Skirmishes continue between Kachin Independence Army (KIA) and Burmese army troops in western and southeastern Kachin State. A battle took place between KIA’s 14th Battalion troops and and Burmese army’s 298th Light Infantry Battalion troops led by Lt. Myat Khaing Tun at Nawng Mi village in Hpakant Township on Aug 24 at 2:40 am. According […]
Photo: Kachin Rangers (WWII in Color) Kachin Exalted After the Japanese surrender, all Northern Kachin Levies (NKL) personnel gathered at Dabak Yang, camping and resting leisurely in temporary huts we had built ourselves. In October 1944, we received the order from the headquarters affirming the NKL’s mission of defeating the Japanese was complete and we […]
The Kasung and Zup Mai Yang IDPs who had recently been taking shelter in Lambraw Yang reportedly returned to their respective villages on August 22 evening, the KLN has learned. After community prayer services were held in Lambraw Yang churches on August 22 morning, with assistance from Peace Creation Group (PCG), United Nations and several […]
Members of the Hpakant-based Myusha Zinlum Hpung (MZH), one of the several Kachin humanitarian groups assisting Kachin state’s internally displaced peoples (IDPs), were reportedly stopped and harassed for several hours along Kamaing-Dumbang highway by Burmese authorities on August 17. The KLN has learnt that the MZH volunteers with 8 aid vehicles were heading their way […]
A surprise attack on civilians at Kasung village, just a few miles west of Kachin State’s capital Myitkyina by Burmese army troops on August 11 forced villagers to flee their homes in terror leaving their belongings and livestock behind. Almost everyone from Kasung has now reached Lambraw Yang where the newly minted IDPs are taking […]
Two Kachin civilians, Hpau Kap Naw Let and Labang Naw Bawk of Lam Braw Yang village, have been killed by Burmese army’s 381st Light Infantry Regiment troops at Sari Bum, located near Burmese army’s Siden post, on Aug 9. A bomb set up and detonated by Burmese soldiers ripped through the two men and their […]
