Kachin Independence Army (KIA)

The NUG's close association with the ousted NLD government has prevented it from bringing the country's various armed groups under a single umbrella.

Myanmar is China’s top source of raw rare earth elements. As conflict threatens that supply chain, Beijing is moving more directly to intervene in Myanmar’s civil war.

2025 seems set to continue last year's sharp increase in the number of retaliatory air and artillery attacks on resistance-held territories.

According to a media report, the military has formed a new committee for the Myitsone hydropower project, which was suspended in 2011.

While the Kachin Independence Army's goal is unclear, a major offensive could have significant impact on the trajectory of the country's conflict.

Few are likely to believe the military's claims that all of those who died in the attack were legitimate military targets.

The terrifying attack in Kachin State came as a group of local civil society groups called on ASEAN to junk the bloc’s “ineffectual” five-point peace plan.

Is the Tatmadaw getting overstretched?

Beijing has long maintained close relations to the ethnic armed groups lying along its borders with Myanmar.

The KIA threat to Hpakant and Myitkyina could cut off the military from the lucrative jade trade.

Myanmar’s military and ethnic armies are waging a war for control over the country’s natural resources – and the enormous profits that come with them.

The counterattack came after days of Myanmar military air strikes against Kachin Independence Army positions.