The Kachin Independence Army has kept its capture of Tank Battalion 5014 in Bhamo quiet for fear of retaliatory airstrikes ...

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 ...

Myanmar’s rebel groups have made significant territorial gains against the ruling military junta over the past year. The ...

The Rohingya crisis began in August 2017 when violence in Myanmar's Rakhine state forced nearly one million Rohingya Muslims ...

An analysis by The Irrawaddy shows a sharp rise in the number of people killed in junta airstrikes last month. The vast ...

Bishop John Mung La Sam was ordained on Jan. 12 for Myitkyina diocese in the state capital of war-ravaged Kachin state in northern ... Myanmar through the armed rebel group, the Kachin Independence ...

YANGON: The death toll from the collapse of a jade mine in Kachin state of northern Myanmar has reached 32 ... Although some people are still listed as missing, the search operation has been ...

BANGKOK: An overnight landslide at a jade mining area in northern Myanmar has killed ... forces fighting it. Kachin-based online media reported that about 30-50 people could be missing.

KACHIN, Myanmar - The Kachin Independence Army (KIA) has taken another junta stronghold in Bhamo, a district-level town in ...

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 ...