Kachin News Group

February 25, 2026
Junta launches series of airstrikes on KIO-controlled areas
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...
Paw Lu at court in Myitkyina, Kachin state on Sep. 6, 2019
September 13, 2019
Kachin Peace Activist’s Jail Term Extended After Myitkyina Courtroom...
Paw Lu, a prominent peace activist in the Kachin State capital Myitkyina, was given an additional three months added to his original sentence for his...
Myanmar Army Tanks Roll into Myitkyina as Kachin Activists Gather, Sep. 9, 2019
September 12, 2019
Myanmar Army Tanks Roll into Myitkyina as Kachin Activists Gather
A group of politically active Kachin gathering in the Kachin State capital Myitkyina says they were very alarmed by the Myanmar army’s decision to...
September 12, 2019
Despite Ceasefire Declaration Myanmar Army and Ethnic Alliance Clash in...
Armed clashes between the Myanmar army and members of an ethnic military alliance continued in the hours after the alliance declared a one-month...
US President Trump received Kachin Baptist leader Rev. Dr. Hkalam Samson at the White House on July 18, 2019
September 12, 2019
Myanmar Army Drops Suit Against Kachin Church Leader Over Trump comments
On Monday a senior military official dropped a suit he had filled against Rev. Dr. Hkalam Samson, the chairman of the Kachin Baptist Convention (KBC...
Civilians killed by Shelling in Myanmar’s Shan State as Gov. and Armed Groups Meet
September 9, 2019
In Wake of Civilian Tragedy Myanmar NGOs call on Army, EAOs to Respect...
A group of Burmese NGOs, Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) and church groups have called on the Myanmar army, also known as the Tatmadaw and three...
September 5, 2019
Kachin Peace Activists Jailed for “Unauthorized” Theater in the Park
Dramatic scenes unfolded in Myitkyina on Monday when a local court sentenced two Kachin peace activists to prison for their role in organizing an “...
September 3, 2019
Civilians killed by Shelling in Myanmar’s Shan State as Gov. and Armed...
Many Kachin people across the world took to social media on Saturday to express their anger and outrage following the death of five Kachin civilians...
September 3, 2019
Shoddy Construction Plagues Myitsone Dam Relocation Sites in Myanmar’s...
Hkawn Tawng, a Kachin widow, was forced to move from her original home close to the confluence where the Irrawaddy river is formed in northern Kachin...
KBC Chairman Rev. Dr. Hkalam Sanson. Photo: shadan zau hpring/Facebook
August 29, 2019
KBC chairman welcomes prosecution by military
Kachin Baptist Convention (KBC) Chairman Rev. Dr. Hkalam Sanson said that he welcomed the prosecution against him by Tatmadaw (Defence Services)...
August 27, 2019
KBC Leaders Discuss Future of Kachin IDPs
Leaders from the Kachin Baptist Convention (KBC) and representatives from internally displaced people’s (IDP) camps met this week to discuss the...
August 27, 2019
Chinese Nationals Fined, Detained for Weeks Over Illegal Operation of...
A Waingmaw Township court sentenced three Chinese nationals to fines of 500,000 kyat (US$329) for operating shops without official permission earlier...
August 27, 2019
Amber Being Sought ‘Through Bloodshed,’ Kachin Group Reports
A new report from the Kachin Development Network Group (KDNG) alleges that the Burma Army’s seizure of Kachin State’s Hukawng Valley is a move toward...