Kachin News Group

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...
March 10, 2020
The Kachin State government moved this week to allow locals to engage in small-scale mining in Hpakant Township for what they say is the first time...
Kasung village in the area controlled by Kachin Independence Organization in Mogaung township, Kachin State, northern Burma.
March 10, 2020
Two Kachin internally displaced persons (IDPs) were injured after they stepped on a landmine while trying to reach their farmland in Kachin State’s...
March 7, 2020
First Party Conference of Kachin State People’s Party on March 3-4, 2020, Myitkyina, Kachin State. In its first conference held from March 3-4, the...
March 6, 2020
Both the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) and the Burma Army can undertake a landmine removal program after the KIA signs the Nationwide Ceasefire...
March 6, 2020
Villagers in Waingmaw Township have demanded higher compensation rates for trees cut down in their community forest to make way for a power line...
March 2, 2020
Ngwi Pyaw Kawng turtle stone mine, Kachin State A village headman has reported that more than 10 acres of farmland has been damaged through the...
Myitkyina protestors call to close China border gate for conoravirus
March 2, 2020
Locals in Kachin State’s Waingmaw Township demonstrated in Myitkyina this week, demanding that the government restrict travel from China due to the...
Tissue Culture Banana Company Demands 120 Million Kyat From Locals
February 29, 2020
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
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
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...