Kachin News Group

September 24, 2015
Long time New Democratic Army-Kachin leader (NDAK) Zahkung Ting Ying (also spelled Za Khun Ting Ring) has barred candidates from Aung San Suu Kyi's...
September 22, 2015
There was heavy fighting between Burma Army and Kachin Independence Organization (KIO) troops on Monday morning at Laika Zup Ja Village, two miles...
September 21, 2015
Buying and selling of Hpakant jade from Burma's northern Kachin State is often done by Chinese Yuan rather than Burmese kyat.
September 21, 2015
Aurasian Minerals Plc (AuM) a British mining firm that last year applied for a mineral exploration permit in a jade mining area in Burma announced...
September 16, 2015
The Kachin Independence Organisation (KIO) vice chair General N’Ban La met with President Thein Sein on 9 September in Naypyitaw in, apparently,...
August 21, 2015
The Kachin Independence Organization (KIO) donated 100 million kyats (aprox $90,000 USD) to assist with flood relief in Chin State last week.
July 31, 2015
Aung La N Sang, the US based Kachin mix martial arts (MMA) fighter says he was unable to take part in the “Kingdom of Warriors” MMA event held in...
July 23, 2015
General N'ban La Awng, Vice-Chairman of the Kachin Independence Organization (KIO) met with the Burmese government's chief negotiator in the northern...
July 20, 2015
More than 1,000 Kachin civilians have been forced to flee their homes since the Tatmadaw (Burma's armed forces) carried out airstrikes on positions...
July 13, 2015
Aurasian Minerals Plc (AuM) a British mining firm that has applied for a mineral exploration permit in a jade mining area in Burma has told its...
Tay Za (right) billionaire mountain climbing enthusiast and arms dealer
July 10, 2015
The spouse of Burmese tycoon Tay Za has been removed from the US Burma sanctions list, according to a brief statement issued this week by the US...
April 27, 2015
A 103-year-old Kachin women from Mahtek Village was shot and killed on 21 March along with her son by army troops operating in Kachin State's Mansi...