After a night in Bangkok’s Mae Sot Hotel, they were taken, together with other victims, in pick-up trucks across the Thaungyin River to Myanmar and handed over to insurgent groups in Kachin State.

The Shweli-2 and Shweli-3 are located in Momeik, Shan state while the Tarpein-1 and Tarpein-2 in Momauk, Kachin state and the Upper Thanlwin in Kunlong, northern Shan state. The Upper Thanlwin ...

Festival Highlights During the Kachin Manaw Festival, villagers decorate tall, colorful poles known as Manaw Poles, about 20 meters high and traditionally painted in red, black, and white Kachin ...

in areas of southern Kachin state, UNICEF noted in a news release. "The fighting and the associated displacement of families has increased the health risks that children face, including by reducing ...