The Kachin Independence Army (KIA) of Myanmar has launched rocket attack on the government forces in northern Shan state leaving one civilian death and two others injured, the military-run Myawaddy media reported Wednesday.
Myanmar government troops have been engaged in fighting with the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) as wood smuggling was found in Mansi, northernmost Kachin state, over the past three days amid peace talks in Yangon.
Myanmar's ethnic Kachin Independence Army has ambushed a convoy of Kachin state transport minister on a highway in northern Kachin state, official sources said on Thursday.
Myanmar government is taking prompt steps to bring the Kachin Independence Organization (KIO) back to the negotiation table after the last talks planned in the border town of Ruili on Oct. 30 failed.
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Sunday welcomed Myanmar government's announcement about a ceasefire in Kachin and called on both sides to "make serious efforts to create conditions for sustainable peace" in the region.
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