Myanmar - Offensive Against Kachin Army Goes On - NYTimes.com Burmese soldiers continued an offensive against an ethnic Kachin army last week in northern Myanmar while cease-fire negotiations were being held, La Nan, an official of the autonomous Kachin government, said in an article posted Tuesday in The Irrawaddy, a newspaper run by Burmese exiles in Thailand. The military is waging war against the Kachin despite a Dec. 10 order from President Thein Sein to halt combat. The cease-fire talks were inconclusive.