Myitkyina Journal

March 21, 2025
US Aid Cuts Mean No WFP Food Aid for IDPs
March 18, 2025
Junta Airlifts Prevent KIA from Taking Bhamo Town
February 24, 2025
Large-Scale Looting in Bhamo Town
February 20, 2025
Family of Seven Killed in Bhamo District Airstrike
Civilians, including a family of seven, were killed in a junta airstrike on Dawthponeyan Sub-township in Bhamo District, Kachin State, at about 1:...
February 14, 2025
Putao District Town Concerned by Conscription Orders
Residents of Naungmon (Nogmung) Town in Putao District, northern Kachin State have become concerned after they were informed that people from the...
January 18, 2025
Drivers Pay 300,000 MMK in Tolls Travelling from Myitkyina to Putao
Cars now have to pay a total of 300,000 MMK in tolls to about 10 checkpoints to travel in Kachin State from Myitkyina City to Putao Town. The 10...
January 8, 2025
Petrol Prices High in Nogmung Township, Northern Kachin State
In remote Nogmung (Naungmoon) Township in Putao District, northern Kachin State a 750 ml bottle of petrol has cost over 10,000 MMK for months. Petrol...
January 3, 2025
KIA Expects Kachin State Conflicts to Escalate in 2025
The Kachin Independence Army (KIA) announced that it will continue to pursue its military objectives against the junta army during 2025 and that it...
December 18, 2024
Nothing New from KIO/China Meeting
A Kachin Independence Organisation (KIO) delegation that went to China and met with the Chinese again discussed issues such as a ceasefire, peace...
December 4, 2024
Kachin Farmers Face Rice Harvest Problems
Due to a shortage of rice harvesting machines, farmers in the villages of Manpang and Dunbang in Kamaing Township, Kachin State are worried that...
November 25, 2024
Petrol Shortages in Myitkina City
Nearly all petrol stations, including large ones, have closed in the Kachin State capital of Myitkyina City, leading to widespread petrol shortages...
November 20, 2024
KIA Will Not Take Border Town of Kan Paik Ti
The Kachin Independence Army (KIA) has chosen not to seize Kan Paik Ti Town in Kachin State because it has an official border trade post between...
November 13, 2024
Myitkyina to Tanai Road Damage Causes Massive Delays
The journey time between the Kachin State towns of Myitkyina and Tanai (Danai) has gone from one day to being a multi day ordeal, because the road is...
November 11, 2024
Final Kachin BGF Outpost in Lanse Village, Kachin State Captured
The Kachin Independence Army (KIA) and People's Defence Force (PDF) joint forces captured the last outpost of the Kachin Border Guard Force (BGF)...
October 23, 2024
KIA Captures Second BGF Battalion Headquarters
The Kachin Independence Army (KIA) captured the Kachin Border Guard Force’s (BGF) Battalion 1003 headquarters in Shing Jai Village in Kachin Special...