Residents of five villages affected by the conflict in Kachin State have returned home, not because it's safe there, but because they've little to eat in the internally displaced person (IDP) camps from which they
A villager from Ma Dein was shot dead last Saturday, August 28, while walking past a Burma Army (BA) Infantry Battalion 58 in Waingmaw Township, Kachin State. (more…)
Two Tatmadaw battalion commanders were killed during battle with the combined forces of Kachin Independence Army (KIA) and Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army (MNDAA) in Muse District, according to the MNDAA. (more…)
Kachin Baptist Convention (KBC) officials are trying to negotiate a settlement with the military after it tried to arrest its secretary in Myitkyina over what KBC called a misunderstanding. (more…)
Civilians have fled their homes fearing the military will burn down their village in Putao Township, Kachin State, after fighting broke out with the Kachin Independence Army (KIA). (more…)
The military junta arrested Dr M. Kawn La, chair of the Kachin National Congress and charged him with incitement under Article 505 (a). (more…)
The military is demanding bribes in lieu of travel documents at a checkpoint in Kachin State. According to a Bhamo local, since early August, if travellers give money to soldiers at the Hpang Ga the
The Kachin Independence Army (KIA) torched a police compound in Hpakant Township, Kachin State, an officer of the KIA's political wing, Kachin Independence Organisation (KIO), told KNG on condition that his name not be mentioned.
There are four people dying every day from COVID-19 in Tanai, Kachin State, according to a volunteer, who explained about 70 people have perished from the disease in the town in Myitkyina District since the
A woman was killed and a 80-year woman wounded during a landslide in Maga Yang internally displaced persons (IDPs) camp, located southeast of Myitkyina, in Kachin Independence Organization controlled territory. (more…)