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.

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 ...

In the aftermath of a devastating earthquake, Stuart Butler reports on a country torn apart by brutal civil war ...

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 ...