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Four days of heavy fighting in Northern Burma

noreply@blogger.com (KBG) — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 07:51:00 PDT

By BA KAUNG THE civil war in northern Burma intensified over the last four days as heavy fighting between government troops and the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) raged across northern Shan State...

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Myitsone Dam Outrage Turns Toward China

noreply@blogger.com (KBG) — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 20:54:00 PDT

By BA KAUNG Amidst growing tension between the Burmese public and government related to the controversial Myitsone Dam construction project, which is moving ahead despite the possibility of an...

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Why the hurry to reach a ceasefire?

noreply@blogger.com (KBG) — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 02:34:00 PDT

Saw Yan Naing TWO months after fighting broke out between Burmese government troops and the Kachin Independence Army (KIA), ending a 16-year ceasefire, Naypyidaw is redoubling its efforts to end...

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UN calls for ‘restraint’ in Burma’s Kachin State

noreply@blogger.com (KBG) — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 07:54:00 PDT

Thomas Maung Shwe CHIANG MAI: The United Nations is calling for restraint to be exercised in Kachin State as the conflict between the Burmese army and Kachin fighters shows no sign of...

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Burmese officials captured by Kachin army

noreply@blogger.com (KBG) — Mon, 18 Jul 2011 06:59:00 PDT

TWO Burmese army officials and three soldiers have been captured by the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) following two days of heavy fighting in northern Burma. At the weekend a key highway linking...

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Burma's Vice-President implicated in Kachin massacres

noreply@blogger.com (KBG) — Fri, 15 Jul 2011 06:23:00 PDT

By BA KAUNG Burma's Vice President Tin Aung Myint Oo should be investigated by a United Nations' Commission of Inquiry for his role as regional commander during a series of brutal massacres in...

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Ethnic leaders present ceasefire proposal to EU

noreply@blogger.com (KBG) — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 05:19:00 PDT

By SAW YAN NAING and LAWI WENG SEVERAL ethnic leaders reported to EU officials about the ongoing conflicts in eastern Burma at a July 9 meeting in Bangkok at which they also called for the EU to...

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From jailhouse to minefield

noreply@blogger.com (KBG) — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 05:53:00 PDT

By SIMON ROUGHNEEN BANGKOK: “The soldiers told us if we were alive tomorrow we would be lucky,” said Tun Tun Aung, a prisoner originally from a town near Mandalay who was press-ganged into...

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Government compromise needed to avert all-out civil war: KIA

noreply@blogger.com (KBG) — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 06:29:00 PDT

By BA KAUNG THE phrase “independence for Kachin State” is popular these days among residents of Laiza, the headquarters of the rebel Kachin Independence Army (KIA), whose ongoing clashes with...

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Kachins in Malaysia prayed for peace in Burma’s northern Kachin State

noreply@blogger.com (KBG) — Sun, 10 Jul 2011 19:15:00 PDT

MORE than three hundreds of Kachins in Malaysia who are from Burma’s northern Kachin State participated in a mass prayer meeting in Kuala Lumpur on Sunday 10 July 2011. It is learned that the prayer...

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Kachin army ambush leaves 30 dead

noreply@blogger.com (KBG) — Fri, 08 Jul 2011 09:13:00 PDT

AROUND 30 Burmese troops are presumed dead after an ambush by the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) on a convoy in Kachin state’s Momauk township yesterday afternoon. Two trucks carrying government...

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Burmese diplomat seeks asylum in US

noreply@blogger.com (KBG) — Mon, 04 Jul 2011 06:35:00 PDT

THE second highest-ranking diplomat at the Burmese embassy in Washington has defected, just three months after the formation of a new military-backed government that promised to usher in democratic...

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KIA Doubts Burmese Army Will Attack Through China

noreply@blogger.com (KBG) — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 23:16:00 PDT

By BA KAUNG LAIZA: Kachin Independence Army (KIA) leaders said on Monday that they do not believe the Chinese government would allow the Burmese army to launch offensives against the KIA...

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Kachins in Malaysia held anti-war protest in Kuala Lumpur

noreply@blogger.com (KBG) — Fri, 24 Jun 2011 06:00:00 PDT

KUALA LUMPUR: More than four hundreds of Kachins in Malaysia, who are from Burma’s northern Kachin State, on Friday 24 June 2011 held a peaceful demonstration in front of the Burmese Embassy to...

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Border wars risk turning back the clock 20 years

noreply@blogger.com (KBG) — Thu, 23 Jun 2011 09:05:00 PDT

By Brian McCartan FIERCE fighting in Kachin state adds to speculation that widespread civil war may not be far off in Burma. Three separate insurgencies and the potential for more to break out...

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Burmese army accused of raping Kachin civilians

noreply@blogger.com (KBG) — Wed, 22 Jun 2011 05:45:00 PDT

A Kachin human rights group has accused Burmese government troops of multiple cases of rape during the recent armed conflict with the Kachin Independence Army in Kachin State, northern Burma. In...

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High spirits at the KIO headquarters

noreply@blogger.com (KBG) — Tue, 21 Jun 2011 07:08:00 PDT

IN Laiza spirits are high. There is a vibrancy in the air and the leadership of the Kachin Independence Organization (KIO) and its armed wing, the Kachin Independence Army (KIA), talk of their...

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More and more Kachin refugees flee fighting in Burma

noreply@blogger.com (KBG) — Fri, 17 Jun 2011 08:04:00 PDT

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Kachin refugees flee fighting in northern Burma

noreply@blogger.com (KBG) — Fri, 17 Jun 2011 05:53:00 PDT

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15,000 Kachin refugees flee to the Sino-Burmese border

noreply@blogger.com (KBG) — Thu, 16 Jun 2011 09:54:00 PDT

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New level of civil war in Burma

noreply@blogger.com (KBG) — Tue, 14 Jun 2011 19:23:00 PDT

WITH the outbreak of fresh military confrontations in both Kachin and Shan states, the Burmese government has initiated a new level of civil war against its own people. After all, the political...

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KIA 'Loses Patience' with Burmese Govt

noreply@blogger.com (KBG) — Mon, 13 Jun 2011 07:38:00 PDT

THE Kachin Independence Army (KIA) said it has lost all patience with the Burmese government and is ready to resist any troop incursions into its territory. Months of tension between the KIA and...

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Explosion in Myanmar's capital wounds 3

noreply@blogger.com (KBG) — Sat, 11 Jun 2011 07:02:00 PDT

YANGON: Myanmar's government says a bomb planted in a market has wounded three people in the capital. A government official speaking on condition of anonymity says the bomb ripped through a public...

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KIA on High Alert after Overnight Fighting

noreply@blogger.com (KBG) — Fri, 10 Jun 2011 06:44:00 PDT

KACHIN Independence Army (KIA) troops stationed in eastern Kachin State's Momauk Township are on high alert following several hours of fighting with Burmese government troops on Thursday, as sources...

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McCain warns Myanmar risks Arab-style uprising

noreply@blogger.com (KBG) — Fri, 03 Jun 2011 05:30:00 PDT

YANGON - US SENATOR John McCain warned on Friday that Myanmar could face a Middle East-style revolution if the new army-backed government fails to implement democratic reform and improve human...

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