Senior leaders of the Karen National Union (KNU) and Kachin Independence Organisation (KIO) met to talk peace and war in northern Burma’s Kachin State on Wednesday.
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Burma army launch artillery attacks on Kachin outposts near Laiza
KIA spokesman Col. Naw Bo told DVB that Burmese troops had launched assaults on frontline outposts in Waingmaw Township and a security post near Laiza.
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.
Laiza ceasefire talks enter final stages
Ethnic armed groups are due to come to a decision on whether to accept the second draft of a nationwide ceasefire.
Mutu Say Poe to lead Laiza ceasefire talks
Burma’s ethnic leaders convened in Laiza, Kachin State, on Thursday for the next round of discussions on a nationwide ceasefire agreement, where they established a leading committee to oversee political aspects of the peace process.
BRIEF - Ethnic leaders meet in Laiza for ceasefire talks
Members of Burma’s Nationwide Ceasefire Coordination Team (NCCT), a bloc of ethnic leaders undertaking peace negotiations with the central government, convened in Laiza, Kachin State on Thursday to discuss their next steps towards ending the country’s six decades of civil war. The 16-member alliance created a new leading committee of elected representatives to serve as …