Kachin News Group

December 17, 2025
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December 10, 2025
Junta airstrike hits school in Katha
December 9, 2025
Junta shelling in Hpakant kills three, including a minor
Kachin Baptist Bible School, Maw Hpawng village, Myitkyina, Kachin State
October 1, 2019
Authorities Raid Kachin Bible School in Myitkyina
Military and government authorities raided a Kachin Christian Bible school in the Kachin State capital of Myitkyina in the early hours of September...
September 30, 2019
Internal Myanmar Migration to Kachin State Cause Concern for KSPP Party
The Kachin State People’s Party (KSPP), a newly formed opposition party has raised concerns about government policies that encourage the migration of...
September 25, 2019
Myanmar Ethnic Media Conference in Myitkyina Declared a Success
A three-day-long ethnic media conference was successfully held in Myitkyina the Kachin State Capital last week bringing together reporters from...
September 25, 2019
Kachin Peace Activist Seng Nu Pan Released from Myanmar Prison
Kachin peace activist Seng Nu Pan was released from Myitkyina prison on the morning of September 16th after finishing her 15-day prison term. She was...
Paw Lu at court in Myitkyina, Kachin state on Sep. 6, 2019
September 13, 2019
Kachin Peace Activist’s Jail Term Extended After Myitkyina Courtroom...
Paw Lu, a prominent peace activist in the Kachin State capital Myitkyina, was given an additional three months added to his original sentence for his...
Myanmar Army Tanks Roll into Myitkyina as Kachin Activists Gather, Sep. 9, 2019
September 12, 2019
Myanmar Army Tanks Roll into Myitkyina as Kachin Activists Gather
A group of politically active Kachin gathering in the Kachin State capital Myitkyina says they were very alarmed by the Myanmar army’s decision to...
September 12, 2019
Despite Ceasefire Declaration Myanmar Army and Ethnic Alliance Clash in...
Armed clashes between the Myanmar army and members of an ethnic military alliance continued in the hours after the alliance declared a one-month...
US President Trump received Kachin Baptist leader Rev. Dr. Hkalam Samson at the White House on July 18, 2019
September 12, 2019
Myanmar Army Drops Suit Against Kachin Church Leader Over Trump comments
On Monday a senior military official dropped a suit he had filled against Rev. Dr. Hkalam Samson, the chairman of the Kachin Baptist Convention (KBC...
Civilians killed by Shelling in Myanmar’s Shan State as Gov. and Armed Groups Meet
September 9, 2019
In Wake of Civilian Tragedy Myanmar NGOs call on Army, EAOs to Respect...
A group of Burmese NGOs, Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) and church groups have called on the Myanmar army, also known as the Tatmadaw and three...
September 5, 2019
Kachin Peace Activists Jailed for “Unauthorized” Theater in the Park
Dramatic scenes unfolded in Myitkyina on Monday when a local court sentenced two Kachin peace activists to prison for their role in organizing an “...
September 3, 2019
Civilians killed by Shelling in Myanmar’s Shan State as Gov. and Armed...
Many Kachin people across the world took to social media on Saturday to express their anger and outrage following the death of five Kachin civilians...
September 3, 2019
Shoddy Construction Plagues Myitsone Dam Relocation Sites in Myanmar’s...
Hkawn Tawng, a Kachin widow, was forced to move from her original home close to the confluence where the Irrawaddy river is formed in northern Kachin...