BANGKOK--Air strikes by Myanmar’s military killed as many as 80 people, including singers and musicians, attending an anniversary celebration of the Kachin ethnic minority’s main political ...
The army has also lost territory in the western state of Rakhine. Like other minorities in Myanmar, the Kachin people have struggled for decades for greater autonomy from Myanmar’s central ...
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 ...
At least 15 civilians died and 10 others were injured in an air strike by Myanmar’s military on a market in Kachin state. The attack targeted a mining hub, with casualties including gold miners ...
Kachin-based online media reported that about 30-50 people could be missing. Landslides occur several times a year around Hpakant’s jade mines. In July 2020, at least 162 people died in a ...
Kachin Independence Army and allied forces also have an artillery unit surrounded amid clashes and junta airstrikes in Bhamo, almost all of whose residents have fled.