Locals said that the airstrike on Sadung, a small settlement between the Kachin State capital and border town of Kanpaikti, ...

Residents of the jade-mining township said the Kachin Independence Army’s roundup of young people for combat training and ...

A man looks on at homes destroyed after air and artillery strikes in Mung Lai Hkyet displacement camp, in Laiza, Myanmar, Tuesday Oct. 10, 2023. Credit: AP Photo Around 30 people, including women and ...

FILE - Hkalam Samson, left, poses for photography together with his wife after his release from the prison in Myintkyina township in Kachin state, Myanmar on April 17, 2024. A prominent Christian ...

BANGKOKBANGKOK — A rebel group in Myanmar’s northern state of Kachin said its troops on Thursday attacked more than 10 army outposts along the main road to the state capital of Myitkyina, increasing ...

BANGKOK (AP) — A powerful rebel group has seized a key trading town in northeastern Myanmar on the Chinese border, taking control of a lucrative rare earth mining hub in another setback for the ...

Christmas used to be a special time for the Kachin people of northern Burma. Festivities traditionally last throughout December and move from village to village — featuring songs, sermons, cultural ...

BANGKOK (Reuters) -When armed rebels seized northern Myanmar's rare-earths mining belt in October, they dealt a blow to the country's embattled military junta - and wrested control of a key global ...

YANGON, Myanmar, March 1 (UNHCR) - The UN refugee agency said on Friday that an inter-agency visit to northern Myanmar's Kachin state has successfully delivered badly-needed aid to hundreds of ...

REUTERS - Troops in Myanmar have murdered, tortured and raped civilians since fighting with separatists flared up around nine months ago in northern Kachin State, leading to the displacement of 75,000 ...

YANGON (Reuters) - Myanmar's government held peace talks on Thursday with the Kachin Independence Army (KIA), one of the country's most powerful rebel groups, as part of moves to resolve all its ...