The soldiers reportedly received monetary rewards for giving themselves up to the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) after their company commander was killed in clashes with an alliance of fighters led by ...

Civilians are hit in airstrikes in several regions of the country on the eve of the last phase of voting organised by the military junta. In the village of Kawngjar, Kachin State, an attack left at le ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. BANGKOK (AP) — A helicopter belonging to Myanmar’s military crashed in a combat zone in the country’s north while returning from a ...

BANGKOK (AP) — A prominent Christian church leader and human rights advocate from Myanmar’s Kachin ethnic minority was detained by the authorities just hours after he was released from prison under an ...

A woman and children are pictured in the predominantly Christian region of Myanmar’s Kachin state, which has witnessed sporadic fighting for decades. Renewed fighting since 2011 between the military ...

In this Oct. 29, 2013, file photo, soldiers of the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) stand on guard in Laiza, a border town of China and Myanmar, Kachin State, Myanmar. Credit: AP Photo/Khin Maung Win, ...

As the KIA presses its offensive and the junta relies on airpower and drones, thousands of residents remain displaced in ...

* Any views expressed in this article are those of the author and not of Thomson Reuters Foundation. Tweet Widget Facebook Like Email The Burmese army appears to have indiscriminately shelled the town ...