A fragile process – The Edge Review
www.theedgereview.com – app/digital magazine available here (subscription required) Peace talks with Myanmar’s minority militias inch forward By SIMON ROUGHNEEN /...
Tag: KIO
KIA deputy in landmark Rangoon speech – The Irrawaddy
http://www.irrawaddy.org/burma/kia-deputy-landmark-rangoon-speech.html RANGOON — The Kachin Independence Army’s (KIA) deputy chief of staff on Tuesday evening addressed a packed hall...
‘It should not be propaganda’: ethnic minority TV channel to launch in Burma – The Irrawaddy
http://www.irrawaddy.org/archives/40351 RANGOON – A new TV channel with shows in ethnic minority languages will air on Burma’s state broadcaster...
Pressure and pragmatism in Burma – The Irrawaddy
http://www.irrawaddy.org/archives/26405 SINGAPORE — Under increasing international criticism over the civil war in Kachin State, Burma’s government has sought to...
Burma army, KIA trade accusations as conflict hots up – The Irrawaddy
http://www.irrawaddy.org/archives/24968 SINGAPORE — Burmese authorities and the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) continue to trade accusations amid fresh clashes at...
Despite donor love-in and ceasefire pledge, Kachin war continues – The Irrawaddy
http://www.irrawaddy.org/archives/24747 SINGAPORE — Despite a government ceasefire called on Friday evening, fighting continued over the weekend between the Burmese...
Burma’s northern civil war nears rebel headquarters – RTÉ World Report
http://www.rte.ie/news/player/world-report/2013/0113/ The strains of inconsolable grief echoed across the front yard of Laiza hospital. A man, his skin already...
Burmese generals ignore ceasefire order and launch air attacks on Christian rebels – The Times
http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/news/world/asia/article3649565.ece LAIZA- He was fixing his car when the shell landed in front of the simple home where he...
Myanmar continues air-strikes on Kachin rebels – Christian Science Monitor
http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Asia-Pacific/2013/0102/Myanmar-launches-air-strikes-on-Kachin-rebels Heavy fighting between the Myanmar Army and the rebel Kachin Independence Army (KIA), is raising concern that a...
As Burma’s northern war intensifies, tough times for Kachin women – The Irrawaddy
http://www.irrawaddy.org/archives/22763 LAIZA, Kachin State—At a Kachin Independence Army (KIA) checkpoint three or so miles up a hill behind Laiza,...