Kachin

There is enough food to feed the displaced Kachin civilians for a month, she said, but aid workers are also struggling to keep people warm.

The intent was to drive the Kachin out of an area near where China is constructing hydropower plants, according to dissident groups.

The dam had been denounced by environmental groups and by the Kachin people who live near the site, on the Irrawaddy river.

In Bangkok Friday, some 50 protesters gathered in at the Burmese embassy calling for an end to the war in Kachin state.

The Kachin rebels still control portions of territory along the border with China, including areas where Chinese companies own plantations.

The Burmese government mainly transports troops and weapons to its northern Kachin State by train and ship.

Instead, Kachin leaders have proposed a Kachin Regional Guard Force in place of a government-backed border guard force.

According to the Kachin News Group, the Burmese Army is still operating offensives in Kachin State with fighting occurring on a daily basis.

"The Kachin have realized that we must have independence. Without it, we will be swallowed up, " he said.

With the Kachin independent army in control of northern Myanmar, they too have been noticed selling arms to various insurgent groups.

KIO has told the Kachin State government that it requests ceasefire and peace talks with the central Union Government directly.

Human Rights Watch says soldiers attacked and occupied numerous villages in Kachin state, confiscating residents' property and belongings.

Meanwhile, the situation in Kachin State, where government troops have been clashing with the KIA since June, remains tense.

Meanwhile, Kachin political parties are struggling to get approval from the Union Election Commission (UEC) to contest the election.

Dam building in Burma has contributed to renewed fighting, ending a 17-year ceasefire between the Kachin Independence Army and government.

The fighting in Kachin has displaced tens of thousands of civilians in wintry conditions.

Kachin soldiers retreated but blew up several bridges with plans to reinforce their positions for more fighting in the days ahead.

The KIO's military wing, the Kachin Independence Army, claims to have more than 20, 000 troops including well-trained militias.

However, the current government signed a peace agreement with them while attacking the Kachin, Karen and Shan ethnic armed groups.

The Burmese government says its soldiers are warding off raids by Kachin rebels on Chinese projects.

The Kachin rebels have opened 67 offices as points of liaison with the junta since the ceasefire agreement 16 years ago.

KIA troops prepare civil war with Burmese military rulers in Kachin State, Northern Burma.

He meets with Zhou Enlai and agrees to withdraw all its forces from the disputed border areas in Kachin State.

There are tens of thousands of people, including Kachin civilians, jade miners and traders and sellers in Hpakant.

Other youth suspects, including a Kachin youth leader, were arrested on Monday.

Clearly action taken by authorities in China and Burma to combat illegal logging in Kachin state has had a significant positive impact.

I want to ask members of the Kachin, Karen and Shan armed groups to remember that there are many ethnic people in the Burmese army.

Rights groups have accused the military of raping Kachin women in the conflict.

Top lawyer Lamya Gam lives in Rangoon the former capital of Burma and now will work for KSUDP in Kachin State.

Burmese and Kachin troops surrounded each other last night and early this morning in three different places in Kachin State, northern Burma.

Another USDP candidate in Kachin state has been named as Htun Htun, a Burmese-born entrepreneur who also became rich through jade mining.

More than 200 political prisoners remain in custody, and the government has waged a brutal campaign against insurgents in Kachin State.

Tengchong, which borders Myanmar and the 148. 7 km-long border from Tengchong to Myitkyina in Kachin State capital of 217 km.

Diplomats in Beijing say leaders of the Kachin Independence Organisation visited the Chinese capital several times last year.

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