Residents of a village in Kachin State have told KNG that their water source has become discoloured after large-scale gold mining took place nearby following the military coup in Burma over a year ago. ''Since
The Burma Army (BA) has launched a clearance campaign to drive the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) out of an area where it plans to build a strategic road from its camp in Waingmaw Township to
The Kachin Independence Organisation (KIO) has promised to do something against a group posing as the People's Defence Forces to extort money from civilians in Myitkyina and Mogaung townships. According to a KIO officer in
After China asked ethnic armed groups along the Burmese border to stop fighting during the 2022 Winter Olympics and Lunar New Year in February and the 2022 Winter Paralympics in March, the Kachin Independence Organisation
The sale of beer products belonging to the military has dropped drastically since the Kachin Independence Organisation (KIO), whose military wing, the Kachin Independence Army (KIA), is fighting the regime, banned them completely in the
The Kachin Independence Organisation (KIO) banned the sale of beer produced by the regime and crony companies in Myitkyina District. A KIO officer told KNG that Myanmar, Dagon and ABC beer companies have all been
The chair of the Kachin Independence Organisation (KIO) in his New Year's address has exhorted civilian resistance groups to stop all attacks on civilians and public facilities, including schools and hospitals. ''I would urge resistance
The Kachin Independence Organisation (KIO) did not attend a meeting in Mongla in eastern Shan State attended by the military and member groups of the Federal Political Negotiation Consultative Committee (FPNCC), although it is in
The Kachin Independence Organisation (KIO) announced plans to redistribute the land in Hukawng Valley that its military wing, Kachin Independence Army (KIA), seized from Yuzana Co Ltd along Lido Road in Kachin State last spring
Military officials met with Kachin religious leaders in Naypyitaw and resumed long-delayed talks on the return of internally displaced persons (IDPs), although thousands of villagers continue to be forced from their homes by post-coup attacks.