The Kachin National Association of Tradition and Culture (Myanmar) has issued demands to the President and State Counsellor to correct information about the Kachin people in the government schools’ Grade 7 geography textbooks. The association
The election commission is unable to collect a list of names for eligible voters from about 200 villages in Kachin State. "We have to collect a population list before we make an eligible voter list,"
The government sent new guidelines to private schools with dormitories in Kachin State to ensure social distancing is followed when classes resume. Khin Than New, director of the educational department for Kachin State, told KNG
Kachin civil society organizations (CSOs) questioned the conditions leading to the senseless deaths of jade miners during last week's tragic incident at the Hpakant jade mines in Burma's Kachin State. CSOs created a Facebook group
Kachin State's second COVID-19 case has been released from hospital care after appearing to recover from the novel coronavirus. Case 249 will need to be quarantined another two weeks before it's certain the patient is
At least 162 miners at the Hpakant jade mine in Burma's Kachin State died after the side of a hill collapsed into a pit, creating a giant wave of water that swept them away. "When
The Burma Army and the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) fought in Kachin State on Monday after Kachin forces said that the Tatmadaw entered their territory. The battle lasted around 30 minutes and occurred at La
Over 200 internally displaced Kachin families living in the outskirts of Myitkyina, the capital of Kachin State, want the government to provide all the households in their village with electricity. Residents of Ngwi Pyaw San
Many Kachin citizens without national ID cards will be omitted during the 2020 general election. According to the Kachin State Election Commission, hundreds of thousands in the state are expected to be left out when
The Burma Army destroyed a COVID-19 checkpoint created by the Kachin Independence Organization (KIO) in the Loije area on the Kachin State-China border on Monday, according to local sources. The KIO's medics and civilian health