettle a total of more than 3,000 internally displaced persons (IDPs) from 10 villages in Kachin State in the first few months of next year, the
Representatives of the Burmese government and the four-member Northern Alliance discussed the possibility of releasing detainees held by both sides during a meeting that took place in the Chinese city of Kunming last Sunday. The
Troops from the Tatmadaw and the Kachin Independence Army’s (KIA) 36th Battalion engaged in a gunfire fight in the Mungbaw area of Muse Township in northern Shan State on Friday morning. According to KIA sources,
Kachin youth activist Paul Lu was released from a prison in the Kachin State capital of Myitkyina on Monday morning after serving a three-month sentence for handing broken judicial scales to a judge in protest.
The All Kachin Youth Union (AKYU) say that they endorse the charges brought against the Burmese state at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) by Gambia concerning the genocide of the Rohingya in Rakhine State.
