The episcopal ordination comes at a time when Kachin state, located along Myanmar's border with China, is suffering the devastating effects of war, which has displaced over 100,000 people.

Since resuming assaults in Bhamo last week, the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) and its allies appear close to taking over a junta operations command headquarters in the town ...

The latest fighting has centred on the headquarters of the junta’s Military Operations Command 21 (MOC-21) northeast of Bhamo ...

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

"His life," Cardinal Bo asserted, "proclaims a timeless truth: God does not choose the qualified; He qualifies those whom He chooses. " Beacon of hope for Kachin people The Bishop's "extraordinary ...

KACHIN, Myanmar - The Kachin Independence Army (KIA) has taken another junta stronghold in Bhamo, a district-level town in Kachin State where the armed group has been fighting for ... He said: "When ...

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Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar holds talks with regime chief Min Aung Hlaing in Naypyitaw as junta continues campaign of lethal ...

12 for Myitkyina diocese in the state capital of war-ravaged Kachin state in northern Myanmar, Fides new agency reported. Cardinal Charles Maung Bo, Archbishop of Yangon, who officiated at the ...

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 ...

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