Y ANGON: Monsoon floods in a rebel-held Myanmar town on the country’s mountainous border with China have killed six people, a ...

Eleven of convoy’s original 17 supply vessels survive repeated ambushes in setback for Kachin resistance forces fighting to ...

Victims had been attending an event organized by the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) to mark the 62nd anniversary of the armed ethnic rebel group’s political wing, the Kachin Independence ...

By Trevor Hunnicutt, David Brunnstrom, Devjyot Ghoshal and Poppy McPherson WASHINGTON/BANGKOK (Reuters) -The Trump ...

The Trump administration is reportedly considering a partnership with the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) to access rare earth ...

The global supply of heavy rare earths hinges in part on the outcome of a months-long battle between a rebel army and the Chinese-backed military junta in the hills of northern Myanmar.

In this Nov. 30, 2016 photo, a Kachin Independence Army (KIA) soldier sits inside the bomb shelter along the bunker at the front line of Alen Bum near Laiza, the headquarters of KIA in Kachin ...

A spokesperson for the Kachin Independence Army said the group launched assaults against outposts controlled by the army and army-affiliated militia in several townships and near Laiza, a town on ...

The Trump administration is considering altering U.S. policy towards Myanmar to access its rare earth minerals, which are ...

The Kachin Independence Army is one of the stronger ethnic armed groups, capable of manufacturing some of their own weapons, and whose fighters are battle-hardened from years of resistance.

Col. Naw Bu, a spokesman for the Kachin Independence Organization (KIO), told CNN 62 people had been killed in the airstrikes and 60 people remain injured.