Kokang rebels

People gather as they wait the arrival of a rescue team to flee away from the Kokang capital Laukkai, northern Shan State, Myanmar, February 17, 2015. Photo: Lynn Bo Bo/EPA
05 March 2015
Tens of thousands of refugees from fighting in the northern Myanmar region of Kokang near...
People carry their belongings as they flee the Kokang capital Laukkai, northern Shan State, Myanmar, February 17, 2015. Photo: Lynn Bo Bo/EPA
04 March 2015
China has set up temporary settlements to relocate about 14,000 Myanmar border...
04 March 2015
The head of Kokang rebel forces in Myanmar has implicated a neighbouring armed ethnic...
Helping people reconnect. Red Cross station at Mansu Monastery in Lashio, Shan State in February 2015. Photo:Myanmar Red Cross Society
03 March 2015
The Myanmar Red Cross Society is working to reunite and reconnect families separated by...
Beijing says it is not interfering in the conflict in Myanmar's northern Shan State. The Chinese border gate of Nansan, Yunnan, China on August 30, 2009. Photo: David and Jessie/Flickr
26 February 2015
China’s Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Hong Lei says that China forbids any organization...
Convoys have come under attack. Victims of the conflict sit on board a rescue truck as they flee the Kokang capital Laukkai, northern Shan State, Myanmar, February 17, 2015. Photo: Lynn Bo Bo/EPA
25 February 2015
Dozens of female prisoners were injured in a fierce firefight between rebels and soldiers...
Kokang fighters are now calling for dialogue with the government. Kokang fighters standing outside a deserted market as a convoy carrying diplomats and journalists visit the Myanmar-China border town Laukkai, Myanmar on September 8, 2009. Photo: Khin Maung Win/EPA
23 February 2015
The Kokang fighters are calling on the Myanmar government to enter into dialogue as soon...
A rescue truck loaded with victims of the fighting leaves the Kokang capital Laukkai, northern Shan State, Myanmar, February 17, 2015. Photo: Lynn Bo Bo/EPA
23 February 2015
Five people including a relief worker were wounded in an attack on a local aid...
A rescue truck loaded with fleeing civilians passes military troops near the Kokang capital Laukkai, northern Shan State, Myanmar, February 17, 2015. Photo: Lynn Bo Bo/EPA
21 February 2015
Nay Pyi Taw - Defence Minister Lieutenant General Wai Lwin says the government now...
Victims of the conflict sit on board a rescue truck as they flee fighting in the Kokang capital Laukkai, northern Shan State, Myanmar, February 17, 2015. Photo: Lynn Bo Bo/EPA
20 February 2015
Aid workers called on February 19 for a ceasefire to allow the evacuation of people...
Volunteers of Myanmar Red Cross organisation carry wounded volunteer U Moe Kyaw, 45, as the war vrefugees fleeing from Laukkai sit on the truck after vehicles of a rescue convoy were attacked by Kokang rebels near Kokang capital Laukkai, northern Shan State, Myanmar, February 17, 2015. Two volunteers from Myanmar Red Cross Society injured in rescue convoy attack. Photo: Lynn Bo Bo/EPA
19 February 2015
The Myanmar Journalist Network on February 18 issued a statement urging government troops...
Myanmar people gather as they await the arrival of rescue trucks to flee fighting in and around the Kokang capital Laukkai, northern Shan State, Myanmar, February 17, 2015. Photo: Lynn Bo Bo/EPA
19 February 2015
The Myanmar government and Kokang rebels are trading accusations over the February 17...

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