Myanmar News » Kachin News Myanmar » Kachin » Social: Military attack leaves Myanmar’s displaced civilians with ‘no safe place’
On the night of October 9, Seng Mai was awoken by a deafening explosion that tore apart her shelter in Mung Lai Hkyet, a camp for conflict-displaced people in northern Myanmar’s Kachin State. “The ...
News Myanmar » Kachin » Social: In northern Myanmar, Kachin rebels claim attacks on army outposts as offensive gathers pace
BANGKOK--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 the ...
News Myanmar » Kachin » Social: Myanmar military holds military ceremony inside Baptist church
Myanmar’s military held a graduation ceremony with alcohol and dancing for more than 400 members of an allied militia inside the sanctuary of a Baptist church in Christian-majority Kachin state, ...
News Myanmar » Kachin » Social: Kachin rebels, Myanmar junta troops fight for control of jade mining area
Fighting between the rebel Kachin Independence Army and the junta’s military over control of Myanmar’s largest jade mine – an important source of wealth – has intensified since the beginning of the ...
News Myanmar » Kachin » Social: 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 ...
News Myanmar » Kachin » Social: Myanmar ethnic army attacks jade mining town, media say
Forces of the Kachin Independence Army (KIA), one of the ethnic factions opposed to Myanmar's coup, attacked military positions at the northwestern jade mining town of Hkamti on Saturday, local media ...
News Myanmar » Kachin » Social: Myanmar: KIA-facilitated Chinese business visit to proposed mining site raises community concerns over pollution and livelihoods
"Chinese Investors Inspect Proposed Mining Site in Loi Ho Hsur, Raising Local Concerns", Shan Herald Agency for News, 16 Oct 2026. Chinese business operators have visited Loi Ho H ...
News Myanmar » Kachin » Social: What's behind the quiet US diplomatic thaw with Myanmar?
Talks between US officials and Myanmar President Min Aung Hlaing signal a pragmatic policy shift driven by rare earth demands and cybercrime Fresh from walking down red carpets laid out by his ...
News Myanmar » Kachin » Social: ASIA/MYANMAR — Bishop among displaced people in Kachin State: “You are not forgotten”
Myitkyina (Fides News Agency) — They brought hope and spiritual consolation to more than 1,000 internally displaced people living in the St. Teresa refugee camp, described as “the most vulnerable ...
News Myanmar » Kachin » Social: 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 » Social: 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 ...