What the records say
- When
- 29 Aug 2009
- Kind
- Event
- Coordinates
- 23.70° N, 98.76° E
Placed at the coordinates of the event it links, 2009 Kokang incident.
Summary
Several people are reported killed after fresh clashes erupt in the Kokang region of Shan State, northeastern Burma, near the border with China. A bomb is also thrown across the border.
2009 Kokang incident
Ethnic conflict in Myanmar
The Kokang incident was a violent series of skirmishes that broke out in August 2009 in Kokang in Myanmar's northern Shan State. Several clashes between ethnic minorities and the Burmese military junta forces took place. As a result of the conflict, the MNDAA lost control of the area and as many as 30,000 refugees fled to Yunnan in neighbouring China.
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