Seven uniformed members of the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) blew up two trucks heading from Muse to Lashio ...Kachin Battle Report
Two trucks ambushed by KIA soldiers: state media
Seven uniformed members of the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) blew up two trucks heading from Muse to Lashio ...Electricity cuts spark protests in Mandalay, other cities
 Rare street protests of months of electricity cuts are being held in Burma’s second-largest city, Mandalay. Burma’s state media ... KIA attack blamed for loss of electricity in Rangoon
 A decrease in electrical power in Rangoon on Saturday was caused by an explosion at four electrical towers on the national power grid. U.N. chief calls for end to fighting in Kachin State
 After receiving a letter from the Kachin Independence Organization (KIO), U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon called for an end to ...Gang rape in church highlights Burmese Army impunity: reports
 The gang-rape and prolonged torture of a woman in a church near the Kachin-China border town of Pang Wa in early May ... Burmese gov’t troops killed in bombings: KIA
 Kachin Independence Army guerillas planted bombs on a road between Bhamo (Manmaw) and Nam Hkam in ...KIA intensifies railroad attacks
 The Kachin Independence Army (KIA) continued its bomb attacks on Burmese railroads in Kacin State over the weekend, ...Fighting in Kachin State rapidly escalating
 The scale of fighting in Kachin State has increased significantly during the past month, and could be building to an attack on ...Drugs found in abandoned gov’t post: KIA
 Burmese government troops left behind “a large quantity” of amphetamine drug tablets at a recently abandoned army post near Laiza, ...Burmese state media: dozens of rebels dead in Kachin State
 Burmese state media said Friday that heavy fighting in northern Kachin State has killed 29 ethnic rebels and two government troops ... |
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The Kachin’s last stand
Since October this year, Burma has been in a state of civil war, with fighting between Burmese military and armed ethnic rebels. The ruling junta started a crackdown on these armed groups. The Kachin Independence Organisation (KIO) is one of them. After 16 years of peace in northern Burma, the Kachin are now on the verge of a war they can never win. To enter the area under the control of the KIO, Mizzima TV’s team had to travel through China.
(An Al Jazeera/Mizzima Production)
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