On 9 June 2011 fighting broke out in Kachin State in the north of Burma between the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) and the Burmese Army, ending a 17 year old ceasefire agreement. The fighting has...
"God be with all of you in your lives. In August of 2006, the SPDC burned our farms and destroyed our village we were forced to flee our homes and traditional lands. We became internally displaced...
As winter approaches in Burma's northernly Kachin state, the situation grows more and more dire for tens of thousands of internally displaced persons, mostly women and children. The Burmese military...