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Regime Prevents Hpakant Bombing Victims From Reaching Hospitals

Regime Prevents Hpakant Bombing Victims From Reaching Hospitals

The Burma Army (BA) is stopping people wounded in its recent airstrike on a concert in the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) Brigade 9 area in Hpakant Township from being taken to hospitals in Hpakant and

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Mongpaw Villagers Injured By Junta Shelling

Mongpaw Villagers Injured By Junta Shelling

Four civilians, including two women, were wounded by regime fire during clashes with Kachin Independence Army Brigade 6 (Battalion 36) near Mai Hpan in Muse Township, northern Shan State. The villagers were injured after the

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Regime Jet Fighters Bomb Hpakant Concert

Regime Jet Fighters Bomb Hpakant Concert

The Burma Army (BA) massacred more than 60 civilians, including a famous Kachin musician, after sending three jet fighters to bomb an open-air concert commentating the 62nd anniversary of the Kachin Independence Organisation (KIO) in

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Regime Restricts Food To Chipwi Township

Regime Restricts Food To Chipwi Township

The regime has imposed severe restrictions on food shipments to Chipwi to starve the Kachin Independence Army (KIA), but this also hurts civilians who cannot afford to bribe Burma Army (BA) soldiers to bring more

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Jet Fighters Attack Villages Along Sagaing and Kachin Border

Jet Fighters Attack Villages Along Sagaing and Kachin Border

Regime airstrikes against armed groups resisting its rule have increased in Indaw, Banmauk, and Htigyaing townships, while the regime is carrying out its offensive in Sagaing Region on the border with Kachin State. Last year,

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Regime Bombs KIA On Lung Ja Bum Mountain

Regime Bombs KIA On Lung Ja Bum Mountain

For three days, regime jet fighters shelled Kachin Independence Army (KIA) positions on Lung Ja Bum Mountain near Momauk after a Burma Army (BA) commander and five soldiers perished after stepping on a concealed landmine

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Kachin Protest Gold Mining Of Historic N’Dum Latep

Kachin Protest Gold Mining Of Historic N’Dum Latep

The Kachin are resisting the expansion of gold mining in historic N'Dum Latep, an area in Putao Township where the ethnic group is believed to have first migrated into Kachin and northern Shan States from

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Soldiers Kill Men During Hpakant Shakedown

Soldiers Kill Men During Hpakant Shakedown

The army shot dead two men on a motorbike in Hpakant who failed to stop at a nightly checkpoint. Since early October, junta soldiers have been threatening residents all over the town in Kachin State,

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Skin Disease Affects Children In Tanai IDP Camp

Skin Disease Affects Children In Tanai IDP Camp

Some children living in a camp for internally displaced persons (IDPs) camp are suffering from an itchy rash that's spreading to other kids in the camp and the nearby village. Already 11 children have fallen

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Soaring Rice Prices Affect Remote Township In Putao

Soaring Rice Prices Affect Remote Township In Putao

The cost of rice has risen dramatically for residents of a small township in Putao District in northern Kachin State. After the Chinese border was closed due to the pandemic, staple food has to be