Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. On Monday, a U.N. Fact-Finding Mission called for top Myanmar military officials to be prosecuted for genocide, crimes against ...

Air strikes by Myanmar's military killed more than 60 people, including singers and musicians, attending an anniversary celebration of the Kachin ethnic minority's main political organization, members ...

The Kachin Independence Army (KIA) has urged residents of Shwegu in Kachin State to evacuate immediately and announced the closure of main roads into the town as Myanmar regime troops advance, ...

Hundreds of military vehicles have reached Myitkyina in recent weeks, with the KIA warning the buildup signals preparations for a new offensive across Kachin State.

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 ...

Women from Kachin minority are allowed to go home only if they leave baby behind, says HRW report Burmese and Chinese authorities are turning a blind eye to a growing trade in women from Myanmar’s ...

About three weeks have passed since the breakout of armed conflict between the Burmese military and the Kachin rebel group the Kachin Independence Army (KIA). Many believe the fighting directly ...

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 ...

In 1994 and 1995 Kachin and Mon armed groups signed ceasefires with the government. Research conducted bythe TBBC in eastern Burma in 2004 and field work conducted by Human Rights Watch in eastern and ...

This picture taken on April 26, 2018 shows displaced Kachin residents crossing Malikha river to escape the fighting in Injanyan village near Myitkyina, Myanmar's Kachin state. While the world’s ...

Displaced Kachin villagers cross the Malikha river on a ferry to escape the fighting near Myitkyina between the Kachin Independence Army and the Myanmar Army, April 26, 2018. On Monday, a U.N.