Kokang

The MNDAA, also known as the Kokang group, split from the Burma Communist party in 1989.

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The Kokang were the first among 17 armed ethnic groups to reach a peace agreement with the government in March 1989.

Elections - fresh news by plazoo.com 2009

The fighting two years ago between the Burmese army and Kokang rebels sent thousands of villagers fleeing into China.

Burma Clashes Raise Concern of Spreading Conflict 2011

"Even Beijing had said so since the Burma army attacked Kokang, another ethnic group, in 2009."

Burma Clashes Raise Concern of Spreading Conflict 2011

"Even Beijing had said so since the Burma army attacked Kokang, another ethnic group, in 2009."

Burma Clashes Raise Concern of Spreading Conflict 2011

In 2009, more than 10,000 refugees temporarily crossed the border into China amid hostilities between the government and Kokang residents, drawing a rare rebuke from China, which called on Myanmar to "properly" resolve its domestic problems and ensure stability on the border.

China Urges End to Myanmar Strife A Wall Street Journal Reporter 2011

The fighting two years ago between the Burmese army and Kokang rebels sent thousands of villagers fleeing into China.

Burma Clashes Raise Concern of Spreading Conflict 2011

A year ago, tens of thousands of refugees flooded across the border because of a Burmese military offensive into the mainly ethnic Chinese area of Kokang, in northeast Shan state.

China Endorses Burma Elections 2010

In 2009, more than 10,000 refugees temporarily crossed the border into China amid hostilities between the government and Kokang residents, drawing a rare rebuke from China, which called on Myanmar to "properly" resolve its domestic problems and ensure stability on the border.

China Urges End to Myanmar Strife A Wall Street Journal Reporter 2011

In August, the Myanmar military targeted a relatively weak ethnic group, the Kokang, in an offensive that drove some 30,000 or more refugees into China and left more than 30 people dead.

Myanmar Moves Troops to Borders A Wall Street Journal Reporter 2010