Myanmar News » Kachin News Myanmar » Kachin » Places: 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 » Places: Don't forget us, says displaced farmer in Kachin state, Myanmar
MUSE, Myanmar, June 4 (UNHCR) - Farmer Maran Jar Bu* is used to hard days in the field and long walks to reach the market town from her little village in Kachin state, northern Myanmar. Now she sits ...
News Myanmar » Kachin » Places: Myanmar army says a transport helicopter has crashed in a combat zone due to malfunction
BANGKOK — A helicopter belonging to Myanmar’s military crashed in a combat zone in the country’s north while returning from a mission to deliver supplies to army outposts, a state-run newspaper ...
News Myanmar » Kachin » Places: Myanmar army overruns Kachin rebel camps as fighting escalates
YANGON — Myanmar’s military has used heavy weapons to overrun remote rebel camps in northern Kachin state, the army said Friday, as a seasonal offensive ramps up the long-running conflict. A separate ...
News Myanmar » Kachin » Places: 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 » Places: Myanmar’s Minerals Deal
In the scramble for access to the nation’s rare earth deposits, a non-state armed group holds the cards. Cadets of the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) preparing for military drills at the group’s ...
News Myanmar » Kachin » Places: 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 » Places: Why is Myanmar's military scoring victories again?
With support from China, Myanmar's military junta has managed to recapture a string of key towns and highways and put rebels on the back foot.
News Myanmar » Kachin » Places: Myanmar’s displaced Kachin Christians remain in limbo
Mary Lu Ja, 33, a displaced Catholic from war-torn Myanmar’s northern Kachin state, didn’t expect she would be stuck in a makeshift camp for internally displaced persons (IDPs) for half her life. The ...
News Myanmar » Kachin » Places: Examining the Role of Women in Kachin Resistance
A new study fills a glaring gap in scholarship by letting women tell their own stories of resistance to decades of military rule in Myanmar.
News Myanmar » Kachin » Places: Myanmar: Military supremo taking over as president could re-escalate the civil war
Senior General Min Aung Hlaing’s taking over as Myanmarese president may apparently mark a transition to a civilian government, but there is no doubt the military will remain in full control while the ...