Qualla: Hpakant Massacre https://qualla.com/hpakant-massacre en-us © 2026 Bendyline Mon, 20 Jul 2026 10:21:37 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_res/siteimages/rsslogo.png Qualla: Hpakant Massacre https://qualla.com/hpakant-massacre Hpakant Massacre: Introduction https://qualla.com/hpakant-massacre/ The spotlights were still on when the bombs fell. On the night of October 23, 2022, hundreds of people had gathered in the Anangpa area of Hpakant Township for an outdoor concert organized by the Kachin Independence Organization. Musicians performed under bright stage lights while families watched from the surrounding hillside. Then the Myanmar Air Force struck. The bright lights that had drawn the crowd now served as a beacon for the jets overhead, and at least 80 civilians died in the airstrikes that followed -- musicians, KIO officials, families who had come for an evening of music in the jade-mining heartland of Kachin State.

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]]> Thu, 26 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/w/h/s/d/hpakant-massacre-wp/whsd-hpakant-massacre-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Hpakant Massacre: Music Silenced Over the Jade Hills https://qualla.com/hpakant-massacre/ Hpakant Township sits in the remote highlands of northern Myanmar, a region better known for its jade mines than its concert venues. The area falls within the territory of the Kachin Independence Organization's 9th Brigade, one of several ethnic armed organizations that have resi...

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]]> Thu, 26 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/w/h/s/d/hpakant-massacre-wp/whsd-hpakant-massacre-music-silenced-over-the-jade-hills.mp3 0:06 2 full Hpakant Massacre: The Junta's Denial https://qualla.com/hpakant-massacre/ Myanmar's ruling State Administration Council denied targeting civilians. In its official statement, the junta claimed it had bombed a Kachin army base and acted within the rules of engagement derived from the four Geneva Conventions. Reports of civilian deaths and performers, th...

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]]> Thu, 26 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/w/h/s/d/hpakant-massacre-wp/whsd-hpakant-massacre-the-juntas-denial.mp3 0:06 3 full Hpakant Massacre: A World Responds, and Some Stay Silent https://qualla.com/hpakant-massacre/ The United Nations expressed deep concern over what it called an excessive and disproportionate use of force against unarmed civilians. ASEAN Chairman Prak Sokhonn issued a statement two days later expressing grave alarm. Japan's Chief Cabinet Secretary Matsuno Hirokazu condemned...

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]]> Thu, 26 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/w/h/s/d/hpakant-massacre-wp/whsd-hpakant-massacre-a-world-responds-and-some-stay-silent.mp3 0:06 4 full Hpakant Massacre: The Weight of What Happened https://qualla.com/hpakant-massacre/ The Hpakant massacre was not an isolated event. It belongs to a pattern of military airstrikes against civilian gatherings that has intensified since the February 2021 coup plunged Myanmar into civil war. What makes Hpakant stand apart is the scale -- at least 80 dead in a single...

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