BANGKOKBANGKOK — A rebel group in Myanmar’s northern state of Kachin said its troops on Thursday attacked more than 10 army outposts along the main road to the state capital of Myitkyina, increasing ...
In this March 17, 2018 photo, a Kachin Independence Army rebel walks in frontline at Hpalap mountain controlled by the Kachin rebels in northern Kachin state, Myanmar. The Kachin Independence Army ...
Suspended in 2011 following mass protests, the hydroelectric project in Kachin State is set to be revived by the military ...
Myanmar ethnic clashes: Fighters from an ethnic minority group battling Myanmar's military government said they shot down a helicopter believed to be on a resupply mission in a combat zone in the ...
BANGKOK — A helicopter belonging to Myanmar’s military crashed in a combat zone in the country’s north while returning from a mission to deliver supplies to army outposts, a state-run newspaper ...
Move raises questions over how much control government has over army U.N. chief Ban Ki Moon has spoken out against the strikes The Kachin have long sought greater autonomy from the government RANGOON, ...
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 ...
Burma is changing. On April 1, Nobel Laureate Aung San Suu Kyi led the opposition National League for Democracy to victory in by-elections hailed as a landmark for the Southeast Asian nation. The win ...
ZHANG SHENGQI is nervous of the police. In Yingjiang, a Chinese county bordering on Myanmar (see map), he asks the driver of his car to stop so he can check whether he is being followed. Mr Zhang, a ...