The Burmese government is drawing up plans to shutter displacement camps across the country, but aid workers say food rations and sustainable security should be first on the priority list.
Kachin priests Dom Dawng Nawng Latt and La Jaw Gam Hseng had been assisting reporters during the conflict between the Burmese army and the Northern Alliance.
Justice Kachin Lead Story News Women's Issues
The military is refusing to cooperate in the investigation into the rape and murder of two Kachin teachers in northern Shan State.
Members of a controversial drug vigilante group are being investigated by police, following an attack on the home of a Kachin militia leader.
A Kachin drug vigilante group has claimed the Burmese army blocked their latest attempt to destroy poppy fields in Burma’s far north.
Ethnic issues Kachin Lead Story News
One year on from the callous murder of two Kachin school teachers in northern Burma, family and community members are still seeking closure.
A member of a controversial anti-drug vigilante group was killed in Kachin State on Friday.
Ethnic issues Kachin Lead Story News Politics
More than 1,000 villagers, who fled their homes to avoid being caught in the crossfire of armed conflict are running out of food in their temporary shelters.
Aid Kachin Lead Story News Refugees
Hundreds of refugees in northern Kachin State are not receiving humanitarian aid, according to the Kachin Baptist Council (KBC).
Kachin Lead Story Military News
A Burmese serviceman accused of the attempted rape of a 73-year-old woman in Kachin State has been sentenced to seven years in prison by a military court.
Government investigators are looking to interrogate local youths about the murder of the two young teachers, but fears of a miscarriage of justice abound.
A month on from the killings, investigations into the deaths of the Kachin schoolteachers appear to be drawing to a close.
The Burmese army have issued denials of involvement and threatened legal action for libel in the Kachin schoolteacher case.
Kachin Lead Story News Women's Issues
Kachinland News offers a timeline of events leading to the murders, and possibly rapes, of Maran Lu Ra and Tangbau Hkawn Nan Tsin.
Some 1,400 displaced villagers are sheltering in a Buddhist monastery and a church in Kansee village, but relief supplies cannot be delivered as the Burmese army has closed the roads.
Ethnic issues Lead Story News Shan
The bloody killing of two women has been discovered in northern Shan State amid continued violence between armed groups and government forces in the area.
