Kachin

In Myanmar, answers to ethnic conflict elusive
Volunteers for the Kachin Independence Army are on training in December 2012. (Asahi Shimbun file photo)
LAWA YANG, Myanmar--Kneeling beside a line of freshly dug trenches carved like one long, open wound into a lush hillside, the rebel sergeant peered through dusty binoculars at...
Myanmar rebukes U.S. for calling it "Burma"
Soldiers of Kachin Independence Army (Asahi Shimbun file photo)
YANGON--Myanmar took a swipe at the United States on Jan. 26 for calling the country Burma, urging it to use its official title and avoid harming improving ties between the two ...
Myanmar rebels say army ignoring president's...
In this photo taken in March, Myanmar soldiers march during a ceremony to mark the country's 67th Armed Forces Day in Naypyitaw, Myanmar. Ethnic Kachin rebels in Myanmar say clashes in the country’s north are continuing despite a government promise to cease fire. (AP Photo)
YANGON, Myanmar--Myanmar troops attacked rebel positions in northeast Kachin on Jan. 20 despite a ceasefire order from the president and an invitation to the rebels to take...
Myanmar refugees fearful after fighting escalates
Kachin refugees wait for rations at Je Yang IDP camp, the biggest and closest camp to Laiza, Laiza, northeastern Myanmar on Jan. 4. (AP Photo)
LAIZA, Myanmar--Ethnic Kachins living in makeshift camps in Myanmar described their terror at the army's use of air power during fighting with Kachin rebels seeking more...
Myanmar military admits airstrikes against Kachin
Soldiers of Kachin Independence Army (Asahi Shimbun file photo)
YANGON, Myanmar--Myanmar's military acknowledged launching airstrikes against ethnic Kachin rebels in the north and said it captured a hilltop post from where the insurgents...
China deports Myanmar refugees amid fighting
In this photo taken on Feb. 13, a Kachin soldier mans a frontline position, facing off against Myanmar government troops about 15 kilometers (9 miles) from the headquarters of the Kachin Independence Organization, in Laiza, the area controlled by the Kachin in northern Myanmar. (AP Photo)
BEIJING -- China has forcibly returned scores of ethnic Kachins who have fled Myanmar because of civil war, putting them at risk of armed violence and abuse by Myanmar's army,...
Distrust remains in Myanmar’s push for peace
Lahkyen La Ja, general secretary of the Kachin Independence Organization, is interviewed by The Asahi Shimbun on July 25 in Bangkok. (Takeshi Fujitani)
BANGKOK--Reconciliation talks have ground to a halt as Myanmar’s central government and armed ethnic forces try to overcome decades of distrust.
Myanmar to beef-up peace effort to end Kachin...
Aung Min (Asahi Shimbun file photo)
NAYPYITAW, Myanmar -- Myanmar will choose a team of 50 peace negotiators led by a vice-president to settle a conflict in Kachin State and bring all ethnic groups into the...
Myanmar president orders shakeup for peace talks
Myanmar's President Thein Sein (Asahi Shimbun file photo)
YANGON--Myanmar will overhaul its peace negotiating teams in a bid to settle armed rebellions with ethnic rebel militias following a failure to end a stubborn conflict in the...
Up to 10,000 Myanmar refugees seek refuge in China
BEIJING -- Thousands of refugees from fighting in remote northern Myanmar have flooded into makeshift tent cities erected on the other side of the long border with China,...
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