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Jan- 2020 -8 January
Alleged Tatmadaw Fighter Jet Makes Multiple Flights Over KIO Headquarters
A fighter jet believed to belong to the Burma Army flew over the Kachin Independence Organization/Army’s (KIO/A) headquarters in Laiza…
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8 January
State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi to Attend Contested Kachin State Day Celebration
State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi will reportedly attend the 72nd Kachin State Day celebration this week after the event…
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8 January
Kachin Activists Given Freedom of Expression Award
Two Kachin youth activists working with Kachin internally displaced people (IDPs) have been chosen as recipients of the Freedom of…
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Dec- 2019 -27 December
Still No Justice in Case of Murdered Kachin Teachers
Nearly half a decade after two young Kachin schoolteachers were raped and murdered in northern Shan State, a truth investigation…
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27 December
KIA Launches Landmine Attack on LID-99 on Christmas Day
The Kachin Independence Army (KIA) launched a landmine attack on a Burma Army military column from Light Infantry Division (LID)…
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25 December
Yuzana in Dispute with Hukawng Valley Villagers over Graveyard Site
Local people living in the Hukawng Valley region of northern Kachin State say that the Yuzana Company has destroyed signboards…
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23 December
KHCC Prepares for Return of More than 3,000 Kachin IDPs
The Kachin Humanitarian Concern Committee (KHCC) is preparing to resettle a total of more than 3,000 internally displaced persons (IDPs)…
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22 December
Gov’t, Northern Alliance Discussed Release of Detainees: Source
Representatives of the Burmese government and the four-member Northern Alliance discussed the possibility of releasing detainees held by both sides…
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20 December
Burma Army, KIA Clash in Northern Shan State
Troops from the Tatmadaw and the Kachin Independence Army’s (KIA) 36th Battalion engaged in a gunfire fight in the Mungbaw…
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18 December
Remaining Kachin Youth Activist Released From Myitkyina Prison
Kachin youth activist Paul Lu was released from a prison in the Kachin State capital of Myitkyina on Monday morning…
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