Pajau Media December 28, 2025 The counteroffensive launched by the KIA joint forces, which began on Christmas Day, December 25, is continuing with intense fighting up to the morning of December 27, according to sources. The military council reinforced its troops in Bhamaw town in early August and has been conducting offensive operations. In response, the KIA, which has been resisting these offensives, launched a counteroffensive on the morning of December 25, opening multiple

Pajau Media December 28, 2025 Due to intense clashes ongoing in the Hugawng area, the military council has increased security checks and questioning within villages, according to local sources. As security checks and interrogations are being conducted around the clock inside villages, local residents are facing serious difficulties in their movement and livelihoods. Fighting has been intense in areas under KIA Battalion No. (14) since December, and the military council is rep

Pajau Media 26 December 2025 Security checkpoints along the Myitkyina-Mandalay road have been tightened by the military council, and travel is only permitted within limited time frames, causing difficulties for the public in transporting goods, according to sources. The military council is reportedly carrying out strict inspections along the route, seizing goods being transported by civilians and holding them for extended periods. As a result, some goods have spoiled and been

Pajau Media December 25, 2025 Fighting has intensified again in the Bhamaw area under KIA Brigade (3) starting today, December 25, according to sources. Beginning on December 25, clashes broke out after joint KIA forces launched offensive operations to retake military junta bases in the Bhamaw area. As the clashes remain intense, the military junta side is reportedly carrying out defensive operations using airstrikes, drones, and heavy weapons, while the KIA continues its att

Pajau Media December 25, 2025 The Air Force base headquarters in Myitkyina City, Kachin State, was attacked by the KIA this morning, December 25, during which one helicopter and one fighter jet were hit and damaged, according to reports. The attack on the Air Force base headquarters was carried out by the KIA this morning, and it is reported that one helicopter and one fighter jet belonging to the military junta were struck and damaged. Following this, the military junta repo

Pajau Media 25 December 2025 Anti-coup protest groups in Hpakant area, Kachin State, staged a protest on December 24 against the election planned by the military and the renewed implementation of the Myitsone Dam project. Hpakant Maw Hle protest group and Hpakant anti-coup forces jointly carried out the demonstration, calling on the public not to vote in the military organized election and demanding the cancellation of the Myitsone Dam project. The Myitsone Dam project, which

Pajau Media 25 December 2025 Clashes broke out at around 7:00 a.m. yesterday morning in the area of Battalion No. (14) under KIA Brigade No. (2), after joint forces of the military council and the Min Zay Thant People’s Militia advanced with troop movements, according to sources. The military council’s joint forces have been launching attacks on the Hugawng region since December 10 using airstrikes and heavy weapons. As the fighting escalated, ground troops have also continue

Pajau Media 24 December 2025 The KIO/KIA will stand in accordance with the will of the public regarding the Ayeyarwady Myitsone Dam project, which the military is attempting to revive, said KIO/KIA spokesperson Colonel Naw Bu. He made the remarks in response to renewed moves by the military to resume the controversial hydropower project. The Ayeyarwady Myitsone hydropower project, which had been suspended for 14 years due to opposition from local communities, was raised again

Pajau Media 24 December 2025 A collapse occurred at a rare earth mining site near Hapre Village, a KIO-controlled area, resulting in the death of a young woman who was at a shop near the mining site, according to information received. The landslide reportedly began at around 5:00 a.m. on December 18. Workers inside the mining site and vendors nearby were able to flee in time, but one young woman was caught and buried in the landslide. Although reports circulated by junta affi

Pajau Media December 23, 2025 In the Hugawng area under KIA Brigade No. (2), the military junta carried out an airstrike, resulting in one civilian sustaining serious injuries, according to reports. Due to injuries to the head and eyes caused by the air dropped bomb, the victim is currently receiving medical treatment at Tanai Public Hospital. However, because the injuries are severe, the patient must be transferred to Myitkyina General Hospital for further treatment. It is r

Pajau Media 23 December 2025 The military council has announced that action will be taken against those who oppose the Ayeyarwady Myitsone Project in Kachin State if such opposition is made without solid evidence. According to a statement released by the Office of the National Defense and Security Council, anyone who opposes the Myitsone Project approved by the military council without providing credible evidence will face legal action. The statement further said that the Myi

Pajau Media December 22, 2025 At Hpung Ngai Yang Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camp, displaced residents say they are facing urgent shortages of roofing materials as they attempt to build new shelters, while accommodation and other basic household items have also become increasingly difficult to obtain. “Starting this year, aid providers are no longer distributing tarpaulins. So we can’t use metal sheets for roofing either. If we want to use forest thatch for roofs, we h

Pajau Media 21 December 2025 In Kachin State’s Hpakant town, a landmine explosion occurred in front of the government Office complex at around 8:30 p.m. yesterday, injuring two displaced civilians, according to reports. The two internally displaced persons, who had been staying at Myo Oo Pagoda, were injured when the explosion occurred near the Office complex while they were out shopping, a local resident from Hpakant told Pajau Media.  “It seems like a landmine, but we are n

Pajau Media 21 December 2025 The military junta has launched an offensive and conducted military operations in the area under KIA Brigade No. (2), using heavy artillery, aircraft, and drone bombs, resulting in civilian casualties, according to local sources. “Yesterday, they also dropped drone bombs. Recently, in the Tanai Gold mining area, heavy weapons have been fired indiscriminately, causing increasing injuries and deaths among civilians,” a local resident said. Civilian

Pajau Media 19 December 2025 The Pangwa area was previously known as a region where poppy cultivation and the production and trade of narcotics were carried out freely in past years. However, since the KIO government took control, such activities have reportedly declined significantly. The KIO government has designated narcotic drugs as a common enemy of all people and is actively prioritizing efforts to eradicate them within KIA controlled territories, according to sources.

Pajau Media 19 December 2025 At two military junta checkpoints in Lamung Zup Village, located in the upper part of Myitkyina, vehicles traveling to Putao are being charged checkpoint fees amounting to hundreds of thousands of kyats, and goods are also being restricted, according to truck drivers. Previously, the checkpoint fee was around 40,000 kyats, but it has now been increased to more than 100,000 kyats. In addition, villages in the upper Lamung Zup area are facing restri

Pajau Media 19 December 2025 Fuel tanker trucks traveling along the Mandalay-Myitkyina highway have been targeted in aerial bombings by the military junta, according to truck drivers. The attacks reportedly took place at the junction of the Mandalay-Shwebo-Myitkyina road and the road leading to Khin-U town, where the military used jet fighters to carry out airstrikes on fuel tanker trucks, resulting in fires and destruction. In addition, passenger vehicle convoys on the Myitk

Pajau Media 18 December 2025 Local residents said that the Shanni Nationalities Army (SNA) has stated that those who do not cast ballots or refuse to participate in the election organized by the military council in the Sa Maw area will be punished. It is reported that SNA forces have re occupied the Light Infantry Battalion (LIB) 383 and LIB 384 bases stationed in Sa Maw, and that residents have been told villages will be burned and destroyed if locals do not vote in the elec

Pajau Media 18 December 2025 The people of our country are those who have protected and preserved natural heritage for many generations. Despite this long standing protection, successive governments and those calling themselves the military have continued, up to the present time, to unjustly exploit the country’s natural heritage excessively and to engage in illegal sales. The Myitsone confluence of the Ayeyarwady River, which is the lifeblood not only of the Kachin people bu

Pajau Media December 18, 2025 The Kachin Independence Organization (KIO) will not recognize the election planned by the military council, and elections will also not be allowed to be held in areas controlled by the Kachin Independence Army (KIA), said Colonel Naw Bu, spokesperson of the KIO/KIA. The Election Commission has announced that the election will be held in three phases, divided into three rounds, starting from December 28 and continuing until January 2026. At presen