He was referring to the contested area of Kachin State in northern Myanmar. The inhabitants of the state (around 1.7 million people) have been claiming for over 60 years of autonomy and have set up ...

The map shows the states of Kachin, Shan, Karenni, and Karen, in eastern Myanmar. The biggest challenge, administrators said, was a lack of funding to buy equipment, pay salaries and improve ...

In 1994 and 1995 Kachin and Mon armed groups signed ceasefires with the government. Research conducted bythe TBBC in eastern Burma in 2004 and field work conducted by Human Rights Watch in eastern ...

Since the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) captured the Kan Paik Ti border crossing in Kachin State it has allowed Chinese ...

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 ...

The Kukis, meanwhile, have support from the Kachin rebels and have bought weapons from Myanmar's semi-autonomous ... and the mainly Christian Kuki tribes - a conflict that critics say is the ...

The $3.6 billion project in the northern state of Kachin, along the country’s Irrawaddy River, was supposed to export about 90% of the electricity it generated to China, Myanmar’s northern ...

According to a report published yesterday by Myanmar Now, 27 civilians were killed in a series of junta bombing raids in Rakhine, Kachin, and Shan States on Saturday and Sunday. At least 15 were ...