Myanmar News » Kachin News Myanmar » Kachin » Economy: Myanmar's economy set to contract as floods and fighting take heavy toll, the World Bank says
BANGKOK — Myanmar’s economy is forecast to contract this year, the World Bank said Wednesday, as flooding and fighting take a severe toll nearly four years after the military ousted its elected ...
News Myanmar » Kachin » Economy: China risks global heavy rare-earth supply to stop Myanmar rebel victory
The global supply of heavy rare earths hinges in part on the outcome of a months-long battle between a rebel army and the Chinese-backed military junta in the hills of northern Myanmar.
News Myanmar » Kachin » Economy: Airstrikes and Illegal Mining Add to Myanmar’s Troubles
A thriving ‘conflict economy’ is extracting minerals while the military and armed groups inflict abuse on civilians, according to a new report on the scale of recent violence in Myanmar.
News Myanmar » Kachin » Economy: Myanmar Economy to Shrink Further in 2025, World Bank Says
Myanmar’s economy is set to contract further in 2025, the World Bank said in its latest outlook, after a year of conflict in which resistance groups made significant inroads against the country’s ...
News Myanmar » Kachin » Economy: Myanmar’s Minerals Deal
Cadets of the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) preparing for military drills at the group’s headquarters in Laiza, Kachin State, Myanmar, October 2016. Credit: Paul Vrieze (VOA) An American businessman ...
News Myanmar » Kachin » Economy: Human rights situation in Myanmar ‘plummets to new low’, UN says
New report says abuses against Rohingya and unchecked resource exploitation deepening crisis in Myanmar.
News Myanmar » Kachin » Economy: Myanmar rights situation plummets to new low amid Rohingya abuses, illicit economies: UN
The report details how unrelenting violence and a conflict economy work hand-in-hand to expose civilian populations to untold misery. It covers the period between 1 June 2025 and 31 May 2026.
News Myanmar » Kachin » Economy: Myanmar’s Kachin insurgents take control of their border with China
The most powerful insurgent group in northern Myanmar has captured the last crossing in its region on the border with China in defiance of Chinese efforts to press it and other Myanmar rebel forces to ...
News Myanmar » Kachin » Economy: The Importance of Kachin State to Myanmar’s Revolution
Four years on, Myanmar’s civil war has spread to all 14 regions and states, as well as the major cities of Mandalay, Naypyidaw, and Yangon. According to the analysis of the Special Advisory Council ...
News Myanmar » Kachin » Economy: Myanmar human rights conditions hit new low, says UN
The UN human rights office report, covering June 2025 to May 2026, said unrelenting conflict, military violence and a growing 'conflict economy' were exposing civilians to severe hardship.