Myanmar News » Kachin News Myanmar » Kachin » History: In northern Myanmar, Kachin rebels claim attacks on army outposts as offensive gathers pace
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 ...
News Myanmar » Kachin » History: 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 » History: Myanmar Military Launches Air Strikes on Kachin, Rakhine, Shan States
2025 seems set to continue last year’s sharp increase in the number of retaliatory air and artillery attacks on resistance-held territories. Myanmar’s military junta is ramping up its air attacks on ...
News Myanmar » Kachin » History: 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 » History: 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 » History: Myanmar’s Kachin rebels take key town on approach to Bhamo
Ethnic minority Kachin fighters in northern Myanmar captured military camps on the approaches to the major town of Bhamo on Wednesday, another setback for the junta that have been struggling for much ...
News Myanmar » Kachin » History: Death toll from air raids in Myanmar’s Kachin reported to hit 80
The death toll from a Myanmar military air raid in northern Kachin state has risen to 80, according to reports, as human rights groups accused the ruling generals of violating the laws of war and ...