Myanmar News » Kachin News Myanmar » Kachin » Politics: Across a border and into a war: A Karenni leader’s final journey
The funeral of veteran Karenni leader Steven Aung San Myint offers a rare glimpse into the people, politics, and porous frontier sustaining resistance to Myanmar’s military ...
News Myanmar » Kachin » Politics: Myanmar’s China-backed mega dam revival risks Kachin rebel backlash
Restarting the shelved US$3.6 billion Myitsone Dam project could ultimately come down to Beijing's 'risk tolerance' Deep in the forested highlands of northern Myanmar, where the Irrawaddy River rises ...
News Myanmar » Kachin » Politics: Myanmar Junta Pounds Kachin Town as Flotilla Comes Under Resistance Attack
Regime forces have intensified airstrikes around Shwegu as the KIA and allied resistance groups attack a 15-vessel flotilla believed headed for Bhamo.
News Myanmar » Kachin » Politics: The Hidden Cycle of Myanmar’s Forever Wars
The ‘elite capture’ of peacebuilding and democratization has masked the true drivers of Myanmar’s decades-old civil wars, writes David Scott Mathieson.
News Myanmar » Kachin » Politics: Myanmar’s Post-Earthquake Ceasefires: Empty Gestures or Prelude to Peace?
In the wake of the devastating earthquake that struck central Myanmar on March 28, multiple parties to the country’s civil war declared unilateral, conditional ceasefires. While commendable, these ...
News Myanmar » Kachin » Politics: 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 » Politics: 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 » Politics: How Conflict Economies And Political Volatility Drive Myanmar’s Deforestation – Analysis
Myanmar possesses one of Southeast Asia’s most ecologically significant forest systems, including tropical rainforests, montane forests, mangroves, and biodiverse river basins. However, decades of ...
News Myanmar » Kachin » Politics: Myanmar junta torches Catholic cathedral in Kachin
The military junta in Myanmar’s strife-torn Kachin state has allegedly burnt down a Catholic cathedral dedicated to Saint Patrick on the eve of the revered saint’s feast. Soldiers from the junta’s ...