Hundreds of regime troops reinforced by allied militias are advancing from two sides on Kachin rebels besieging the mountainous jade mining hub of Hpakant.

The junta has emerged stronger from the disaster, and it is clearer than ever that only China has the clout to influence both ...

While the chances of success are slim, ceasefires are a necessary step toward a resolution to the country’s civil war.

The earthquake, centered in Myanmar's central Sagaing Region, has dealt a blow to the military regime's operations. The disruption of electricity supplies to munitions factories has stretched the ...

where ethnic insurgents like the Karen National Union and Kachin Independence Army have been active for decades -- it has spread to the majority-Burmese heartland, in the shape of the People’s ...

against a broad-based opposition that includes ethnic minority groups like the Karen National Union (KNU), Kachin Independence Army (KIA), Arakan Army (AA), Ta'ang National Liberation Army (TNLA), ...

In 'Golden Land Ablaze', Bertil Lintner offers a sharp account of Myanmar’s political unrest, ethnic conflict, and the roots ...

Control of these lucrative sites has become a strategic objective for armed groups. In late 2024, the Kachin Independence Army seized key mining areas, disrupting exports and pushing global rare earth ...

However, since late 2024, control has shifted. The long-standing resistance group Kachin Independence Organization/Army (KIO/A) captured the mines and controls the excavation and trade of these ...

The apparent loss of Kanpaiti to the Kachin Independence Army leaves Myanmar's military in control of only one town with a border crossing, Muse, and deprives it of potential profits from the mines ...