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
Nhtung Hka Naw Sam, chair of NLD ethnic Kachin affairs committee
January 18, 2020
KSPP Not Buying Into NLD’s New Ethnic Affairs Committee
The Kachin State People’s Party (KSPP) has criticized the ruling National League for Democracy’s (NLD) hasty formation of an ethnic affairs committee...
Uru Hka Stream in Hpakant jade mining township, Kachin State, northern Burma.
January 18, 2020
Hpakant Locals Call Annual Uru Stream Flooding a ‘Man-Made Disaster’
To ensure that flood damage is minimized this year in Hpakant, Kachin State, locals have demanded that the government enforce existing regulations...
Map of Hpawng Seng in Muse township, northern Shan State.
January 18, 2020
Burma Army Attacks Kokang Base on Day of Chinese President’s Visit
On the day of the arrival of Chinese President Xi Jinping to Burma, the Burmese military launched an attack on an ethnic Kokang army base on the...
Myitsone dam project at Tanghpre, 27 miles north of Myitkyina, the capital of Kachin State, northern Burma.
January 18, 2020
Kachin Orgs Demand Chinese President Abandon Myitsone Dam Project
More than 50 Kachin organizations have called on Chinese President Xi Jinping, who is currently visiting Burma, to permanently cancel the China-...
The proposed Kachin jade center in Hpakant, Kachin State, northern Burma.
January 17, 2020
Jade Market to Be Built in Hpakant
A jade market is being built in Hpakant town in Kachin State at a cost of 6 billion kyat (more than US$4 million), the state’s ministry of natural...
January 16, 2020
Myitkyina Hospital to Offer Free Surgery to People With Disabilities
For one week in early February, the public hospital in the Kachin State capital of Myitkyina will provide free medical treatment to patients who are...
January 14, 2020
Seven Injured in Rakhine State Landmine Blasts, Including Three Children
Seven villagers, including three children, were injured in two landmine blasts in Kyauktaw and Mrauk-U townships in Rakhine State last week, locals...
January 14, 2020
Aung San Suu Kyi Meets Civil Society, Participates in Kachin State Day...
Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, State Counsellor of Burma, joined Kachin cultural Manau festival on Jan. 10, 2020. During her visit to the Kachin State capital...
January 14, 2020
KWAT: No Justice in Burma Army’s Crimes in Northern Shan State
The Kachin Women’s Association – Thailand (KWAT) has released a report demonstrating how justice has yet to be served in crimes committed by the...
Women drag rehabilitation center in Mawsizar ward, Hpakant jade mine in Kachin State, northern Burma.
January 13, 2020
Hpakant Jade Cutting Workshop Recruits Women Recovering From Drug Addiction
A small workshop has been opened in Hpakant to train women recovering from drug addiction in the skill of jade cutting. The Kachin National...
A warplane flew over the KIO headquarters’ sky on Jan. 7, 2020.
January 10, 2020
Alleged Tatmadaw Fighter Jet Makes Multiple Flights Over KIO Headquarters
A fighter jet believed to belong to the Burma Army flew over the Kachin Independence Organization/Army’s (KIO/A) headquarters in Laiza on the Burma...
January 10, 2020
Govt Talks Explore Closure of Kachin IDP Camps
A national-level policy discussion on the resettlement of Kachin internally displaced people (IDPs) and the closure of IDP camps were held in...