Myitkyina Journal

May 19, 2025
Displaced people (IDPs) sheltering in and near Mawsisar Village in Kachin State’s Hpakant Township are in urgent need of assistance, including food...
April 24, 2025
About 300 children in 42 displaced persons (IDP) camps in Waingmaw Township, Kachin State have missed an entire school year of education due to a...
April 1, 2025
Four people died at Obo Prison in Mandalay City as a result of the 28 March 2025 earthquake which had its epicentre almost directly under the city...
March 21, 2025
Displaced people (IDPs) sheltering at Inpaung IDP camp, in Waingmaw Township, Kachin State, are concerned as food aid from the World Food Programme...
March 18, 2025
The junta’s effective resupply of food and ammunition by air to its soldiers defending Bhamo Town are hindering the Kachin Independence Army’s (KIA...
February 24, 2025
Gangs of looters are breaking into abandoned properties in Bhamo Town, Kachin State, stealing from them and vandalising them before using trucks and...
February 20, 2025
Civilians, including a family of seven, were killed in a junta airstrike on Dawthponeyan Sub-township in Bhamo District, Kachin State, at about 1:...
February 14, 2025
Residents of Naungmon (Nogmung) Town in Putao District, northern Kachin State have become concerned after they were informed that people from the...
January 18, 2025
Cars now have to pay a total of 300,000 MMK in tolls to about 10 checkpoints to travel in Kachin State from Myitkyina City to Putao Town. The 10...
January 8, 2025
In remote Nogmung (Naungmoon) Township in Putao District, northern Kachin State a 750 ml bottle of petrol has cost over 10,000 MMK for months. Petrol...
January 3, 2025
The Kachin Independence Army (KIA) announced that it will continue to pursue its military objectives against the junta army during 2025 and that it...
December 18, 2024
A Kachin Independence Organisation (KIO) delegation that went to China and met with the Chinese again discussed issues such as a ceasefire, peace...