Kachin News Group

February 23, 2026
Junta launches airstrikes on five KIA-controlled areas in single day
February 23, 2026
Excessive gold mining in Putao District threatens environment and local...
February 19, 2026
Surge in KTV lounges in Putao since coup
Burmese teachers receive education online training.
May 16, 2020
Townships Without Internet Can’t Join Online Classes
Seven townships in Kachin State, without internet services, will be left out of the government’s plan to resume classes online, after the lockdown...
The two officials from the Burmese government and Kachin Independence Organization met on May 13, 2020, for the first time on the joint cooperation of Covid-19 prevention at KIO’s Mai Sak Pa Covid-19 quarantine camp in Waingmaw township, Kachin State, northern Burma.
May 16, 2020
KIO And Govt Prepare For Pandemic
The two officials from the Burmese government and Kachin Independence Organization met on May 13, 2020, for the first time on the joint cooperation...
Photo - Gen. Gunhtang Gam Shawng, Chief of Staff of KIO’s armed wing Kachin Independence Army, visited to the Covid-19 quarantine center in its de fecto capital Laiza, last month in Kachin State, northern Burma.
May 13, 2020
EAOs Cautious About Collaboration With Govt’s COVID-19 Coordination...
The Kachin Independence Organization (KIO) replied to and acknowledged the Burmese government’s official letter announcing the formation of a COVID...
Photo - First Covid-19 positive patient no.144 transferred to Myitkyina public hospital on April 25, 2020.
May 13, 2020
Kachin State’s First COVID-19 Patient Discharged From Hospital
Kachin State’s first COVID-19 patient—and Burma’s 144th—was discharged from Myitkyina hospital on Monday after testing negative twice for the virus...
Photo - Kambaiti border pass in Kachin State, northern Burma.
May 8, 2020
Quarantined Workers Will Be Moved Before Rain Comes
The Kachin State government will transfer hundreds of migrant workers staying in a rudimentary quarantine facility in northern Kachin State to more...
May 8, 2020
Lockdowns Hurt Businesses In Kachin State Villages
The model village so-called Aung Myin Thar where local people around Myitsone dam site were forcibly relocated by Burmese government in early 2009...
May 7, 2020
Mandated Quarantine For Kachin State MPs
Kachin State parliamentarians will need to quarantine for one week before attending an upcoming session in parliament. Tun Tin, the speaker for...
Caption : Three artists were released from jail on bail by Myitkyina court on April 30, 2020.
May 4, 2020
Three Painters Promoting COVID-19 Awareness Released on Bail, Charges...
Three painters were released from jail on bail by a Myitkyina court on Thursday, but continue to face charges of “insulting religion” for their...
Volunteers from KsC19PN help accepting home returning workers from China on April 20, 2020. Photo: Seng Nu Pan/ KsC19PN.
April 25, 2020
Social Distancing Not Allways Being Followed For Returning Workers, CSO...
With thousands returning en masse from jobs in China in recent days a Kachin civil society coalition cautioned that more needed to be done to reduce...
KsC19PN volunteers reached at Maina RC (Roman Catholic) camp in Waingmaw township, Kachin State, northern Burma on April 6, 2020. Photo: KsC19PN
April 13, 2020
Kachin Civil Society Initiates Coronavirus Prevention Measures in IDP Camps
Kachin civil society organizations have started their own preventative programs to fight coronavirus in the internally displaced persons (IDP) camps...
April 13, 2020
Gov’t Restricts Traffic To Hpakant To Fight Virus
The government introduced stricter travel measures it claims will help prevent the spread of COVID-19 in Kachin State’s Hpakant Township. Locals are...
Office of Kachin State Health Department, Myitkyina
April 7, 2020
Health Dept Monitoring Nearly 3,000 People in Kachin State for COVID-19
Kachin State’s health department has reported that a total of 2,985 people are being monitored either at home or in quarantine facilities for signs...