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 […]
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 […]
Local sources reported that BA troops pillaged homes, burned down rice barns and killed domestic animals for food in Sut Ra and Kawng Ja villages in Njang Yang township. About two dozen Sut Ra and Kawng Ja villagers, who have been trapped in the forest following BA’s attacks on a KIO’s local administration office and […]
The 2nd National Conference organized by Kachin Political Consultative Team was held in Laiza’s Manau Hall from Nov 8 to Nov 13. Over 500 representatives from Kachin communities around the world, CSOs, religious organizations and KIO/KIA personnel attended a week-long meeting. A statement released after the conference said the main topics the conference participants discussed […]
A battle broke out Wednesday morning between KIA’s 5th Battalion troops and a BA Infantry unit near Hkawng Me village in Sinbo township forcing several Hkawng Me villagers flee their homes to nearby forest to avoid violence. The villagers have been living under tense situation since BA troops attacked a KIO’s local adminitration office last month […]
Despite high expectations that the situation and livelihood of the ordinary citizens will improve under NLD’s civilian government, crime rates have increased and humanitarian crisis in Kachin and northern Shan states is worsening. Drug-related problems, drug overdose deaths, motorcycle and cellphone theft cases, robberies and violent crimes added to decades of armed conflict and insecurity […]
