Myitkyina Journal

January 15, 2026
Fighting intensifies again in Bhamo
January 15, 2026
Livelihood crisis deepens for Khaunglanhpu IDPs
January 14, 2026
Gold mining resumes in Putao following election
August 29, 2025
Junta advances along Lamyan-Motokyeik Road with armored vehicles
The junta is conducting a large-scale offensive along the Lamyan-Motekyeik Road in Waingmaw Township, Kachin State, deploying armored vehicles in the...
Photo - CJ
August 26, 2025
Ongoing prolonged fighting grips Bhamo
Clashes continue in Bhamo Township, Kachin State, between the junta and a resistance coalition led by the Kachin Independence Army (KIA). In recent...
August 22, 2025
Junta column from Namya advances toward Hpakant
A junta column of roughly 100 troops, departing from Namya Village along the Myitkyina-Hpakant Road in Kachin State, is marching toward Hpakant Town...
August 19, 2025
Three civilians injured by junta artillery shell in Hpakant
Three civilians were injured after a junta-fired artillery shell struck a village in Hpakant Township, the jade mining hub of Kachin State. At around...
August 14, 2025
KIA temporarily pulls back from captured artillery battalion in Bhamo
After intensified fighting in Bhamo Town, Bhamo Township, the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) has decided to temporarily retreat from the site of the...
August 4, 2025
Junta's upstream flotilla arrives in Bhamo
The junta flotilla, which set off from Mandalay, Myanmar’s second-largest city, and moved upstream along the Ayeyarwady River, arrived in its final...
July 22, 2025
Food Prices Rise in Hpakant Township
The junta’s blockade of Kachin State’s Hpakant Township, where most of the country’s jade mines are located, has caused shortages that have resulted...
June 30, 2025
Insufficient Medicine for Kachin State Malaria Crisis
Many Kachin State townships are struggling with high rates of malaria infection and a shortage of drugs to treat malaria, according to the Kachin...
June 27, 2025
Damaged Bridge Blocks Trucks on Waingmaw to Chipwi Road
The Dunbang Bridge on the Waingmaw to Chipwi Road in Kachin State has become so damaged trucks can no longer use it, which could lead to price rises...
June 24, 2025
IDPs Return to Hpakant Township Village
Residents of Warazut Village in Kachin State’s Hpakant Township who fled fighting and were sheltering in nearby forest started returning home on 18...
June 24, 2025
Putao District Students Have No Textbooks
Many children starting the new academic year at government schools in Putao District in northern Kachin State have no textbooks because they have not...
June 12, 2025
Students Too Scared to Attend School in Hpakant Township
Although government-run schools have reopened for the new academic year in Lone Khin Village in Hpakant Township, Kachin State, student attendance...