Rebellion in N. Myanmar

In Myanmar’s Kachin region, in the far north near China, battles between rebel and government forces intensified at year’s turn, particularly around the town of Laiza. Since the area conflict restarted in 2011, after the collapse of a 17-year cease-fire, more than 75,000 people have been displaced.

Additionally, instances of ethnic violence have occurred in villages in several areas of Myanmar, but it is the northern Kachin region that has seen most of the armed fighting.