A staggering 3,000 civilians have lost their lives in Myanmar’s northernmost Kachin State since the resumption of hostilities between the military and the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) in 2011, according to a newly released report by the World Kachin Congress (WKC). The report, published on June 9, marks exactly 15 years since the collapse of […] The post Fifteen years of renewed warfare in Kachin State with 3,000 civilians killed, new report finds appeared first on DVB .

As Donald Trump and Xi Jinping embraced the language of “constructive strategic stability” in Beijing, Myanmar’s war was again showing what calm between great powers can mean at China’s frontier. In May, the Myanmar military renewed offensives toward strategic border regions, including in Kachin State, where mines along the Chinese border produce roughly half of […] The post The cost of Trump-Xi detente will be paid in Myanmar appeared first on Asia Times .

Civilians trapped in Kachin State’s Shwegu amid fighting Displaced residents from Kachin State’s Shwegu town told DVB that at least 10,000 residents are still trapped inside the town on Wednesday, following the Kachin Independence Army (KIA)’s notice on Monday for residents to evacuate Shwegu in anticipation of a regime counteroffensive. Shwegu is located 119-181 miles […] The post Civilians trapped in Kachin State amid fighting; Conscripts from Irrawaddy Region ‘redeployed’ to Rakhine State appeared first on DVB .

Zahkung Ting Ying led the now-disbanded Myanmar government-sponsored militia, the Kachin Border Guard Force (BGF). Formerly known as the New Democratic Army-Kachin (NDA-K), Ying’s militias controlled a semi-autonomous, resource-rich region in the Christian-dominated Kachin State, bordering the People’s Republic of China’s (PRC) Yunnan province. Ying was notable for developing illegal business ventures spanning from drug […] The post Zahkung Ting Ying: Rise and Fall of the Rare-Earth Warlord in Myanmar appeared first on Jamestown .

Members of the ethnic Kachin diaspora gathered at Payap University in Chiang Mai, Thailand, on June 9 to commemorate the 15th anniversary of the resumption of civil war in Myanmar’s northern Kachin State, launching a unified call for urgent humanitarian aid and increased international protection for displaced civilians. The event, titled the “15th Anniversary of […] The post Kachin commemorate 15 years of renewed war in Myanmar, demanding aid and halt to China-backed dam appeared first on DVB .