Myitkyina Journal
April 2, 2026
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August 19, 2025
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Although government-run schools have reopened for the new academic year in Lone Khin Village in Hpakant Township, Kachin State, student attendance...
June 4, 2025
Around 1,000 people forced to seek shelter in schools and churches after the Ayeyarwady River flooded in the villages of Nawngching and Laban in...
June 3, 2025
The junta confiscated heavy machinery from jade mining companies operating close to Mawsisar Village in Kachin State’s Hpakant Township and set other...
June 3, 2025
The level of the Ayeyarwady River in the Kachin State capital, Myitkyina City, surpassed its dangerous depth of 12 metres on 2 June 2025, according...
