Myitkyina Journal

December 18, 2024
Nothing New from KIO/China Meeting
December 4, 2024
Kachin Farmers Face Rice Harvest Problems
November 25, 2024
Petrol Shortages in Myitkina City
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...
July 2, 2024
Major Flood in Myitkyina Submerged Wards, Leaving Thousands of Residents...
The worsening flood situation in Myitkyina township, Kachin State, has surpassed the danger level mark, trapped thousands of residents and urgently...
June 13, 2024
Fears of KIA offensive against Junta base Kan Paik Ti Locals Build...
The Kachin Independence Army (KIA) operations to seize Junta bases along the Waingmaw-Sadung-Kan Paik Ti Road, led to worried residents are building...
Features
June 10, 2024
Junta – China Plan to Revive Myitsone Dam Project
An increasingly desperate Junta suffering a string of military setbacks in Kachin State has launched a plan to revive the long moth-balled Myitsone...