Ethnic nationalities organizations based in USA, Canada, Malaysia and a global Kachin network this week released statements expressing their supports for Gambia’s legal action against Burmese authorities and International Court of Justice’s public hearings scheduled for early December in the Hague. The Gambia, on behalf of 57 member states of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, […]
Photo: Shingbwi Gam (center left) & Myitung Naw (extreme right) Myitung Naw, Shingbwi Gam and Ah Hpu were three outstanding Kachin athletes who represented Burma in international marathon and long distance events in the early years of the country’s independence. They were all discovered while serving in the army, in the now defunct all-Kachin infantry […]
Photo: Hpra Zau Ring, The Kachin Times If a picture is worth a thousand words, the photo above poignantly captures the pain and suffering of decades of war and displacement endured by the Kachins. The iconic photo by Hpra Zau Ring of The Kachin Times was taken as villagers from the Njang Yang conflict zone started arriving at […]
Lahpai Htu Raw, like her pioneer educator mother Nangzing Hka Jan, was a trailblazer. The 9th child, and 4th daughter of the Pangmu Duwa Rev. Lahpai Lahpai Zau Tu and Nangzing Hka Jan, she was the first Kachin woman to receive a college education. A bright child, Htu Raw learned to read even before she started school. […]
Photo: Kutkai Nsen Saturday August 31, 2019 looked to be a fine sunny day until the villagers of Mawhik were rudely awakened by the sound of gunfires around 7 am. Mawhik village is a suburb of Kutkai town in northern Shan state. It is right by the toll gate on the busy Mandalay-Muse road, also […]
Hkachyang Raw: First Kachin Female Soldier At a time when women fighters were not allowed to join the army, one Kachin woman beat the odds to become an enlisted soldier, fighting in the front lines with her male counterparts. Posing as a man, Hkachyang Raw enlisted with the Northern Kachin Levies, a British special force […]
