The Kachin Independence Army (KIA) seized a strategic junta base controlling the main entrance route to the jade mining hub of Hpakant town in Hpakant Township, Kachin State on Thursday after two days
YANGON—After accepting a shipment of medical supplies for use in COVID-19 prevention from the Myanmar military (or Tatmadaw) on Wednesday, the Kachin Independence Army (KIA), one of Myanmar’s ethnic a