1 of 5 — Kachin Independence Army recruits train at a military base in Maijiayang, Kachin State, Myanmar. The KIA has around 8,000 soldiers and has been fighting the Burmese government for ...
Reports emerged Wednesday that Myanmar’s army shelled a Kachin rebel camp in the country’s north, killing 23 people and injuring 15. According to Kachin State’s security minister, the shell was fired ...
Myanmar security forces have been accused by a rights group of “systematically” torturing civilians from an ethnic minority in the conflict-stricken state of Kachin. Bangkok-based Fortify Rights ...
On the surface, this riverfront town looks prosperous, peaceful and green; a trading hub that profits from lucrative gemstone mines located in the hinterland of Myanmar’s northern Kachin State. Dig ...
A displaced ethnic Kachin family in a camp in the Kachin Baptist Church in the Myanmar-China border town Muse in northern Shan State. Credit: Brennan O`Connor Subscribe for ads-free reading The rain ...
While the US-China trade war plays to the audience on the global stage, behind the scenes the two superpowers are engaged in a unique tug of war for influence in one of the world’s more remote corners ...
Kachin rebels have lost the last major stronghold protecting their headquarters in Laiza, sparking fears that the town – under rebel control for the past 50 years – may soon fall to government troops ...
He was the first priest as well as the first bishop from the ethnic Kachin community in the Christian stronghold of Kachin state. He succeeded the late Columban Bishop John Howe as bishop of Myitkyina ...
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