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
January 10, 2020
Tatmadaw Attacks KIA Camp in Northern Shan State
The Burma Army fired multiple artillery shells at the Kachin Independence Army’s (KIA) military training camp in Hsenwi Township in northern Shan...
Kachin Manau Park, Myitkyina, the capital of Kachin State
January 9, 2020
State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi to Attend Contested Kachin State Day...
State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi will reportedly attend the 72nd Kachin State Day celebration this week after the event recently came under fire for...
Seng Nu Pan (left) and Paw Lu
January 9, 2020
Kachin Activists Given Freedom of Expression Award
Two Kachin youth activists working with Kachin internally displaced people (IDPs) have been chosen as recipients of the Freedom of Expression Award...
December 23, 2019
Gov’t, Northern Alliance Discussed Release of Detainees: Source
Representatives of the Burmese government and the four-member Northern Alliance discussed the possibility of releasing detainees held by both sides...
A joint press conference of KBC and Nippon at KBC office in Myitkyina, the capital of Kachin State on Dec. 21, 2019.
December 23, 2019
KHCC Prepares for Return of More than 3,000 Kachin IDPs
The Kachin Humanitarian Concern Committee (KHCC) is preparing to resettle a total of more than 3,000 internally displaced persons (IDPs) from 10...
Dr. Manam Tu Ja of KSPP leader (left) and Bawk Ja of UNFDP leader (right) at office of Kachin Nationals Consultative Assembly in Myitkyina on Dec. 20, 2019.
December 23, 2019
Another Kachin Political Party Merges with KSPP
The Union Nationalities Federal Democracy Party (UNFDP), a political party based in Kachin State, merged with the Kachin State People’s Party (KSPP...
KIA battalion 36 fighters who are resisting enemy Burmese troops in their territories in Muse township, northern Shan State, Burma.
December 22, 2019
Burma Army, KIA Clash in Northern Shan State
Troops from the Tatmadaw and the Kachin Independence Army’s (KIA) 36th Battalion engaged in a gunfire fight in the Mungbaw area of Muse Township in...
Paul Lu at in front of Myitkyina prison when he was released on Dec. 16, 2019.
December 18, 2019
Remaining Kachin Youth Activist Released From Myitkyina Prison
Kachin youth activist Paul Lu was released from a prison in the Kachin State capital of Myitkyina on Monday morning after serving a three-month...
December 13, 2019
Kachin Youth Support Legal Action Against Burma at ICJ
The All Kachin Youth Union (AKYU) say that they endorse the charges brought against the Burmese state at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) by...
The statement of three members of Northern Alliance released on Nov. 28, 2019.
December 10, 2019
China Pressures EAOs to Withdraw Statement Supporting ICJ Case Against...
The Chinese government is reportedly pressuring three members of the Northern Alliance of ethnic armed organizations (EAOs) to withdraw their...
December 9, 2019
Returned Kachin IDPs Prepare to Flee Again
The first displaced returnees to the Kachin village of Nam San Yang in Waingmaw Township are again preparing to flee after the Burma Army recently...
December 6, 2019
China-Backed Banana Plantations Linked to Undocumented Labor, Kachin State...
Kachin State authorities say they are having difficulty keeping track of migrant workers coming from China to work in agribusiness initiatives such...