Hundreds flee Muse fighting to China
Fighting in northern Shan State between the Burmese army and ethnic armed groups compels hundreds to seek refuge across the border in China.
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Burmese army artillery assault causes panic in Namhsan
Local MP says MOC-1 launched artillery strikes towards a village outside the town amid clashes with TNLA.
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Burmese military deployed air strikes, say Kachin rebels
The Kia says its frontline outpost in Myitkyina District was attacked by two fighter jets as Burmese ground troops simultaneously launched artillery strikes.
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1 child killed, 2 critically wounded in artillery strike in Muse
“The Tatmadaw fired six artillery rounds around six in the morning, and two landed right in the centre of the village, hitting three children who were outside playing,” an NGO worker told DVB.
Conflict Kachin Lead Story News
KIA, Burmese army clash near Hpakant
A KIA spokesman says the Kachin militia engaged Burmese troops along the road between Kamaing and Hpakant on Monday morning after government forces had advanced on a position where the KIA’s 6th Battalion had dug in.
2015 Elections Conflict Lead Story News SEZ
Elections cancelled in 4 Shan townships
Security concerns force a closure of polls as intense fighting continues between Burmese government forces and the Shan State Army-North.
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Asian Highway reopens despite artillery assaults
The mountain road between Karen State’s Kawkareit and Myawaddy reopens after clashes between govt forces and DKBA rebels had forced its closure.
Sino-Burmese border market shelled
The attackers used heavy weapons, most likely mortar or artillery fire, damaging some commercial buildings.
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Artillery shell narrowly misses school in Laiza
Locals in the Kachin town of Laiza fear renewed clashes between government and ethnic forces, after an artillery shell landed close to a boarding school.
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Burmese military denies shelling China
Snr-Gen Min Aung Hlaing tells Chinese ambassador that artillery shells that injured five in Nansan last week were not fired by Burmese government forces.
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Both sides dig in heels over Laogai
The Burmese military claims it has seized a strategic hillside base of the MNDAA overlooking Laogai. However, the Kokang rebels say they are holding out.
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Beijing protests as stray shells land in China
Stray artillery shells land on Chinese territory injuring five civilians, as conflict intensifies between Burmese government forces and Kokang rebels.
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Burmese army using chemical weapons, say Kokang rebels
The Burmese army launched a series of attacks on Kokang positions in recent days using artillery, air strikes and chemical weapons, a rebel spokesman says.
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Govt forces capture strategic Kokang positions
Burmese military says it has captured crucial Kokang positions near Konkyan with aid of airstrikes, but rebels say they are winning the war on the ground.
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Clashes in Hpakant after KIA arrests state minister
Fierce clashes break out between government forces and KIA after the state minister for transport is briefly detained by KIA troops.
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Burmese army captures KIA outpost near Hpakant
Burmese government forces have captured a Kachin rebel outpost in Kar Mine, near the jade mining town of Hpakant.
Conflict Lead Story News Peace Process
2014 ceasefire ‘impossible’, says ethnic leader
NCCT Vice-chairman Nai Hongsa says the fatal shelling of a Kachin training camp by the Burmese army has effectively brought negotiations to a standstill.
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Cadet killings a ‘cowardly’ act, says ethnic bloc
The ethnic bloc and other groups condemn the killing of 23 cadets at a Kachin training camp; the Burmese military, however, said it was a mistake and that the artillery shell was meant as a warning shot.
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23 Kachin cadets killed, 13 injured in artillery attack
Twenty-three cadets from the Kachin Independence Army were killed and 13 injured when an officers’ training camp near Laiza was hit directly by an artillery shell.
