Category: News

After suffering heavy losses in the April 18 battle with KIA 11th Battalion near the Namti-Dum Bung area, Burma Army (BA) troops conducted intense checks on civilian travelers at the Maran Kahtawng checkpoint. Locals report that 2 Kachin travellers who were stopped at the checkpoint were taken to the nearby Ting Ret stream, made to […]

Frontline sources report that KIA 2nd Brigade encircled and attacked BA forces stationed at Awng Lawt village in Hugawng township on April 18 around 2:30, leading to a fierce battle between the 2 forces. Clashes occurred on the same day between KIA forces, and BA troops active in the Zup Mai and Nawng Nyang village […]

It is reported that BA troops entered Awng Lawt village in Hugawng township on April 17, at around 9:47 am, and have taken up position there. As a result, over 1,000 civilians from Awng Lawt and surrounding villages have fled into the jungle. Currently there are about 2,000 villagers who have fled from oncoming BA […]

KIA 3rd Brigade issued a statement on April 15, that 7 new recruits who were to receive training at their newly opened basic military training camp were handed back to their parents on April 4, as they were found to be under the age of 18. The statement also lists the names, dates of birth, […]

Deacon Dumdaw Nawng Lat and baptist minister sara Langjaw Gam Seng of Kachin Baptist Church in Mongko, who were jailed under unlawful association act (17/1) for aiding journalists during intense battles between BA and an alliance of ethnic armed forces in December 2016, has been released today on Presidential amnesty. Dumdaw Nawng Lat was sentenced […]

On April 16, a civilian group led by businessman Sut Du Sing Gyi of Hpakant – Seng Tawng, attempted to rescue about 160 IDPs trapped in the Lai Nawng Hku – Chawng Wa area, a People’s Militia territory. As they were being brought out to Nyaung Pin village, they were ordered to turn back by […]