Press release Kachin Development Networking Group 1 June 2012aung International dam body confirms efforts of China Power Investment to advance Myitsone project A statement by the International Commission on Large Dams (ICOLD) issued on 30th May confirms that the builders of the Irrawaddy Myitsone dam in Burma have directly asked international dam experts to […]
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Artillery shells hit a Kachin Baptist Church
Burmese Army stationed near Hpakant began firing artillery into a nearby town Seng Tawng on May 31 at around 7 pm. The government army’s Monywa-based 16th LIR soldiers targeted Seng Tawng’s prayer mountain where landmark jade cross is located, a local Baptist Church and a Chinese Temple, said a local source. Artillery shells fell on […]
Battles continue in Northern Shan and Kachin State
Fierce fighting continues between Kachin Independence Army and Burmese government’s army with casualties increasing, but a political solution is still far from sight. A fierce fighting between KIA’s 9th Battalion under 4th Brigade and Burmese Army’s Nampaka-based 123rd LIB under North Eastern Regional Military Command took place on the road between Nampaka town and Humaing […]
The Kachin Spring: An Eclipsed Revolution
Since the June 9th of 2011, in the midst of the so-called Burmese political ethos of “reform,” the Kachin Independence Army has increasingly engaged in arm conflicts with the Burmese military. Over 75,000 refugees are fleeing from their homes to escape from the brutality of the Burmese soldiers. Even after almost a year of escalating […]
Heavy fighting continues around Namsan-yang village
Burmese Army’s artillery unit stationed at Hkangkai hill in Dawhpum Yang have been pounding onto Laja-yang and Lawa-yang villages with 105 mm mortar shells on May 23. No civilian casualties have been reported so far, reported local sources. Heavy fighting continues around Namsan village, located just 15 miles north of Kachin administrative capital Laiza. Fierce […]
Burmese army making Kachin war from political to racial in nature
On May 18, Burmese army soldiers of 320th LIR under MOC-21, who are currently stationed at Tapaing bridge on Bahmo-Laiza road, asked passenger cars crossing on the bridge whether there is any Kachin inside the car. The soldiers said Kachin women should be raped and all Kachin men should be killed because they think Kachin […]