Kachin News Group

Women carrying firewood wash their hands at IDP camp of Trinity Kachin Baptist Church in Myitkyina, the capital of Kachin State, northern Burma.
April 2, 2020
While thorough handwashing has been proven as an effective strategy to fight the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, internally displaced persons (IDPs...
Narinjara media based in Sittwe, Rakhine (Arakan) State, western Burma.
April 1, 2020
Three online ethnic media outlets in Burma are blocked on major mobile internet providers at a time when access to information has never been more...
March 31, 2020
Kachin civil society organizations say that they are concerned that the Burma Army is planning a military offensive in areas under the control of the...
Burmese military took a press conference at Kawng Kha on March 6 after seizing biggest amount of narcotics drugs. Photo: facebook
March 29, 2020
Burma Army troops raided the headquarters of the Kachin Defense Army (KDA) east of Kutkai town in northern Shan State, and reportedly detained top...
March 28, 2020
Kachin civil society organizations (CSOs) want to cooperate with the government to prevent the spread of the covid-19 pandemic in villages across...
March 28, 2020
After rumours circulated markets would close soon due to the spread of covid-19 residents in Kachin State started panic shopping. Kachin State...
Kambaiti border pass, the biggest China border trade gate in Kachin State, northern Burma. Photo: Dr. Thein Myo
March 27, 2020
While checkpoints along the Thai-Burma border closed this week, traffic continues as usual along Burma’s border with China, local sources have said...
March 26, 2020
Myitkyina University in Kachin State postponed mid-term exams for students on Tuesday amid fears of spreading the coronavirus through large...
March 26, 2020
Plans for a controversial economic zone planned on the outskirts of Myitkyina has been suspended, civil society attendees told KNG after a meeting...
Col. Nay Lin Tun (center) by Kachin News Group
March 25, 2020
Villagers in Nam San Yang, who returned to the community from internally displaced persons (IDP) camps more than one year ago, have said that...
March 25, 2020
The Kachin State government does not have the authority to shut down border gates with China amid the ongoing coronavirus outbreak, the state’s...
The Myitkyina demonstration led by KNC show their rejections on the voting rights of internal migrant workers in Kachin State on Mar. 9, 2020.
March 12, 2020
The Kachin National Congress (KNC) gathered in protest on Monday against an amendment of the election bylaw allowing guest domestic workers voting...