Kachin News Group

December 17, 2025
KIO denies reports of secret rare-earth mining deal with India
December 10, 2025
Junta airstrike hits school in Katha
December 9, 2025
Junta shelling in Hpakant kills three, including a minor
Tissue Culture Banana Company Demands 120 Million Kyat From Locals
February 29, 2020
Tissue Culture Banana Company Demands 120 Million Kyat From Locals
A tissue culture banana company is prosecuting seven villagers in Kachin State’s Waingmaw Township and demanding 120 million kyat (US$83,000) in...
February 29, 2020
Coronavirus Impacts Jade Auction Turnout in Myitkyina, Organizers Say
The third Kachin jade emporium, Myitkyina, northern Burma Organizers of Myikyina’s third jade auction say that only around half of the expected...
Unregistered Homes Destroyed in Maw Sizar, Hpakant Landslide. Photo by Nawng Yoe
February 27, 2020
Unregistered Homes Destroyed in Hpakant Landslide
A landslide in a jade mine in Hpakant, Kachin State on Tuesday claimed three huts built as part of an informal settlement in the area. The...
February 8, 2020
Kachin Revolution Day Commemorated In Myitkyina
Kachin gathered to celebrate Kachin Revolution Day in Myitkyina, the capital of Kachin State, this Wednesday. The commemoration, led by the Kachin...
February 7, 2020
Thermal Scanners Installed On Sino-Burmese Border
With many migrant workers returning to Myanmar from China because of the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) thermal scanners have been installed at border...
Kachin Manau Park, Myitkyina, the capital of Kachin State
February 7, 2020
Union Day Commemorated During Manau Festival
After a controversy over its name, leading to its cancellation in January, the Manau festival in Myitkyina has been rescheduled from February 5 to 12...
February 5, 2020
KIO Kicks Off Coronavirus Awareness Campaign
An awareness campaign about the coronavirus was launched along the Burma-China border in Kachin State by the Kachin Independence Organization (KIO)...
February 5, 2020
Pat Jasan Destroys Poppy Farms In Kachin State
Kachin anti-drug group, Pat Jason, have been destroying poppy fields in Tanai (Danai) township with the support of locals since early this year. Naw...
ICJ, The Hague, Netherlands
January 30, 2020
Kachin Orgs Welcome ICJ Ruling & Push For Wider Recognition of...
Some Kachin organizations have spoken out in support of an order by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague imposing emergency...
Kambaiti China-Burma border trade gate in Kachin State.
January 30, 2020
Coronavirus Check Established at Kachin State Border Gates With China
The public health department in Kachin State set up medical checks at the Kambaiti and Loije border gates to China on Monday in response to the...
Jade mine collapse in Nam Maw in Hpakant killed one on Jan. 20, 2020.
January 25, 2020
Jade Picker Killed in One of First Hpakant Landslides of 2020
Local authorities confirmed that a 54-year-old man was killed while picking jade during a landslide in Hpakant this week. The incident occurred at...
Kachin marks 5th anniversary of two Kachin teachers who were gang-raped and brutally killed by Burma Army’s Light Infantry Battalion No. 503 in Kawnghka, northern Shan State on Jan. 19, 2015.
January 22, 2020
KBC Calls on Witnesses to Speak Out in Five-Year-Old Murder Case
Five years after the brutal rape and murder of two Kachin teachers in northern Shan State, the chairperson of the Kachin Baptist Convention (KBC)...