Burmese journalist sued, threatened after logging, cattle-rustling reports
Hot News’ Bhamo-based correspondent Oo Oo Nyein said he was first sued for defamation by a local militia over his reports on cattle rustling.
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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.
‘Golden’ weather phenomenon baffles villagers
Villagers say they have been baffled by the appearance of an unusual, yellow dust that has sprinkled over their town in Kachin State this week.
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Couple killed in KIA-Burmese army clash
Three local residents were killed and five others injured in Mansi Township, where fighting erupted between government forces and the KIA on Wednesday.
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Seven Red Shan allegedly abducted by KIA
Seven Red Shan villagers were said to have been abducted by the Kachin Independent Army (KIA) on 11 March in Bhamo district, according to the Shan Ethnic Affairs Organisation.
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Burmese army still holds 10 Mansi villagers captive, says FBR
Burma’s government forces are holding 10 local villagers captive and are continuing their attacks in and around the village of Nam Lim Pa in southern Kachin State’s Mansi Township, according to a report Free Burma Rangers.
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26 abducted Red Shans released by KIA
A local government official tells DVB that 26 ehnic Shan villagers who had been abducted by the Kachin Independence Army in Mansi township have been released by the rebel group.
More than 2,000 flee as hostilities reignite in Kachin state
Up to 3,000 refugees from a displacement camp in Kachin state’s Mansi township have been forced to flee once again when clashes broke out nearby between Burmese government forces and the Kachin Independence Army.
Kachins flee to displacement camps following military clashes in Bhamo
A fresh wave of hostilities between the Burmese army and the Kachin Independence army in the northern region’s Bhamo district has forced hundreds of residents to flee to displacement camps in recent weeks.
Burmese expanding in Kachin state
KIA allege fresh Burmese troops and greater numbers in the Bhamo area of Kachin state as more clashes continue in the country’s troubled north
