when the Myanmar Air Force bombed a gold mining site located in territory controlled by the Kachin Independence Army (KIA). “All those killed were civilians including gold miners and local ...

have been claiming for over 60 years of autonomy and have set up their own army, the "Kachin Independence Army". There are two Catholic dioceses in the Burmese state: the diocese of Myitkyina (with ...

Myanmar has 21 established ethnic armed organizations and some of the largest and most powerful groups, including the Kachin Independence Army and ... posted on the organization’s Facebook ...

A KIA fighter seen standing guard in Mong Jar Yang in Kachin State’s Momauk Township, a territory controlled by the armed group, in July 2016 (Photo: AFP) Regime forces deployed drones to attack the ...

“This morning in Hpakant township, the Kachin Independence Organization (KIO/KIA) attacked a military council battalion based in Sezin village, and the KIO/KIA’s Hpakant-based 9th Brigade and ...

A handout photo released on January 9 by the Arakan Army ethnic minority armed group shows a man standing near a burning house at the site of a suspected air strike carried out by Myanmar’s military ...

Since the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) captured the Kan Paik Ti border crossing ... However, we would like the KIA or another responsible organisation to intervene and regulate the ratio of banana ...

Residents of Bhamo flee across the Ayeyarwady River in December 2024 (AFP) Allied forces led by the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) are continuing their push for control of the southern Kachin State ...

She topped the charts in the Air Rifle event ... the veteran may have forced a shoot-off for sixth place. (ANI) KACHIN, Myanmar - The Kachin Independence Army (KIA) has taken another junta stronghold ...

Meanwhile, the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) remains in extensive control of Myanmar’s valuable rare earth mines, severely limiting the Burmese government’s control over this sector.