Although those in Kokang account for only 7 percent of the ethnic Chinese population in Myanmar, they are unique among Chinese groups in the country, as they were defined as an ethnic minority by ...

YANGON: The new leader of the Kokang ethnic group has said it will participate in Myanmar elections next year, the first in nearly two decades. Phe Sauk Chen, appointed head of the newly formed ...

YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — Ethnic Kokang rebels fighting against government troops in northeastern Myanmar declared a unilateral ceasefire on Thursday. Rebel spokesman Htun Myat Lin told The ...

YANGON - Heavy fighting went on in Kokang region of Myanmar as the government troops shelled hilly bases of the Kokang ethnic army near Laukkai on Tuesday, according to the military-run media ...

Myanmar's military government has ceded control of the capital of the self-administered Kokang region in the country's north-east, the most significant defeat for the junta since an alliance of ...

Myanmar's government forces continued to launch air strike against the Kokang ethnic army over the last two days, claiming the capture of some more strategic hills in the heavy fighting ...

The Yanlonkyaing China-Myanmar Border Gate to the northeast of Laukkai, the capital of the Kokang Self-Administered Zone in Shan State, Myanmar. Credit: Wikimedia Commons/Paingpeace An armed ...

In 2009, the warlord Peng Jiasheng was betrayed and forced to relinquish control of Kokang, the autonomous region in Myanmar's north-east that he had ruled for decades. But now, 14 years later ...

"It shines a light on little-seen aspects of Myanmar's rapidly evolving culture, as deeply-rooted activities of Lethwei, street football and Chinlone freely mix with new athletic expressions of ...