Two Burmese army helicopters crashed reportedly killing seven onboard. The aircraft were allegedly peppered with gunfire from resistance forces while flying low over conflict-torn Kachin on May 20 ...

The Trump administration is reportedly considering a partnership with the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) to access rare earth ...

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 image circulated after local media said two military helicopters had been shot down, reportedly by the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) in northern Myanmar on May 20 (archived links here and here).

The websites of Myanmar Now and the Kachin-based MyitKyina News Journal cited a spokesperson of the Kachin Independence Army saying its forces hit two helicopters, with one of them crashing in a ...