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Title: "Kachinland News"
Description: News, Opinion/Analysis, Interview, Photo, Video
Source/publisher: Kachinland News
Date of entry/update: 2015-07-26
Grouping: Websites/Multiple Documents
Language: English, Kachin
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Title: Google search results for Kachin conflict
Description: About 340,000 results (January 2018)
Source/publisher: www via Google
Date of entry/update: 2018-01-02
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Language: English +?
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Title: War and Peace in the Borderlands of Myanmar - The Kachin Ceasefire, 1994-2011
Description: A website related to the book of the same title edited by Mandy Sadan."This website contains some materials that are intended to illustrate or to extend some of the chapters in the book. More material will be added as time permits. You will find general information in About the Book; abstracts for each chapter, questions for further research and supporting documentation in Contents; you can Read the Introduction in full and download it; we also encourage ?Thinking about ...? how the issues raised in the book map onto bigger questions about how societies adapt themselves to war-peace transitions, with a particular emphasis on understanding history, experience, aesthetics and culture, and mobilities."
Creator/author: Mandy Sadan
Source/publisher: Mandy Sadan
Date of entry/update: 2018-01-24
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Title: Myanmar Junta Forces and KIA in Fresh Fighting in Northern Myanmar
Description: "Fighting between the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) and regime forces intensified on Sunday across five locations in Kachin State and Sagaing Region. One of the clashes involved a People’s Defense Force (PDF) formed by civilian resistance fighters against the military dictatorship. The KIA joined the fierce fighting between the PDF and junta troops in Katha Township, Sagaing Region on Sunday, civilian resistance fighters in Katha said. “The regime has been reinforcing their troops in our areas recently, restricting our movements, so we had to launch an attack,” a PDF spokesperson in Katha said. “The fighting was very intense, so the KIA joined with us,” he said. Eight regime soldiers were killed and 13 seriously injured, while five civilian resistance fighters were killed and one was captured by the military during the fighting, according to the Katha PDF. In response, the military fired several artillery rounds, including 60 mm shells, in residential areas, local residents claimed. Earlier, Moe Ta Lay village police station in Katha Township was set on fire by unknown attackers. Moreover, the KIA also stormed a military outpost in Nant Mon village, near Indawgyi Lake in Kachin State’s Mohnyin Township, in the early morning of May 30. The outpost was jointly manned by regime troops and a local militia. A KIA officer on the ground told The Irrawaddy that they had to attack first because the military has recently reinforced its troops in the area. Fighting was also continuing in Kachin State’s Putao Township between the KIA and junta soldiers on Sunday, following a KIA attack on May 29 on a military convoy of around 50 soldiers heading to Lung Sha Yang and Sum Pyi Yang villages in Putao Township. Local residents said that the fighting began around 11.30am near Tangja village. There were also renewed clashes near the Alaw Bum base in Kachin State’s Momauk Township on Sunday, with junta forces attacking the KIA. The military regime has made several attempts to retake control of the strategic outpost near the border with China, after the KIA seized the base on March 25. A local resident said that fighting had also intensified in Hpakant Township, Kachin State on May 30 between the KIA and regime forces. “We heard gun fire for nearly two hours in the morning. The military also launched artillery strikes on the KIA,” said the local resident. “We cannot go to our fields due to the fighting. Artillery shells fell in our villages as well,” he said. On May 29, a local school was burned down after being hit by regime airstrikes in Kachin State’s Tanai Township. The airstrikes followed the KIA’s capture of a military outpost in Talu village. Clashes across Kachin State and northern Shan State have been taking place since March 11, following the KIA’s refusal to recognize the military regime. The KIA has attacked military and police outposts and has threatened to step up its attacks if the junta continues to kill peaceful protesters across the country..."
Source/publisher: "The Irrawaddy" (Thailand)
Date of publication: 2021-05-31
Date of entry/update: 2021-05-31
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Title: Myanmar junta says no ASEAN envoy visit until stability restored
Description: "Myanmar's ruling military, which is facing nationwide protests against the coup that removed the elected government three months ago, said on Friday it would not agree to a visit by a Southeast Asian envoy until it could establish stability. Leaders of countries in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) reached consensus on five points at a summit on the Myanmar crisis last month, which was attended by the architect of the Feb. 1 coup, Senior General Min Aung Hlaing. These included an end to violence, dialogue between the military and its opponents, allowing humanitarian help, and permitting a visit by a special ASEAN envoy. "Right now, we are prioritising the security and stability of the country," Major Kaung Htet San, a spokesman for the military council, told a televised briefing. "Only after we achieve a certain level of security and stability, we will cooperate regarding that envoy." The junta would consider suggestions made at the summit if they were helpful to its visions for the country, he added. Myanmar has been in turmoil since the coup, which unleashed anger amongst a public unwilling to tolerate a return to military rule after five decades of economic mismanagement and underdevelopment. Protests and marches have taken place on most days, the latest a big pro-democracy demonstration on Friday in the commercial capital Yangon, and smaller protests in at least 10 other places around the country. At least 769 people have been killed and nearly 3,700 detained in the military's crackdown on opponents, according to an advocacy group monitoring the crisis. The junta says it is battling terrorists. On Friday, spokesman Kaung Htet San said more arrests of instigators of violence had been made than were publicly announced. The April 24 ASEAN meeting in Jakarta was hailed as a success by those who attended, but analysts and activists remain skeptical that Myanmar's generals will implement the five-point plan, which had no timeframe nor any mention of releasing political prisoners, including ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi. Kaung Htet San said ASEAN leaders had provided positive suggestions to Min Aung Hlaing, but whether or not they would be followed depended on the situation in Myanmar, and if their ideas were "helpful to our further visions".....CONFLICTS REIGNITED:The prospect of stability anytime soon in Myanmar appears bleak, with a reigniting of conflict between the military and ethnic minority insurgents in the borderlands and minor bombings and explosions now taking place regularly in its main cities. The junta says it is fighting rogue elements of ethnic armies and all parties remain committed to a nationwide ceasefire. It has blamed the spate of urban bombings on supporters of Suu Kyi's ousted government. A recently formed National Unity Government, a coalition of anti-military groups, says the junta orchestrated the bombings as a pretext to crush its opponents. Two local media outlets on Friday reported that fighters from the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) attacked and killed 30 Myanmar troops as they tried to travel on a river, citing local people and a KIA source. Kaung Htet San said violence and armed conflicts would be dealt with by the military "in a suitable way". The junta has for months limited access to the internet in an effort to disrupt the anti-coup movement and this week banned satellite television receivers of outside broadcasts. read more Kaung Htet San said the military respected the public's right to access information, but overseas-based social networks were being used to share material that was "very alarming for national security". He also said security would be intensified to protect strategic gas pipelines, following an attack on security personnel at one location nearly Mandalay this week. Myanmar has twin oil and gas pipelines that stretch across the country to China, a country many in Myanmar believe enabled generals to amass vast personal wealth from natural resources, at a time of crippling sanctions and international isolation. China has said it takes no sides in the conflict and wants a stable Myanmar..."
Source/publisher: "Reuters" (UK)
Date of publication: 2021-05-07
Date of entry/update: 2021-05-07
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Title: KIA says it killed 20 soldiers from 77th Light Infantry Division while defending hill base
Topic: KIA, Kachin Independence Army, Myanmar military, Kachin State, Momauk
Sub-title: The notorious division has been implicated in mass killings against the Rohingya and the murder of protesters in Yangon
Topic: KIA, Kachin Independence Army, Myanmar military, Kachin State, Momauk
Description: "Twenty soldiers from the Tatmadaw’s notorious 77th Light Infantry Division were killed on Thursday during an attack by the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) in Momauk township, a KIA officer said. The clash took place at the bottom of Alaw Bum, a strategically important hill base that the KIA seized late last month. The Tatmadaw has launched numerous intense attacks in a bid to reclaim it but has suffered heavy losses. The KIA confiscated 18 weapons during Thursday's attack, said the officer, who is familiar with the incident but asked not to be named because he is not a spokesperson. The Tatmadaw responded with six airstrikes but they failed to inflict any damage on the KIA’s side, he added. The 77th LID has been implicated in mass killings during the campaign against the Rohingya in Rakhine State in 2017, as well as the murders of protesters in Yangon. The shock troops were sent to Alaw Bum as reinforcements after the Tatmadaw accidentally bombed one of its own units on April 24 during a clash between the KIA and the 88th LID, causing many casualties, the KIA officer said. The day after the friendly fire incident, the regime deployed three military units to attack Alaw Bum again and also launched airstrikes. The KIA said it suffered casualties, though it did not specify how many, during several days of sustained airstrikes. But it said the military faced heavier losses. On Thursday the KIA also launched an artillery attack near Waingmaw airport and hit a weapons warehouse. The clashes have forced civilians to flee their homes. “Someone’s house was shelled in Kone Law village on April 28,” a Momauk local told Myanmar Now. “Everyone from the village is fleeing, except one or two who stayed to look after their homes.” One person was heavily injured and reportedly sent to the Momauk military hospital, he said, while another man from the nearby Nwam Lan village was also injured. “I heard he might have to have a hand amputated.” There was another clash on Friday, he added. “They opened fire with artillery today but no jets yet.”..."
Source/publisher: "Myanmar Times" (Myanmar)
Date of publication: 2021-04-30
Date of entry/update: 2021-04-30
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Title: KIA has seized 10 Myanmar military bases since coup, locals estimate
Topic: Kachin Independence Army, Myanmar military
Sub-title: The junta has reportedly not been able to recapture any of the camps that they have lost to the Kachin forces
Topic: Kachin Independence Army, Myanmar military
Description: "The Kachin Independence Army (KIA) has seized at least 10 of the junta’s army bases since fighting escalated with the Myanmar military following the February 1 coup, according to local sources. Clashes between the KIA and the regime’s armed forces have been ongoing since early March, when the KIA began to launch offensives to capture military bases and police stations in the Kachin State townships of Hpakant, Mogaung, Waingmaw, Putao and Tanai, as well as in northern Shan State. Among the locations since overtaken by the KIA are the Alaw Bum and Ywathit military outposts in Momauk Township, as well as one police base; the Tan Khawn and Aungbalay bases in Hpakant; and the Nambyu base in Tanai. “The KIA raided and seized around 10 bases, including small ones,” a Myitkyina resident and military observer said, adding that Kachin forces continue to maintain control over some locations, and others they destroyed. “They set fire to the military bases that they did not continue to occupy, so now neither force is at those,” the individual added. He said that the military junta had not been able to recapture any of the camps they lost. KIA information officer Col Naw Bu told Myanmar Now on April 21 that Kachin forces had seized some bases belonging to the junta, but that further details were unavailable, with fighting ongoing in multiple locations. Much of the regime’s focus has been on regaining control of the strategic Alaw Bum hilltop base in Dawphoneyang sub-township of Momauk. Since April 11, the junta has carried out repeated airstrikes against the KIA in an attempt to drive them out of Alaw Bum and areas controlled by KIA’s Brigades 8 and 9, but the military has reportedly suffered heavy casualties in the offensive, according to KIA sources. These sources have said that hundreds of Myanmar military troops, including battalion commanders, were killed in the fighting, and at least one whole battalion– LIB 320– was wiped out. Myanmar Now has not been able to independently verify these casualties. A KIA officer told Myanmar Now that, at the time of reporting, more than 1,000 junta soldiers had been airlifted to Momauk Township as reinforcements. Locals have noted that since a previous 17-year ceasefire with the Myanmar military broke down in 2011, the KIA had been largely fighting on the defensive; only since the coup had they started engaging in offensives against Myanmar’s armed forces. “It is like the KIA is attacking places that they used to control in the past. The tension can only escalate from here,” a resident of Hpakant said..."
Source/publisher: "Myanmar Now" (Myanmar)
Date of publication: 2021-04-23
Date of entry/update: 2021-04-23
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Title: Burmese Army Indiscriminately Targeting Civilians and KIA Positions
Description: "In retaliation to bomb attacks carried out by KIA?s 26th Battalion troops between Wing Seng and Mung Baw Hu Na villages in Muse township in northern Shan state at around 10:30 a.m. on February 1st, Burmese army troops belonging to 220th Light Infantry Battalion (LIB) recklessly fired at Mr. Mangshang La Ting and Mr. Nhkum Zau Hpan, two civilians working on a farm. Mr. Mangshang La Ting managed to escape while sustaining a wound below his neck. The Burmese soldiers reportedly seized Mr. Nhkum Zau Hpan beating him at will dragging him along with them, a frontline source reported. Two male Kachin IDPs, Mr. Nhkum Naw and Hpunggan Yaw of Mung Hkawng IDP Camp in Mansi township were reportedly taken away by Burmese army troops belonging to 77th LIB on January 31st. The commander of of the Burmese army denied having detained any civilians when camp officials went to ask for the release of the two men. A search team was sent out to the forest on February 3rd to look for the missing men, the KLN has learnt..."
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Source/publisher: "Kachinland News"
Date of publication: 2018-02-04
Date of entry/update: 2018-02-04
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Title: Current Humanitarian Situation Update in Kachin State, 25th January 2017
Description: "ntense fighting continues in Kachin State between the Myanmar Government Armed Forces (Tatmadaw)and the Kachin Independence Army (KIA). Recent fighting in late December 2016 and early January 2017 in Nagyang area has resulted in over 6,000 IDPs from Zai Aung/Mung Ga Zup, Hkau Shau and Maga Yang IDPs camps facing grave safety and security challenges. In desperation for a safe place, over 4,000 IDPs tried to enter China on 11th January 2017, but were immediately pushed back to Myanmar by Chinese security forces. Due to the ongoing, fluid conflict situation, IDPs have been fleeing in different directions, including the government-controlled area (GCA) and along the border areas in Myanmar, while some of them have moved to the Chinese side of the border to stay with their relatives..."
Source/publisher: Burma Link
Date of publication: 2018-01-25
Date of entry/update: 2018-02-04
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Title: KIA?s 11th Battalion Troops Launch Attacks on Ledo Road
Description: " KIA sources say its 11th battalion troops launched an attack on Burmese army?s inspection gate at Maran Kahtawng, located on Ledo road in Myitkyina township, on Feb 3 at 3:15 am. Similarly, KIA?s 11th battalion troops attacked a Burmese army post at Nmai Hka bridge on Feb 3 at 4:35 am. On the same day, KIA?s 11th battalion troops fired several RPG and mortar rounds on Burmese army?s 74th Light Infantry Battalion position between 3:30 am and 4:00 am. A KIA officer said it was neccesary to attack Burmese army?s positions as its troops have been attacking several KIA frontline posts and firing daily artillery shells on KIA?s positions and civilians? residential areas. Burmese army troops currently based at N-ga Ga village fired 4 artillery rounds on KIA?s 14th battalion position in Chyasam Hka in Danai township on Feb 3 at 10:30 am."
Source/publisher: "Kachinland News"
Date of publication: 2018-02-03
Date of entry/update: 2018-02-04
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Title: Urgent Update on Humanitarian Situation in Kachin State January 28, 2018
Description: "Aerial bombing and heavy artillery mortar shelling took place in amber mining areas of Tanai Township between 25 January and 27 January afternoon. Two civilians were killed and at least four were injured as a result. About 2,000 civilians, including villagers and migrant workers, trapped in the conflict-affected areas have yet to be able to escape. The populations from Tanai area including Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) are terrified by the intensification of fighting. Moreover, strict restrictions of rice and fuel transport are causing food shortages in the area..."
Source/publisher: Burma Link
Date of publication: 2018-01-28
Date of entry/update: 2018-02-04
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Title: Listening to Voices: Myanmar Foot Soldiers Speak - မြန်မာ့ခြေလျှင်တင်သားများ ဖွင့်ဟပြောဆိုသံများအား နားထောင်ခြင်း
Description: Listening to Voices: Myanmar Foot Soldiers Speak - မြန်မာ့ခြေလျှင်တင်သားများ ဖွင့်ဟပြောဆိုသံများအား နားထောင်ခြင်း.....စာတမ်းအကျဉ်းချုပ်: "ဤပုံနှိပ်ထုတ်ေ ဝ မှုသည် တိုင်းရင်းသား လက်နက်ကိုင်အဖွဲ့ ( ၆ ) ခုမှ ခြေလျင်တပ်သားများ၏ စကား သံများအား ဖွင့်လှစ်ထုတ်ဖော် ပြီး ၊ မြန်မာ့ငြိမ်းချမ်းရေးလုပ်ငန်းစဉ် နှင့်ထိုသူတို့၏ အနာဂါတ် ဆိုင်ရာလိုအပ်ချက်များ၊ ကြောင့်ကြမှုများ နှင့်စိန်ခေါ်မှုအခက်အခဲများ အား မီးမောင်းထိုးပြသခြင်းဖြစ်သည်။ 1 ဤစီမံကိန်းသည် နားထောင်ခြင်းနည်းပညာ / ဥပဒေဿကိုအသုံးပြု၍ ၊ ြ မန်မာနိုင်ငံလုံးဆိုင်ရာ ကျောင်းသားများ ဒီမိုကရက်တစ် တပ်ဦး (ABSDF) ၊ ချင်းအမျိုးသားတပ်ဦး (CNF) ၊ ကချင်လွတ်မြောက်ရေးအဖွဲ့အစည်း (KIO) ၊ ကရင်အမျိုးသားအစည်းအရုံး (KNU) ၊ ကရင်နီအ မျိုးသားတိုးတက်ရေးပါတီ (KNPP) နှင့် မွန်ပြည်သစ်ပါတီ ( NMSP) တို့မှခြေလျင်တပ်သား ၁၀၀ တို့ဖြင့်နားထောင်ခြင်းစကားစမည် ဝ ိုင်းများ စီစဉ်ပြုလုပ်ခဲ့သည်။ ထိုစကား ဝ ိုင်းများမှ အဓိကအကြောင်းအရာခေါင်းစဉ်များ နှင့် အများလက်ခံေ သာ အကြောင်းအရာတို့အား ဖော်ထုတ်ခဲ့ကြပြီး ၊ အောက်တွ င်ပါ ဝ င်မည့်အခန်းများတွင် အသေးစိတ်ဖော်ပြမည်ဖြစ်သည်။ ငြိမ်းချမ်းရေးနှင့် ပဋိပက္ခအရေးလေ့လာမှုစင်တာ ( CPCS ) သည် မြန်မာပြည် ပဋိပက္ခအတွင်းပါ ဝ င်သော လက်နက်ကိုင်အဖွဲ့များနှင့် ၎င်းအဖွဲ့များမှပုဂ္ဂိုလ်များအကြား မတူကွဲပြားသော စကား သံ တို့အား အသိအမှတ်ပြု လျက်ရှိပါသည်။ နားထောင်ခြင်းန ည်းပညာ သည် လူပုဂ္ဂိုလ်များ၏အကြံဉာဏ်များအကြား ၊ အများလက်ခံ သောအကြောင်းအရာများသာမက ၊ ကွဲပြားခြားနားသောအကြောင်းအရာများအား ရှာဖွေဖော်ထုတ်လျက်ရှိပါသည်။ ဤနည်းပညာကိုအသုံးပြုကာ NSAG များမှအကြံဉာဏ်များအား စုဆောင်းခြင်းအားဖြင့် အဖွဲ့များအကြားရှိ အများလက်ခံေ သာအကြောင်းအရာများ နှင့် ကွဲပြားခြားနားချက်များအား မီးမောင်းထိုးပြသနိုင်ခွင့်ရရှိခဲ့ပြီး ၊ ထိုအကြောင်းအရာများအား ဤစာအုပ်၏ေ နာက်ဆုံး အခန်း ရှိ အဖွဲ့များ ဖွင့်ဟပြောြ ကား ချက် အကျဉ်းချုပ် များ၌ အသေးစိတ်ဖော်ပြထားပါသည်။..."
Source/publisher: Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies (CPCS)
Date of publication: 2014-04-00
Date of entry/update: 2015-09-27
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Title: Listening to Voices: Myanmar?s Foot Soldiers Speak
Description: "Soldiers explained that mutual respect between all parties is needed for the peace process to be successful. Mutual respect was often mentioned in relation to the need for adherence to ceasefire agreements, reports of breaches to ceasefire agreements and concerns about the sincerity of the peace process. Generally, foot soldiers identified the need for all parties to respect the terms and conditions of agreements equally. Soldiers expressed a desire to create stronger links between what is discussed and agreed upon in peace/ceasefire agreements and implementation. Specific points of contention included soldiers carrying arms outside of their demarcated territory when agreements restricted this movement. Soldiers voiced a need for Tatmadaw soldiers to ask permission before entering their territory. One KNU soldier expressed: ?Tatmadaw soldiers bring arms when they come into our regions. Don?t we have the right to hold arms? We follow the rules”..."
Source/publisher: Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies (CPCS)
Date of publication: 2014-04-00
Date of entry/update: 2015-09-27
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Language: English
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