Photo: A mortar shell fell in Tingkawk village On Jan 21, Burmese army troops fired several mortar rounds on Tingkawk village, located on Ledo road between Myitkyina and Danai in western Kachin state, following a battle with KIA troops. A mortar shell fell in front of Tingkawk church and another shell fell at Tingkawk primary […]
In eastern Kachin state, a battle took place between KIA’s 7th Battalion troops and Burmese army troops at Shara Rum post in Sumprabum Township on Jan 16 at 5 pm. The battle lasted for about an hour. On Jan 18, KIA’s 7th Battalion troops and Burmese army’s 138th Light Infantry Battalion (LIB) troops engaged in […]
Battles continue unabated between Kachin Independence Army (KIA) and Burmese Army in southern and western Kachin state, and northern Shan state in the past week. In southern Kachin state, a Burmese army’s Infantry unit launched attacks against KIA 27th Battalion’s Nam Hka Bum Post in Mansi Township on Jan 13 at 2:20 pm. KIA sources […]
Photo: Burmese Army Soldiers Renewed civil war between the Kachin Independence Army and Burmese Army that began in June 2011 continues to drag on across Kachin and northern Shan states in 2018 as the sound of New Year’s celebrations often mixed with the sound of guns and artillery fire. On New Year’s Eve, KIA’s 14th […]
Beginning at around 3:40 p.m. on December 27 in KIA’s 14th Battalion territory in western Kachin state, Burmese army fighter jets launched two separate aerial assaults in areas surrounding Oi Law village and Lapu Hka gold mines. Meanwhile, Burmese army troops which have set up the military camp at the village elementary school south of […]
Burmese army troops currently based at Mali Yang fired several mortar rounds on gold mines along Mali Hka and Houng Ing in Sumpra Bum area on Dec 26. Local residents said a few mortar shells fell near their homes in Ja Ra Yang village. No casualties have been reported so far. On Christmas day, Burmese […]
