A new report from the Kachin Development Network Group (KDNG) alleges that the Burma Army’s seizure of Kachin State’s Hukawng Valley is a move toward pushing communities out of the amber-rich area. “Blood Amber” was
Leaders from the Kachin Baptist Convention (KBC) and representatives from internally displaced people’s (IDP) camps met this week to discuss the issue of return for IDPs who have spent eight years in camps. The two-day
A Waingmaw Township court sentenced three Chinese nationals to fines of 500,000 kyat (US$329) for operating shops without official permission earlier this month. Immigration officers arrested a woman—who ran the Shang Nan car parts shop—and
Clashes are ongoing between the Burma Army and members of the Northern Alliance of ethnic armed groups in northern Shan State, with the number of internally displaced people (IDPs) increasing and in need of emergency
A 26-year-old teacher in a government school was attacked and beaten in Sumprabum, Kachin State, by two workers from the Yadanarbon phone company over the weekend. N’sen Lu Bu, who works in Sumprabum high school,
The Burma Army shot dead two motorbike drivers and injured two more people traveling on the road between Muse and Kutkai in northern Shan State on Sunday. The soldiers from the government forces reportedly tried
The counter-demonstration follows a thousands-strong protest the day before, which called for the charter to be changed. Supporters of the military and the military-backed the Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP) held a counter-rally in
‘The 2008 Constitution is not a democratic structure,’ a political researcher said. More than 6,000 people in Myitkyina, the capital of Kachin State, held a demonstration on Thursday demanding that amendments be made to Burma’s
An immigration officer said that while the individuals had visas to live in Burma, they had been ‘repeatedly warned’ not to run shops. Police arrested three Chinese nationals in Kachin State’s Waingmaw Township on Wednesday
A youth group provides food to some 20 households displaced by flooding in Puta-O since mid-July, who have not received international aid. An ethnic Rawang youth group provided food supplies to flood victims in Nawngmun