Victims had been attending an event organized by the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) to mark the 62nd anniversary of the armed ethnic rebel group’s political wing, the Kachin Independence ...

Kachin Independence Army fighters claimed Wednesday to have shot down a Burmese military helicopter. The rebel group is one of several ethnic resistance forces combating Burma's military dictatorship.

Not far away in the mountains of northern Burma, soldiers in the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) face off against Burmese positions, a state of intermittent war that has prevailed since a 17-year ...

YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — Myanmar's military declared Friday it will stop its attacks on ethnic Kachin rebels in the country's north because it has achieved its goal of securing an army outpost there.

The 1002nd Battalion stationed at Lupya village (Laukpye area) near Panwa city was under attack by Kachin Independence Army (KIA) joint forces since October 10, 2024.

The Kachin Independence Army is one of the stronger ethnic armed groups, capable of manufacturing some of their own weapons, and whose fighters are battle-hardened from years of resistance.

The troops of the Kachin Independence Army are battle-hardened, making them one of the better-armed rebel groups, capable even of manufacturing some of their own weapons.

May 22 (Reuters) - 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 ...

An ethnic rebel group in Myanmar’s mountainous north claimed to have shot down a military helicopter, and at least one parcel bomb went off in another part of the country, as fighting ...

Myanmar President Thein Sein urged on Thursday government troops and ethnic Kachin rebels to end hostilities and take part in talks, but he ruled out independence for any of the country's ethnic ...

Church leaders are concerned for the safety of more than 1,000 people who remain trapped in war-torn Kachin State after fighting intensified between Myanmar's military and the Kachin Independence Army ...

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 pressure ...