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Civilians Displaced In Waingmaw Return Home

Civilians Displaced In Waingmaw Return Home

Nearly 300 families displaced by early fighting in Kachin State between the military and the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) have returned to their homes in Waingmaw Township. A returnee, who requested anonymity, told KNG that

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Local people demand NUG put a stop to illegal logging in Indaw and Bamauk Townships, Sagaing Region

Local people demand NUG put a stop to illegal logging in Indaw and Bamauk Townships, Sagaing Region

Local people are demanding a stop to the illegal logging trade now flourishing in Katha District of Sagaing Region. Chinese and Burmese businessmen cut down teak and other hardwood trees in Indaw and Bamauk Townships

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Curfew orders and military checkpoints make life difficult for local people in Myitkyina and Hpakant towns

Curfew orders and military checkpoints make life difficult for local people in Myitkyina and Hpakant towns

Since 23 January, the Burma Army has imposed curfew orders in some Townships of Kachin State, including Myitkyina Township. The curfew orders restricted people from being on the street between 9 p.m. and 4 a.m.

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Officials Collect Population Data In Kachin State Before Elections

Officials Collect Population Data In Kachin State Before Elections

The military government starting tabulating the population across Kachin State to identify eligible voters for the upcoming national elections. A man from Mohnyin, who requested anonymity, told KNG that regime officials were in town on

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KIA Soldiers Killed In Airstrikes In Kachin State

KIA Soldiers Killed In Airstrikes In Kachin State

Several Kachin Independence Army (KIA) soldiers were killed in regime airstrikes on Battalions 31 and 26 of Brigade 9 in Kachin State along the border with Sagaing Region and on Brigade 2 in Danai Township

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Chins Donate $100k To A Nang Pa Bombing Victims

Chins Donate $100k To A Nang Pa Bombing Victims

US-based Chin Baptist Churches have raised $100K for the victims of the regime's brutal air attacks in Hpakant Township, Kachin State. Rev Maw San of the Kachin Baptist Church in the US said what happened

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Regime Columns Sent To N’Hkai Bum

Regime Columns Sent To N’Hkai Bum

Hostilities between the military and the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) have escalated near N'hkai Bum after regime soldiers from two columns have been patrolling around the foot of the mountain where the Kachin soldiers are

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Regime Forces Inspect Tanai Villages

Regime Forces Inspect Tanai Villages

On Saturday, the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) attacked a military transport convoy carrying about 100 regime soldiers from Infantry Battalion 297 and the Warazup People's Militia Force (PMF) twice with landmines on the Lido Road

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Displaced Villagers In Sadon Need Aid

Displaced Villagers In Sadon Need Aid

Villagers displaced from their homes by the war in Kachin State are in urgent need of food at the Kachin Baptist Convention (KBC) church, where they have been housed in bamboo huts on the grounds

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Regime Leader Snubs Putao Town Hall Meeting

Regime Leader Snubs Putao Town Hall Meeting

Min Aung Hlaing paid an unannounced visit to Putao in northernmost Kachin State, where he met briefly with some business people and members of the Kachin Culture Association before flying back to the capital Naypyidaw