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February 24, 2019

Latest:

  • KIO reaffirms its federal goal on anniversary of revolution February 5, 2019
  • Four years on, still no justice for the two teachers January 19, 2019
  • Gwi Htun Bum attacked by BA troops December 3, 2018
  • IDPs families resettled at Nam Hpa, Tabye Kone and Kan Ta villages December 3, 2018
  • Ribbon-cutting ceremony held for IDPs housings November 21, 2018

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KIO reaffirms its federal goal on anniversary of revolution

Headlines February 5, 2019February 5, 2019 KLN 0 Comments

Kachin civilians living in Kachin and Shan States, major cities across Burma, diaspora communities around the world, and KIO/KIA personnel on Tuesday commemorate the Kachin Revolution Day. February 5 marks 58 years since the establishment of Kachin Independence Army (KIA), an armed wing of Kachin Independence Organization (KIO), at Hu Dawng village in Hsenwi (Thein […]

Four years on, still no justice for the two teachers

Headlines January 19, 2019February 5, 2019 KLN 0 Comments

An event to mark the fourth anniversary of the rape and murder of two Kachin teachers, Maran Lu Ra (20) and Tangbau Hkawn Nan Tsin (21) of the Kachin Baptist Convention was held at Kawng Hka Kachin Baptist Church on Jan 19 at 10 am.  Baptist leaders from Mungmau Kachin Baptist Association led the prayer […]

Gwi Htun Bum attacked by BA troops

Latest News December 3, 2018January 23, 2019 KLN 0 Comments

BA’s 111th LIR troops currently stationed at Lawa Pa, Mada Bum launched an attack on KIA’s 44th Battalion position at Gwi Htun Bum in Hpakant township on Dec 3 at around 1 pm. BA troops began the attack by firing 10 artillery rounds on Gwi Htun Bum followed by infantry units. The two sides battled […]

IDPs families resettled at Nam Hpa, Tabye Kone and Kan Ta villages

Latest News December 3, 2018December 3, 2018 KLN 0 Comments

IDPs families currently staying at Yu Ji IDPs Camp and Shwi Chyi Na IDPs Camp in Bahmo have been resettled at Nam Hpa village, Tabye Kone village and Kan Ta village by Burmese authorities this week and they have withdrawn from IDPs list on Dec 1. Burmese authorities have handed out 30 sheets of tin […]

Ribbon-cutting ceremony held for IDPs housings

Latest News November 21, 2018November 21, 2018 KLN 0 Comments

An opening ceremony for a new IDPs camp with 270 housings was held at Hkyit Mung Pa in Gai Daw village in Bhamo township on Nov 20 at 10 am. KIO’s Vice General Secretary Mr. Labang Doi Pyi Sa, Kachin Baptist Convention’s General Secretary Rev. Hpauyawng Tu Mai, Chairman of the IDPs and Refugees Relief […]

RCSS/SSA troops reportedly killed a Man Pin villager

Headlines November 21, 2018November 21, 2018 KLN 0 Comments

Local sources said RCSS/SSA troops shot and killed Nhkum Ma Lawt, a 62-year-old Kachin woman from Man Pin village, from a distance of about 50 meters in spite of knowing that Ma Lawt and 10 others are just ordinary villagers without any guns in their hands. Nhkum Ma Lawt was shot and killed by RCSS/SSA […]

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Opinion/Analysis

Opinion/Analysis

China’s Belt Road Initiative: A Cautionary Tale for the Kachin

December 22, 2018 Lahpai Seng Raw

A Memorandum of Understanding to establish the China Myanmar Economic Corridor (CMEC) was signed by the governments of Myanmar and China in September 2018. The CMEC forms part of China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), a 21st century reimagining of the ancient Silk Road, the network of land and sea trade routes that once linked […]

National Reconciliation and the Advancement of Peace in Myanmar

November 30, 2018 Lahpai Seng Raw

“A church that doesn’t provoke any crises, a gospel that doesn’t unsettle, a word of God that doesn’t get under anyone’s skin, a word of God that doesn’t touch the real sin of the society in which it is being proclaimed – what gospel is that?” -Archbishop Oscar Romero of El Salvador 16 April 1978 […]

Why Is Aung San Suu Kyi-led NLD Government Barking the Wrong Tree?

September 8, 2018 Maji Yaw

During its election campaigns, the NLD launched its 2015 election manifesto stressing on what NLD yelled ‘change’ with four principles, namely (1) ethnic affairs and internal peace, (2) a constitution that ensures that all the people of our country can live together in tranquility and security, (3) a system of government that will fairly and […]

Burma’s peace process and OBOR

July 20, 2018 Sai Wansai

Photo: China Internet Information Center (china.org.cn) The stagnation of Myanmar’s ongoing peace process is well known, which has started out in 2011 by the Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP)-led Thein Sein regime. The peace process is taken over by the National League for Democracy (NLD) government headed  by Aung San Suu Kyi in 2016, […]

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