Myanmar News » Kachin News Myanmar » Kachin » Government: Is Myanmar’s Kachin Conflict Really Over?
The visit on Wednesday by the United Nations’ special envoy to Myanmar, Vijay Nambiar, to Laiza, the headquarters of the Kachin Independence Organization, is a positive sign that the conflict in ...
News Myanmar » Kachin » Government: 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 » Government: Myanmar civil war nears rare window for talks
Some ethnic armed organizations that are part of the SCEF are coming under international pressure to negotiate with the Myanmar government, three analysts said. Those groups, including the Karen ...
News Myanmar » Kachin » Government: Q+A-What is behind clashes in Myanmar's Kachin hills?
June 16 (Reuters) - Myanmar troops have clashed with ethnic Kachin rebels near Chinese-built dams this week, threatening Chinese energy interests in the country. Here are some questions and answers ...
News Myanmar » Kachin » Government: Myanmar moves to revive $3.6 billion China-backed Myitsone dam after 14-year halt
Myanmar plans to revive the $3.6 billion China-backed Myitsone hydropower project after a 14-year suspension, despite concerns over costs, earthquakes, environmental damage and displacement ...
News Myanmar » Kachin » Government: Ethnic army seizes city on Myanmar-China border
An ethnic army captured a town near the Chinese border, less than a week after officials met in Myanmar’s capital to discuss cooperation between the two countries, residents told Radio Free Asia on ...
News Myanmar » Kachin » Government: Myanmar Kachin Baptist leaders jailed for ‘helping’ rebels
Two Baptist leaders were sentenced to prison in Myanmar Friday on charges of supporting ethnic minority rebels in the war-torn northeast, in a trial slammed by rights groups as a cover-up for alleged ...
News Myanmar » Kachin » Government: Catholic priest murdered in the Kachin area of Myanmar
Kachin Independence Army fighters walk in a jungle path from Mu Du front line to Hpalap outpost in an area controlled by the Kachin rebels in northern Kachin state, Myanmar, March 17, 2018. (Credit: ...
News Myanmar » Kachin » Government: Rights group sees blocked aid to Myanmar Kachin as war crime
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News Myanmar » Kachin » Government: Baptist pastor executed by Myanmar military junta amid conflict: watchdog
A Baptist pastor in Myanmar’s Chin state has been killed by the country’s military junta, along with a fellow Chin Christian, according to an international persecution watchdog. The pastor had led his ...