Myitkyina Journal

January 18, 2025
Drivers Pay 300,000 MMK in Tolls Travelling from Myitkyina to Putao
January 8, 2025
Petrol Prices High in Nogmung Township, Northern Kachin State
January 3, 2025
KIA Expects Kachin State Conflicts to Escalate in 2025
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...
October 9, 2024
Junta Believed To Be Preparing for Northern Kachin Offensive
It is believed that the junta is ramping up preparations to retake Sumprabum Town and Tiyangzug Village about half way between Myitkyina and...
August 27, 2024
Junta Launches Counteroffensive following KIA’s capture of LIB 437 Base in...
After the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) captured the junta’s Light Infantry Battalion (LIB) 437 base in MoMauk town, Bhamo District, Kachin State,...
August 10, 2024
Military families flee Pyin Oo Lwin in Mandalay Region
Since the junta lost control of its Northeastern Military Command in Lashio Town 0n 3 August 2024, military families and administrative officials...
August 3, 2024
KIA captures three junta military camps in Myitkyina Township’s Tayang Zup...
The Kachin Independence Army (KIA) has taken over the three junta camps near to Tayang Zup Village on the Myitkyina to Sumprabum Road in Myitkyina...
July 3, 2024
Hpakant Deluge: Thousands of Residents Severely Affected by Flooding
In Hpakant Town, known as Myanmar's jade hub, continuous torrential rains caused the Uyu River and In Ma River to overflow, flooding surrounding...