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Fierce clashes between the Burma Army and the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) in Kachin State’s Waingmaw Township between August 2016 and January 2017 led to the KIA losing four major outposts and several smaller outposts. [1]

LAIZA, Kachin State — In the northern reaches of Burma, Laiza is a small town near the Chinese border with a reputation for being the headquarters of a major rebel group known as the Kachin Independence Organization (KIO). [2]

LAIZA, Kachin State — Hundreds of people, from the elderly to schoolchildren, many wearing traditional ethnic dress, flooded into the streets Tuesday to greet leaders of Burma’s ethnic armed groups arriving for a conference to discuss upcoming ceasef... [3]

RANGOON — The United Wa State Army (UWSA), Burma’s largest armed group, and ethnic Kokang rebels will not participate in this week’s meeting in Laiza, where Burma’s rebel groups are convening to discuss a government proposal to hold a nationwide ceas... [4]

LAIZA, Kachin State—A team of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is visiting the Kachin rebel-held town of Laiza in order to deliver medical aid and inspect the needs of thousands of villagers displaced by the conflict in northern Bu... [5]

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[1] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2017-02-02 · 100% match

Laiza Mayor: ‘The Government and the Army are on the Same Side’

Fierce clashes between the Burma Army and the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) in Kachin State’s Waingmaw Township between August 2016 and January 2017 led to the KIA losing four major outposts and several smaller outposts.

[2] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2013-10-31 · 100% match

A Visit to Laiza Town

LAIZA, Kachin State — In the northern reaches of Burma, Laiza is a small town near the Chinese border with a reputation for being the headquarters of a major rebel group known as the Kachin Independence Organization (KIO).

[3] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2013-10-29 · 100% match

Hundreds Greet Leaders of Ethnic Armed Groups in Laiza

LAIZA, Kachin State — Hundreds of people, from the elderly to schoolchildren, many wearing traditional ethnic dress, flooded into the streets Tuesday to greet leaders of Burma’s ethnic armed groups arriving for a conference to discuss upcoming ceasef

[4] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2013-10-29 · 100% match

Wa Rebels Absent From Ethnic Ceasefire Meeting in Laiza

RANGOON — The United Wa State Army (UWSA), Burma’s largest armed group, and ethnic Kokang rebels will not participate in this week’s meeting in Laiza, where Burma’s rebel groups are convening to discuss a government proposal to hold a nationwide ceas

[5] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2013-02-27 · 100% match

Red Cross Aid Reaches Rebel Town of Laiza

LAIZA, Kachin State—A team of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is visiting the Kachin rebel-held town of Laiza in order to deliver medical aid and inspect the needs of thousands of villagers displaced by the conflict in northern Bu

[6] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2013-03-20 · 100% match

Laiza Peace Marchers Greeted by Kachins

LAIZA — Thousands of ethnic Kachins welcomed dozens of peace activists who arrived in Laiza, the besieged stronghold of Kachin rebels, on Monday evening after walking for 57 days from Rangoon.

[7] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2013-02-02 · 100% match

At Laiza Schools, a Longing for Normalcy

LAIZA, Kachin State — In a town that finds itself in anything but a normal situation, ringed as it is by Burmese army troops and artillery, this week marked a return to a degree of routine as schools reopened for Laiza’ students.

[8] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2013-08-29 · 100% match

UN Adviser Pledges Support to Kachin IDPs in Landmark Laiza Visit

In his first-ever visit to the Kachin rebel stronghold of Laiza, the UN special adviser on Burma told those displaced by war there that he would continue to support them, more than two years after a ceasefire between ethnic rebels and the government

[9] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2013-01-07 · 100% match

Kachin Rebels Allege Govt Attack on Laiza

RANGOON—Ethnic Kachin rebels in northern Burma accused government troops of launching two artillery attacks on Sunday against Laiza, the city that serves as their headquarters, but no casualties or significant damage were reported.

[10] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2013-11-01 · 100% match

Pulling Back the Curtain on Ethnic Groups’ Laiza Talks

LAIZA, Kachin State — As a conference of ethnic minority groups in Laiza enters day three, a debate is heating up among key participants.

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