Residents of Hpakant are struggling with rising rice and fuel costs after regime forces blocked a key transport route into the township in Kachin State following clashes with the Kachin Independence Army (KIA). (more…)
The military government starting tabulating the population across Kachin State to identify eligible voters for the upcoming national elections. A man from Mohnyin, who requested anonymity, told KNG that regime officials were in town on
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
Hundreds of homes were inundated after flooding overtook a village in Kachin State's Hukawng Valley earlier this week. Heavy rainfall caused the water levels of rivers surrounding Shahtuzup village, off Lido road, to overflow flooding
Two Kachin internally displaced persons (IDPs) were injured after they stepped on a landmine while trying to reach their farmland in Kachin State’s Mogaung Township on March 5. The incident occurred at around 10:30 a.m.