The Jahtuzup People's Militia Force (PMF) continues to mine gold from Jahtuzup village, where the group under the regime takes its name, despite efforts by the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) to stop it. Since December,
The regime's Northern Military Command has cracked down on gold miners in Tanai, sending soldiers and members of the Warazup People's Militia Force (PMF) to confiscate their equipment and burn down their bamboo huts in
On Tuesday, a child was killed and two others were injured after they accidentally detonated a leftover shell in a village in Waingmaw Township. The students were playing after school with the shell they found
On Saturday, the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) attacked a military transport convoy carrying about 100 regime soldiers from Infantry Battalion 297 and the Warazup People's Militia Force (PMF) twice with landmines on the Lido Road
The regime has imposed severe restrictions on food shipments to Chipwi to starve the Kachin Independence Army (KIA), but this also hurts civilians who cannot afford to bribe Burma Army (BA) soldiers to bring more
After last year's coup, Burma has become the world's largest supplier of rare earths. According to a six-month report by Global Witness, which tracked the toxic mining of the mineral needed for computers and most
The Gway Htu People's Militia Force (PMF) has been coercing residents to support its gold mining operations in Waingmaw Township, even though the majority of people in the area in Kachin State are against it.
The Kachin Independence Army (KIA) set fire to two excavators belonging to the leader of a People's Militia Force (PMF) allied with the regime in Hpakant Township, Kachin State. On 23 May, a few days
Facing shortages, the Burma Army (BA) called on the Kawnglanghpu People's Militia Force (PMF) to provide fighters during the conflict against Kachin armed groups in Putao and Machanbaw townships in northern Kachin State. Although the
The Laymai People's Militia Force (PMF) has been turning away workers who are desperate enough to pay exorbitant quarantine fees as a condition of working in their rare earth mines, while local residents fear the