- News
Myanmar’s military launches all-out bid to retake Kachin State town of Momauk
The Kachin Independence Army and it sallies have controlled the town for more than two months
- Myanmar
Kachin fighters seize border guard outpost near Pangwa in Kachin State’s ‘Special Region’
After five days of fighting, the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) and its allies took over a junta-allied Border Guard Force (BGF) station near Pangwa, an area controlled by the military-allied BGF and home to lucrative hydropower and rare earth mining projects
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Kachin fighters’ siege forces Myanmar junta troops out of captured hotel in Hpakant Township
The recapture of the hotel puts Kachin fighters in a better position to exert pressure on military forces in the town of Hpakant, which is strategically vital because of its importance for Myanmar’s lucrative jade production
- Myanmar
Kachin fighters seize second town in ‘special region’ near China-Myanmar border
The Kachin Independence Army claims to have captured the town of Tsawlaw a day after taking control of Chipwe, another town in Kachin State’s Special Region 1, which is controlled by the pro-junta Kachin Border Guard Force militia
- Myanmar
Kachin forces take town in ‘special region’ controlled by Myanmar junta ally
KIA-led forces say they captured Chipwe, in northern Kachin State near the border with China, on Sunday after a full day of fighting
