Deadly clashes between the Kachin Independence Army(KIA) and Burmese Army troops have intensified in KIA’s 2nd and 8th Brigade areas in western and southwestern Kachin State. On July 2 between 3:30 p.m. – 4:20 p.m., fighting broke out after KIA’s 6th Battalion troops ran into Burmese army troops belonging to 252nd Light Infantry Battalion(LIB) near […]
Photo Credit: One Championship Awng La Nsang, or Nsang Awng La, according to the Kachin nomenclature of putting family name before given name, is a name that set all of Myanmar abuzz with his iconic victory over the reigning champion to capture the Mixed Martial Arts Middleweight World Championship title. His win is historic, not […]
A series of battles continue between a combined force of KIA and its civilian units and Burmese army troops in western Kachin State. A battle took place between KIA’s 20th Battalion troops and an unknown Burmese army unit near Hkum Tsai Yang village on June 21 at 7 am. Ka chin civilian forces under KIA’s […]
Lahpai Zau June grew up a widow’s son in the small village of Loi Kang, not far from the town of Kutkai. As a young lad, he walked the 3 miles back and forth from Loi Kang to Kutkai to attend primary school. It was a time when the teaching of Kachin had newly become […]
Intensifying clashes between KIA and Burmese troops have spread to all eight KIA bridges in Kachin and northern Shan states. A large number of Burmese army troops have been conducting offensives aided by Red Shan and Lisu local militia troops especially in KIA’s 2nd and 6th Brigade territories. The recent offensives have been dubbed by […]
Battles continue raging in western Kachin and northern Shan states as the Burmese army has been sending more troops to KIA’s administrative region. On May 29 evening in KIA’s 18th Battalion territory between Sut Shang and Awng Ja on the bank of Shagawk Hka, 3 Burmese army soldiers got injured stepping on landmines. The badly […]
